Pangram is an AI startup with 24 employees, headquartered above a Popeyes in Brooklyn. It has raised $13 million to date—about 0.0072 percent of what OpenAI has—and was virtually unknown until earlier this year. But if Pangram is to be believed, it’s the one force standing in the way of a...

Reporting HighlightsA New Model: Alpha School is a fast-growing chain of AI-driven private schools that claim academics take up only two hours of the day. Repeated Rejections: Texas is one of at least nine states that have rejected Alpha School’s pitch to open a publicly funded charter school. ...

Shane Brennan   Delaware News Journal Show Caption The District 2 Democratic primary pits longtime state Rep. Stephanie Bolden against community advocate Michelle Booker in a Wilmington district that includes downtown, the East Side and parts of the Northeast. Bolden has been in the House for m...

Shane Brennan   Delaware News Journal Show Caption Wilmington Democrats in House District 1 will choose between incumbent Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha and City Council member Shané Darby in a rematch of their razor-thin 2022 primary, a race likely to decide who represents northern Wilmington in Dove...

Florida leads US in hot car deaths babies, children. Safety tips Skip to main content Home Election Local Crime Environment Politics Education Hidden Gems State Two more children have died in hot cars in recent days, bringing Florida’s toll to five this year. Cheryl McCloud   USA TODAY NETW...

If you’re looking for a reason to despair over the state of American education, there are many places you could start. You could, for example, worry about the all-consuming phones—or the gambling and TikTok addictions that come with them. You could worry about the free fall in literacy, the d...

WorldCRIKEY!Cameron Adams  Reporter Published Jul. 5 2026 11:45PM EDT  Helle Arensbak/via REUTERS Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been forced to apologize after making an NSFW comment about the country’s most successful pop music export, singer Kylie Minogue. Albanese, 63...

Student backpacks are hung up on hooks and stored with other items on the first day of school at Harborview Elementary School in Juneau on Aug. 15, 2025. (Corinne Smith / Alaska Beacon)Editor’s note: This story contains references to sexual violence and abuse of children.

MediaCOME FLY WITH MEKatie Francis  Reporter Published Jul. 5 2026 6:09PM EDT  Anadolu/Anadolu via Getty Images Delta Flight 1076 from Atlanta was reportedly struck by fireworks soon before it landed in Chicago at 8:33 p.m. Saturday night, according to the airline.