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.

This spring, across the nation’s auditoriums and quadrangles, members of the class of 2026 took their seats to receive remarks from distinguished guests. The graduation speech is a thankless form: generalized, impersonal exhortation/congratulation is almost guaranteed to be forgettable, if al...

Once dismissed, soccer in the U.S. has surged into the mainstream, driven by World Cup moments, MLS growth and fan culture, reshaping how the nation plays, watches and embraces the global game. Show Caption I vividly remember how the American soldiers reacted as we watched the U.S.

I don’t remember precisely when I first heard the word “gifted,” but it must have been in early elementary school. I do remember being pulled out of my first-grade class and led to the fifth-grade classroom, where a teacher told me to choose a chapter book that was “more at my level.” I...

Authored by Larry Sand via Heartland.org,After decades of steady growth, attendance in U.S. K-12 public schools has shifted drastically. Over the past five years, registration has fallen by 2.3 percent, or 1.18 million students, and schools show no signs of rebounding. Lower birth rates are th...

The DC Council could look very different in the next term, with races playing out for five seats this election cycle.In Ward 1, five Democratic candidates are working to convince voters they are the most qualified to replace Brianne Nadeau, who is not running for re-election after serving three t...

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison is one of eight books Celina ISD has removed from its school libraries.  Rick Bowmer/Associated Press Across Texas, school districts are reassessing what books belong on the shelves of school and classroom libraries. At the same time, the State Board of Educatio...