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700 at-risk Tri-Cities students abruptly lose mentors after federal AmeriCorps cuts

Hundreds of Tri-Cities children at risk of dropping out of school have lost their mentors after funding was abruptly terminated for the AmeriCorps program. The United Way of Benton and Franklin Counties said that the sudden loss of funding will directly impact about 700 local middle school students participating in their Attendance Matters Mentoring Program, according to a news release. LoAnn ...

News >  Health

RFK Jr. said his agency will find the cause of autism. These researchers have actually been looking

The annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research took place in Seattle this week. The field's premiere scientific conference was scheduled to be held in the Emerald City five years ago, until COVID-19 dashed those plans. This time, U.S. autism researchers face a very different kind of crisis: massive cuts to federal funding, Cabinet members making false statements about the ...
News >  Nation

Trump signs order seeking to end federal funding for PBS and NPR

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday evening seeking to prohibit federal funding for NPR and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). The order, which could be subject to legal challenge, called the broadcasters’ news coverage “biased and partisan.”
News >  World

Chimney for conclave to elect new pope goes up on Sistine Chapel

ROME — Fire officers on Friday installed the renowned chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican that will emit the plumes of smoke signalling the results of the upcoming conclave. The process to elect a new pope is set to start on Wednesday, with 133 cardinals sealed off in the 15th century chapel with its famous Michelangelo ceiling. During the election, black smoke rising from ...
News >  Nation

Trump says Harvard will lose its tax-exempt status

President Donald Trump declared that Harvard University would lose its tax-exempt status, a designation that has allowed the school to avoid paying levies on its revenue under classification for educational institutions.