Mark Lehain is no stranger to arguing about the education system both on and offline. He  admits he quite enjoys being cast in the role as a player in “a shadowy neo-liberal conspiracy”. As the director of Parents and Teachers for Excellence he has spent the past two years advocating a…

The musical duo Tegan and Sara return to high school. They join for a conversation about music ⁠— and growing up. Guests Tegan and Sara Quin, identical twin sisters who make up the indie pop band Tegan and Sara. The pair have released nine studio albums, including their most recent “Hey, I’m…

(Press Staff Photo by Geoffrey Plant)Arthur Pepin, director of the New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts, holds up a proposal for a new Magistrate Court building during the regular meeting of the Grant County commissioners on Thursday. Seated behind Pepin are, from right, New Mexico Supreme Court Chief Justice…

A man and a woman were charged Thursday with capital murder in the death of 3-year-old Kamille McKinney, whose remains were found Tuesday in Birmingham, Alabama. The man, Patrick Stallworth, and the woman, Derick Brown, are being held at the Jefferson County Jail without bond, Jefferson County District Attorney Danny…

Norwalk, Conn., October 21, 2019: Human Services Council is continuing the fight against child abuse with the 8th Annual KIDZFEST Touch-A-Truck & More Fundraiser benefitting Children’s Connection Child Advocacy Center. KIDZFEST will be held rain or shine on Saturday, October 26, 2019 from 10 am – 3 pm at Taylor…

BATON ROUGE – A Denham Springs man who was jailed in Florida has been booked locally for allegedly sexually assaulting two Baton Rouge girls about 20 years ago.  The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office officially charged 35-year-old Jason Paul Jensen with sexual battery after two sisters told authorities he’d molested…

Inspired by the many robust conversations we’ve seen taking place in the comments section of our writing prompts lately, we’re posing a challenge for students this coming week: Reply to a comment of someone you don’t know. Even better, start a conversation and keep it going. Try to go beyond…

When Kathryn Hahn first moved to LA to become an actor, she started auditioning — but quickly became disillusioned. “When I started to see the roles that were available to me, what I was being seen for, I definitely thought … ‘This is just such a small part of me…

You may never have seen a Florida Man Friday quite like this one. As regular readers know, I keep a set of browser tabs open at all times, just for collecting Florida Man & Woman stories, then collect the best of the bunch and present them in a totally non-judgmental…

An employee vaping at a store in New York City. A July 2018 Gallup survey found young adults are more likely than older people to vape, but less likely to smoke cigarettes. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) An outbreak of lung injuries among e-cigarette users across much of the United States has…