Kentucky's 2022 Teacher of the Year quitting over anti-gay discrimination
Story at a glance Carver testified before Congress in May that he has “always faced discrimination as a gay teacher.” Carver said his move to the University of Kentucky offers him the place
Read MoreConfidence in Supreme Court is at lowest level in 50-year recorded history, Gallup poll finds
The American people’s confidence in the Supreme Court is at its lowest level ever recorded, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday. The poll found that only a quarter of Americans have confidence in the court, dropping 11 points from its mark of 36 percent recorded last year. The most recent figure is 5 percentage points lower than the previous lowest point, which was recorded in June 2014. Gallup has tracked the p
Read MoreGun control groups condemn Supreme Court concealed carry ruling
Gun control groups denounced Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling that struck down a New York law restricting concealed carry permits outside of the home, arguing that the decision is out of step with the public and will cost lives. “Today's Supreme Court decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen is wrong,” Eric Tirschwell, chief litigation counsel at Everytown for Gun Safety, told reporters at a briefing Thursday afternoon. “It's dangerous, and it's out of touch with the bipartisan majority of U.S. senators who just voted to advance major gun safety legislation for the first time in 26 y
Read MoreJust get the damn shot
With more than 100 years of medical and scientific progress since the great influenza of 1918, the U.S. was expected to perform better against the next major pandemic than the rest of the world and certainly better than we performed compared with the world in 1918. In actuality, we did dramatically worse. From 1918 to 1920, U.S. influenza deaths were 1.4 percent of the worldwide total. Today, the U.S. has surpassed 1 million COVID-19 deaths — accounting for 16 percent of the global toll. Can we learn from mistakes we have made in our response to COVID-19 in an effort to
Read MoreCDC panel endorses Moderna two-dose COVID vaccine for kids ages 6 to 17
An advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday gave the green light to Moderna's vaccine for kids 6 through 17, bringing it closer to becoming the second vaccine in the U.S. eligible for use in children. The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on Thursday unanimously endorsed Moderna's vaccine for use in those between the ages of 6 and 17. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky is likely to sign off on the committee's recommendation, as the agency almost always follows ACIP's endorsements. Currently, the on
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