Teachers filed at least 5,500 fewer child endangerment reports due to COVID-19: study
Story at a glance A recent study suggests that at least between 5,500 and 8,000 cases of child endangerment or maltreatment were missed due to school closures and fewer enrollments. Researchers said time children spend in school leads to more reports and investigations, noting that “investigated child maltreatment reports is 30% to 65% higher at the beginning and end of the school
Read MoreJihadists are on the rise across Africa — The US and its allies must remain vigilant
A deadly assault on Mali’s largest military base. Suicide bombings in Somalia. A massive armed prison break in Nigeria. Though these events happened hundreds of miles apart from each other, they’re all related –– because they’re all part of the rising wave of Islamic extremism in Africa.&
Read MoreJan. 6 committee acquires Alex Jones's texts: report
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Read MoreBiden tours Kentucky flood damage: 'I promise you we’re staying'
President Biden on Monday visited parts of Kentucky ravaged by recent deadly flooding, vowing to help rebuild the communities better than they were before. “I promise you we’re staying. The federal government, along with the state and county and the city, we’re staying until everybody’s back to where they were. Not a joke,” Biden said during remarks in Lost Creek. The president argued that because of a federal infrastructure law passed last year, he hoped that when the affected communities in eastern Kentucky are rebuilt, they can not only get new water lines put in, but
Read MorePetraeus points to 20 years of 'significant mistakes' in Afghanistan as US withdrawal anniversary approaches
Retired Gen. David Petraeus says that “significant mistakes” were made during the U.S.’s 20-year deployment in Afghanistan as the one-year anniversary of the U.S. troops' withdrawal from the country nears. In an op-ed published by The Atlantic on Monday, Petraeus wrote that the outcome of the U.S.’s withdrawal from Afghanistan is “devastating” for the country, citing the fall of the Afghan government and the eventual return to power of the Taliban.
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