Mass layoffs in Alabama remained above pre-pandemic levels in 2024
Nearly 2,000 workers in Alabama were laid off in mass layoffs and plant closures in 2024, according to WARN notices filed with the Alabama Department of Commerce. About 21 employers in industries ...
Post-pandemic nose-dive: Why student test scores are raising alarms among parents and teachers
Kids now don't have the joy for reading they once did, and teachers have changed the way they teach writing in the digital ...
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Will bird flu spark a human pandemic? Scientists say the risk is rising
The team found that animals that had the virus inoculated directly into their lungs became severely ill, whereas animals that ...
India's tourism comeback: 7.6 cr jobs created as industry rebounds to pre-pandemic levels, Economic Survey 2025 reveals
The report highlights that international tourist arrivals (ITAs) rebounded to pre-pandemic levels in 2023, with India’s share in global ITAs standing at 1.45% ...
RFK Jr. skipped meeting where officials planned fight against a future pandemic
About 40 top leaders joined the effort to prepare for avian flu and other emergencies. Kennedy instead lobbied senators on ...
‘Didn’t Die’ Review: Pandemic Zom-Com Has All the Right Ideas but Lacks Horror Execution
Meera Menon's sardonic horror comedy 'Didn't Die' hits the right character beats, but can't quite up the ante.
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Mass. leads in reading and math scores, but still lags pre-pandemic levels
Despite leading other states in math and reading on last year's National Assessment of Educational Progress, known also as ...
Memphis crime down in 2024, still higher than pre-pandemic levels, according to TBI data
Crime in Memphis dropped in almost every major category between 2023 and 2024, according to Tennessee Bureau of Investigation ...
NBC 10 I-Team: Rhode Island sees 5.27% drop in public school students since pre-pandemic
Rhode Island has 135,978 public school students this academic year compared to 136,154 last year. The comparison to ...
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Report shows students continue to lag in math, reading skills compared to pre-pandemic levels
"Every child doesn't learn the same. There's learning differences throughout the school system, and we need to address those ...
China says it's "extremely unlikely" COVID pandemic came from lab leak, as CIA now indicates
China says it's "extremely unlikely" that COVID-19​ came from a lab, after the CIA said it believed​, though with low ...