PETA offers to replace Punxsutawney Phil with groundhog hologram
PETA is proposing to replace Punxsutawney Phil with a high-tech hologram for Groundhog Day if he and his family can retire to an animal sanctuary. In a letter addressed to…
New Jersey will now require cursive writing for some elementary school students
Beginning in September, New Jersey public schools must begin teaching cursive writing to students in grades three to five. A bill signed by Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday makes cursive…
China’s population falls again as births drop to lowest rate since 1949 communist revolution
By HUIZHONG WU BANGKOK (AP) — How do you persuade a population to have more babies after generations of limiting families to just one? A decade after ending China’s longtime…
Stop scofflaw drivers to lower insurance rates
In her State of the State address, Gov. Hochul called for lowering New York’s high car insurance premiums. One way to achieve this would be legislative actions and enforcement targeting…
How Gen Z is making millennials look cool again
Step inside a Hollister store today and get a millennial retrospective: low-rise baggy and flare jeans, baby doll tops, fur-trimmed cable-knit V-necks, and sweatpants with numbers and words like “Senior”…
How Mamdani can make NYC more affordable
Focusing on affordability propelled Zohran Mamdani to the mayoralty last year and affordability will certainly be the buzz word of the 2026 midterms. Talking about affordability may make voters feel…
These are the treatments dominating the business of living longer
LAS VEGAS — Just beyond the flashing slot machines and cigarette-saturated casino air, thousands of the health obsessed gathered in a convention hall here to demonstrate their hacks for living…
A car accident derailed his education 25 years ago. Now he’s returning to college alongside others with physical disabilities.
In 2000, Aaron Deede was an 18-year-old Delaware college student who enjoyed acting and had dreams of becoming a playwright. But a car accident left him paraplegic with a traumatic…
Founding father Ben Franklin also founded America’s first volunteer fire department
Colonial Philadelphia — a community of wooden dwellings and businesses along the Delaware River back in the 1700s — was under constant threat of burning to the ground. Fires could…
Trump won’t create safeguards for AI, so Pa. legislators must
Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and its influence across nearly every industry and aspect of society is expanding at a breathtaking pace. While AI offers clear benefits for business,…