Sean Salai

Maryland governor, media get first tour of D.C. Mormon Temple in 48 years

The Washington D.C. Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opened its doors to outsiders for the first time in 48 years on Monday, hosting Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and members of the media for a private tour of recently completed renovations.

April 18, 2022

Unemployment on a downward trend in Virginia, Maryland and D.C.

Unemployment rates dropped slightly again last month in the District, Maryland and Virginia, according to a Friday report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

April 15, 2022

Virginia governor’s ban on teaching ‘divisive concepts’ sparks battle over race-based U.S. history

Virginia's ban on teaching "inherently divisive concepts" about race in K-12 public schools is stirring debate about whether Black history can be taught and whether a newly unified history for all Americans will dominate classrooms.

April 15, 2022

CDC: Gonorrhea, syphilis rose during first year of pandemic

Cases of the sexually transmitted diseases gonorrhea and syphilis increased during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than half of the infections coming from young people aged 15-24, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

April 15, 2022

Survey: Race is more central than nationality to Black American identity

Most Black Americans say race is more important to their identity and relationships than nationality, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

April 14, 2022

Fla. law sparks wave of bills: States move to protect parents’ control of childhood sexual education

Republican state legislatures across the country are following the lead of Florida and its Parental Rights in Education legislation, introducing their own versions of what LGBTQ activists and left-leaning critics have derided as "Don't Say Gay" laws.

April 13, 2022

Conservative moms announce protest at Disney World

A busload of conservative moms will protest Saturday at Walt Disney World in Orlando over the company's public stance against Florida's Parental Rights in Education law.

April 13, 2022

Abortion rights without Roe poised to splinter across states, jurisdictions, courts

Performing an abortion in Oklahoma will be a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday -- just three days after lawmakers in Maryland went the other direction, expanding not only who can perform abortions but requiring insurance to cover the procedure at no cost to the policyholder.

April 12, 2022

Conservative shareholders target ‘woke’ corporate boards

Conservative investors are becoming shareholder activists to battle what they call the "woke" gender and race policies of America's corporate boardrooms.

April 12, 2022

Texas school district moves to four-day week

A rural Texas school district is moving to a four-day workweek this fall to cope with an ongoing teacher shortage.

April 12, 2022

Medicare limits coverage of new Alzheimer’s treatment

Officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will restrict Medicare coverage of a new Alzheimer's treatment to clinical trials, rejecting activists who had demanded full access for early-onset dementia patients.

April 11, 2022

Etsy sellers go on strike to protest transaction fee increase

Roughly 14,000 Etsy sellers began a weeklong strike on Monday to protest a 30% increase in transaction fees at the online marketplace that they say cuts into the profits of small business owners and content creators.

April 11, 2022

California nurses vote to strike, cite COVID-19 burnout

Thousands of unionized registered nurses have voted to go on strike in California, citing COVID-19 burnout and the failure of two hospitals to give them fair contracts.

April 8, 2022

Evictions on the rise but lawsuits, nonpaying tenants still vex the rental housing market

Landlords nationwide are booting out more tenants who haven't paid their monthly rent since the COVID-19 pandemic started, but legal challenges are slowing them down in some places.

April 8, 2022

VA says telehealth curbed suicide risk among rural vets in pandemic

A new study finds that rural veterans with mental-health issues were likelier to get online treatment after receiving smart devices from the Department of Veteran Affairs, reducing their risk of suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 8, 2022

Study: Conservatives more likely to relax COVID safety with close friends

A new study finds that Americans take COVID-19 health precautions less seriously around their close friends, but that conservatives are likelier than liberals to relax them.

April 7, 2022

Parents challenge sexually explicit books in record numbers

Parents are challenging or banning books in school libraries and classrooms more than ever before, with two highly contentious works on LGBTQ identity the lead targets of conservatives' wrath.

April 7, 2022

Tech companies offer big money to summer interns for in-person work

Tech companies are offering nearly $10,000 a month to summer interns for in-person office work in hopes of luring young people disillusioned by remote jobs.

April 7, 2022

GOP lawmakers ask Mayor Bowser for autopsies of fetuses obtained by pro-life activists

A group of 20 congressional Republicans is asking D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to order autopsies of five fetuses turned over last week to District authorities, adding to a chorus of pro-life advocates who say the abortions may have violated federal partial-birth laws.

April 6, 2022

Pro-life activists: Fetuses handed over so police could probe timing of the abortions

The pro-life activists involved in last week's handover of five fetuses stored in a Capitol Hill apartment to District police are asking for autopsies to determine whether, as they suspect, federal partial-birth laws were broken when the abortions were conducted.

April 5, 2022