Sean Salai

Gore, Thunberg headline Kennedy Center five-week climate change program

Former Vice President Al Gore, blues singer Martha Redbone and Swedish teenage environmentalist Greta Thunberg are among the names highlighting a wide-ranging climate change program that starts next week at the District's Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

March 4, 2022

Florida teens walk out of school to protest parental rights bill

Florida teenagers have staged a statewide walkout from their classrooms to protest the state's proposed parental bill of rights, which would forbid teachers from discussing gender identity and sexual orientation in elementary schools.

March 4, 2022

Trans softball players pressure Gay World Series to boycott Texas over Abbott order

A growing number of transgender softball players want the Gay Softball World Series moved out of Texas to protest Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's order against sex-change operations for children, a league manager said this week.

March 3, 2022

Parenting expert urges parents to discuss Ukraine with kids

Europe's first ground war in half a century has made it urgent for parents to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine with their children, according to a noted parenting educator.

March 3, 2022

Aviation industry offers signing bonuses, perks to reverse mechanics shortage

The nation's pandemic-fueled shortage of aviation mechanics led 25 industry employers to a Maryland flight school Wednesday to offer students recruiting perks ranging from free tools to signing bonuses.

March 2, 2022

D.C. museums, monuments eye return of school groups

Museums and monuments in the District of Columbia are prepping for a resurgence of school field trips this spring following the lifting of mask mandates and vaccine card requirements.

March 2, 2022

Nebraska conservatives meet deadline to block Lincoln gender identity bill

Nebraska conservatives said Tuesday they have met a deadline for a petition to block a Lincoln City Council proposal that would allow biological men who identify as female to use women's facilities and subject resistant businesses and organizations to fines.

March 1, 2022

Canine advocates push U.S. Mint for coin series honoring service dogs

Service dogs, police dogs and military war dogs will be getting a commemorative coin series from the U.S. Mint in 2023 if canine advocates have their way.

March 1, 2022

Officials predict peak bloom for cherry blossoms on March 22-25

National Park Service officials announced Tuesday that the District's cherry blossoms will reach their peak bloom in the Tidal Basin between March 22 and 25, a hopeful sign of spring as the annual festival returns in-person for the first time in three years.

March 1, 2022

Economists see car insurance rates climbing in 2022

Masks are coming off, COVID restrictions are coming down and motorists are hitting the road -- and running straight into higher car insurance rates that show no sign of declining this year, economists say.

February 28, 2022

Youngkin identifies racially ‘divisive concepts’ in schools report

Gov. Glenn Youngkin released an interim report Friday outlining steps his administration is taking to remove "inherently divisive concepts" in Virginia's public schools, part of his pledge to ban critical race theory.

February 25, 2022

Florida school board gives new contract to company after ‘cultural sensitivity training’

Florida's Sarasota County School Board has voted to hire a company that critics blame for a "cultural sensitivity training" program for faculty it canceled two years ago after the facilitator told teachers to publicly shame each other for perceived racial intolerance.

February 25, 2022

Adopted Arkansas judge finds his deceased birth parents after long search

An Arkansas judge has found his deceased birth parents after decades of searching but says the process of understanding why they abandoned him as an infant has just begun.

February 25, 2022

Activists fight Tennessee proposal to make gun owners ‘police’

A Tennessee bill that would recognize some handgun owners as police is stirring opposition from gun control activists who say it encourages vigilantism.

February 24, 2022

Nebraska conservatives petition to stop ‘gender identity’ bathroom bill, speech code

Nebraska conservatives are scrambling to block a Lincoln City Council proposal that would allow biological men who identify as female to use women's facilities. Businesses and organizations unwilling to abide by the new "gender identity" rules could face fines.

February 24, 2022

Conservative students challenge University of Houston in free speech lawsuit

Three conservative students at the University of Houston have filed a federal lawsuit claiming that the school's new anti-harassment policy infringes on their freedom of expression on topics ranging from transgender athletes to immigration.

February 24, 2022

Conservatives take on ‘woke’ corporate diversity policies

Conservative activists are criticizing the "woke" virtue-signaling trend of U.S. corporations implementing diversity, equity and inclusion policies in the workplace, singling out retail giant Walmart for scrutiny and scorn.

February 24, 2022

Lockdown-defiant pastor finds common cause with Canadian truckers

A Canadian pastor who was imprisoned for keeping his church open during COVID-19 has found common cause with the truckers who have blockaded Ottawa to protest mask and vaccine mandates.

February 23, 2022

Report: U.S. to see a record number of weddings, rising costs in 2022

Wedding bells will ring more and cost more as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted this year, according to an industry report that predicts the U.S. will see a record 2.5 million weddings in 2022.

February 22, 2022

Maryland home-schoolers fight bill that would ‘gather information’ on them

Maryland home-schoolers concerned about government overreach are fighting a proposal in the state legislature that would create an advisory council to "gather information" on them.

February 21, 2022