Public health experts have long warned that zoonotic diseases — illnesses that jump from animals to humans — are increasing ...

As health officials continue monitoring the hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, the broader ...

The “Santa Barbara Independent” presents its endorsements for California governor and other state, federal, and local races, ...

As the pioneering BalletBoyz company celebrates its 25th anniversary and Billy Elliott returns to the stage, the male dance landscape appears transformed from where it was at the turn of the century.

A federal court ruling revives a COVID-19–era tax question and some Americans may be owed refunds. If you were penalized for ...

HOLLAND, Mich. — For more than a century, Holland High School has fielded a football team, but never a home game on campus. That’s about to change with the construction of a new stadium. “We found ...

Education officials in President Donald Trump’s administration say they’re taking seriously concerns raised by Republican state lawmakers in New Jersey over how the Newark school district spent $287 ...

A headline-grabbing new COVID-19 variant known as “Cicada” has been detected in Texas — but it hasn’t caused a significant wave of infection in the U.S. yet. Cicada, or BA.3.2, is one of multiple ...

New Jersey lawmakers are calling for a federal probe into Newark Public Schools, alleging the state’s largest district mismanaged millions in government funds meant to help students recover from the ...

NJ Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia discusses the alleged mismanagement of $287M in federal COVID relief funds in Newark Public Schools. Lawmakers are calling for a federal investigation as student ...

Friday, March 13, 2020, is etched in our memories. It was the day the federal government declared a national emergency, and for me, everything stopped. Schools closed. Businesses shuttered. The world ...