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 ...
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 ...
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Despite pandemic, Oregon Class of ’24 saw slight rise in graduation rate; Bend-La Pine, all C.O. districts top state
Students in Oregon’s Class of 2024, who started high school online in the midst of a global pandemic, surpassed expectations ...
New national test scores show long-term impact of pandemic on students' literacy skills
New national test scores show a bleak picture of American education in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fourth and ...
Most violent crime rates have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels, new report shows
The number of homicides across the United States declined by 16% in 2024, continuing a recent downward trajectory, according ...
Idaho student test scores still haven’t overcome pandemic dips, but top national averages
That is one bright spot: Idaho fourth and eighth graders had higher proficiency rates than their national peers in reading ...
Oregon prison population remains close to pre-pandemic low, due in part to public defender crisis
About 12,000 people currently are serving time in Oregon prisons. That’s on par with the population figures from late 2002, ...
‘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 ...