Teachers say elementary schoolers today are having a more difficult time with subjects like reading and writing than students pre-pandemic.

—The overall suicide rate in 2022 and 2023 was 14.2 per 100,000. It also was that high in 2018. Before then, it hadn't been ...

Doldrums continue to plague China's post-pandemic economy. Now the country's leaders are firing up a new round of plans to ...

Amazon's corporate workers were recently told they'll soon have to return to the office five days a week. And most seem very ...

The fashionable idea that the world economy has arrived in a new more inflationary regime post-pandemic may ring hollow in Switzerland - one small vignette questioning how durably things have changed ...

There are many factors that are making it hard for the downtown shopping districts to fill empty spaces, but could crime be one of the hurdles?

The bill proposes allowing the minister of health to appoint a National Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness Coordinator. It mandates industries to help procure pandemic-related products like vaccines ...

Kentucky wants to make sure the deaf and hard of hearing are safe during severe weather. Gov. Beshear announced on Thursday ...

After several very difficult years and a swath of new programs and enticements, the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Space ...

"Many patients with a learning disability are at increased risk of chronic health problems – sometimes by virtue of their ...

There were 218,000 jobless claims last week, a 4,000 drop from the week before, the Labor Department said on Thursday.

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