With many schools seeing lower enrollment, it’s the kind of proposal that might become more common in the next few years.
Photo: NDZ/STAR MAX/AP Photo Mayor Eric Adams announced on Wednesday that he would be appointing Jessica Tisch, current head of the Sanitation Department, as the next commissioner of the New York City Police Department. She will be the second woman to lead the department and the fourth person to hold the role during Adams’s tenure...
They say he continues to falsely accuse them of tampering with ballots during the 2020 presidential election.
Grand Traverse Bay, renowned for its calm waters and maritime legacy, hides a fascinating past beneath its surface. Over the years, explorers have uncovered numerous shipwrecks that reflect the bay’s significance as a hub for 19th and 20th-century trade. Now, a groundbreaking discovery is adding a prehistoric twist to its...
A new analysis of 1989–2020 World/European Values Survey data found no evidence that modern social conditions—marked by high existential security, education, and urbanicity—cause a decrease in religiosity. National average increases in these factors did not predict decreased religiosity. The paper was published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of...
A new study explores how pathogen stress—the prevalence of infectious diseases—may fuel racial bias in the United States, particularly anti-Black prejudice. By analyzing Google search data and measures of implicit and explicit bias, the researchers found that while pathogen stress correlates with increased bias, the role of disease avoidance motivations...
