False claim SCOTUS ruled Texas SB4 immigration law is constitutional in May 2024 | Fact check
The claim: The Supreme Court ruled Texas’ Senate Bill 4 is constitutional in May 2024 A May 28 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) claims the nation’s highest court made a major decision on a controversial Texas immigration law in May 2024. “Just Announced: The Supreme Court ruled today that Texas SB-4 law is constitutional which […]
Abortion advocates, opponents agree on one thing about SCOTUS ruling: The fight isn’t over
Like many advocates across the country, Julia Kaye was watching closely to see if Thursday morning would be the day the Supreme Court would dramatically curb access to the widely used abortion drug mifepristone. Kaye, a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union’s Reproductive Freedom Project, was relieved when she learned the high […]
Massive heat wave heading for USA next week. Cities have been preparing for this.
Forecasters say a heat wave will spread across much of the central and eastern U.S. next week, a moment health officials have been preparing for. Forecasters warn a dangerous and potentially record-breaking heat wave will spread across much of the central and eastern U.S. next week, a moment health officials have been dreading and preparing for. The […]
Immigration activists sue Biden administration over border policy
EL PASO, Texas – Two immigrant rights organizations on Wednesday sued the Biden administration to block the president’s new asylum restrictions at the U.S. border. In the complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., the El Paso- and San Antonio-based organizations said the president’s executive order violates the nation’s immigration laws by effectively barring migrants’ access to the […]
State’s weigh school cell phone bans atop district policies
Educators are pursuing creative tactics to limit their students’ cell phone use in class. Some students are required to leave their phones in lockers, others store their phones in pouches that cannot be accessed until the end of the day. And of course there is the honor system. Although teachers have been battling for their […]
EPA orders the Air Force, Arizona National Guard to clean up groundwater contamination
PHOENIX — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is demanding the U.S. Air Force and Arizona National Guard take action as concentrations of toxic “forever chemicals” are increasing in the groundwater in a historically contaminated area in the south side of Tuscon, Arizona. The EPA found the pollution came from the nearby military properties and ordered them to […]
What is COVID KP.3 variant? Symptoms, CDC data, what to know about the newest COVID strain
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is tracking the new COVID variant KP.3 as data shows its dominance across the United States. “CDC is tracking SARS-CoV-2 variant KP.3. For the two-week period ending on June 8, 2024, CDC predicts that KP.3 is growing and will become the most common SARS-CoV-2 lineage nationally,” CDC Spokesperson, Rosa Norman, […]
Chronic absenteeism is schools’ ‘biggest problem.’ Five reasons kids are missing school.
Cur’ra McCoy is one of millions of students who missed weeks of school over the past few years. Instead, the Baltimore teen often slept in or played on her phone. She did a whole lot of nothing, for the most part. McCoy blames her absences on boredom, which led to her not doing well in some classes. That made […]
New sexually transmitted fungal infection – ringworm – found in NYC marks 1st case in US
Medical experts are warning doctors and the public of a highly contagious rare fungal strain after a sexually transmitted ringworm has been reported for the first time in the U.S. “Healthcare providers should be aware that Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII is the latest in a group of severe skin infections to have now reached the United States,” […]
Thousands of fish die in Mexico after lagoon dries amid extreme heat and drought
Municipal workers in Mexico needed to spread quicklime over the dead fish that once swam in the Bustillos Lagoon to reduce the stench. Fish blanket the surface of a lagoon in Mexico after an extended dry spell resulted in its water levels becoming dangerously low. Thousands of dead fish floated on the surface of the […]