Parents and students have complained for years that Philadelphia’s selective school enrollment process is notoriously difficult to navigate and favors those with time, energy, and a familiarity with spreadsheets. The current setup allows families of students in prekindergarten through 11th grade...
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Tracking continued warmer temperatures across the Borderland this weekend, but a few showers could bring changes for Saturday and Sunday. Moisture moving north from Mexico helping bring isolated to scattered showers Saturday afternoon and evening. Rain ch...
parks
Bot traffic is wasting your ad budget in two ways: The money it burns on fake clicks and fake leads, and the damage it does to the data your campaigns learn from. More than half of all web traffic is now automated , and a meaningful share of paid media spend can be exposed to tra...
government
Voters in four states will decide housing-related ballot measures in November, providing testing grounds for different strategies to boost affordable homes. The six measures across California, Hawaii, Massachusetts and Rhode Island are the highest number in a single election year...
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There is a crisis growing across the U.S., leaving many farmers without the support they need, and many animals without adequate care. Amid the Trump administration’s vow to “ rebuild the Great American Beef herd ,” a shortage of veterinarians willing and able to treat farm anima...
business
When you want to find a new local business, who do you ask? Today, 45% of Americans are turning to an AI assistant to get recommendations for local businesses — up from 6% a year ago, according to BrightLocal’s 2026 Local Consumer Review Survey . It’s a dramatic change in user be...
safety
Nearly one in four women in the United States will experience severe physical violence from an intimate partner at some point in their lifetime, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) . Yet the majority of domestic violence incidents are never reported ...
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Nearly 45% of U.S. adults, and two-thirds of active investors, say financial stress or anxiety directly shapes how they invest, according to the Motley Fool’s 2026 Financial Stress and Investing Survey. The effects include avoiding the stock market entirely, panic-selling during ...
government
Texas’ backlog of at least 200,000 voter registration applications and updates, which election officials must now process in the weeks before the critical midterm elections due to state error, is highlighting just how difficult it can be to register to vote in Texas , voting righ...
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Sleep at 50 or 70 may look different from sleep at 25. Bedtime may creep earlier, morning may arrive sooner, and stretches of uninterrupted sleep may become shorter. The National Institute on Aging notes that factors, including insomnia, menopause and sleep apnea, can affect olde...
