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Michigan's cash aid program for new parents, Rx Kids, is set to launch in six Wayne County cities as soon as next week after county commissioners approved $7.5 million to expand the program into some ...

The Special Olympics called on singer-songwriter Kid Rock to reject the “R-word” after he said it during a nationally televised appearance on Fox News. Loretta Claiborne, chief inspiration officer for ...

More teens are showing interest in vocational training and other non-college options after high school. Parents tend to favor traditional four-year colleges over non-degree career paths, according to ...

Graduation day dawns sunny and warm for the first day of November, but the weather hardly matters for the joint Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Georgetown coding class, which takes place at the ...

Twenty-six-year-old Blisha Magar is one of 20 refugees working away in a classroom during a free computer coding boot camp called Refcode. The program, led by software engineers, teaches refugees tech ...

Anthropic’s Claude chatbot can now write and run JavaScript code. Today, Anthropic launched a new analysis tool that helps Claude respond with what the company describes as “mathematically precise and ...

On Sunday, October 6, at 3 pm, the Richmond County Orchestra will present Rare Rhapsodies, an afternoon of elegance, acrobatics and music that celebrates its 26th anniversary season on Staten Island ...

A recent audit by the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General uncovered that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) failed to monitor over 30,000 unaccompanied migrant ...

If enacted, the elimination of Head Start would undermine economic growth and exacerbate inequalities among families with young children. Project 2025: Exposing the Far-Right Assault on America ...