"The decision was the latest in a series of rulings forbidding the exclusion of religious institutions from government programs."

The New York Times: Taliban Renege on Promise to Open Afghan Girls’ Schools. >"The reversal of the plan to reopen high schools this week could threaten _...Read More_

"Goldman Sachs is the first major Western bank to get out of Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. More are likely to follow at a cost of tens of billions of dollars."

"Families of people killed in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., said on Tuesday that they had reached a $73 million settlement in their lawsuit against the maker of the AR-15-style weapon the gunman used _...Read More_

Some Americans cheered the moves, mostly by Democratic governors, but others questioned the timing, with more than 200,000 new virus infections being reported each day.

Policymakers need to be humble about what we don’t know, especially with Covid-19.

"For the first time since the start of the pandemic, New Jersey districts will be permitted to allow students and teachers to stop wearing masks."

"Ever since the federal government authorized the coronavirus vaccine for children 5 through 11 nearly three months ago, Mr. Kip has been calling the school’s parents, texting, nagging, cajoling daily. Acting as a vaccine advocate — a job _...Read More_

>"The website for the newly established federal effort to distribute Covid-19 rapid tests by mail across America will launch for requests _...Read More_

“I think that Joe Biden and Miguel Cardona and the newly elected mayor of New York City and Lori Lightfoot — they can all declare that schools will be open,” Ms. Mizialko added, referring to the U.S. education secretary and the mayor of _...Read More_

"Of course, it’s no way for kids to grow up but this is the hand the kids of this generation have been dealt. Kids from other generations have had to muddle through their issues too. Kids in other parts of the world, have it worse. It’s not _...Read More_

Dr. Peter Marks, who oversees the agency’s division that regulates vaccines, said that the risk of myocarditis was substantially lower after a booster dose than after a second dose, citing U.S. safety monitoring data. The benefits of a _...Read More_

In two short weeks, as the year closed out, the Omicron variant drove coronavirus case counts to record levels, upended air travel and left gaping staffing holes at police departments, firehouses and hospitals.

>"With a “youth army,” a cathedral honoring the military and state media promoting patriotism, the government is preparing Russians for the possibility of _...Read More_

>"Oxford High School held repeated trainings on how to handle a gunman in school. But some critics are questioning their purpose."