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Declining birth rates mean fewer students.

And that means more districts grappling with whether to close or merge schools.

“The big shrink” is how Marguerite Roza, director of Georgetown University’s Edunomics Lab...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge’s statement this week that Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner may have committed crimes while running his office came as part of a lengthy battle in a complex post-conviction ...Read more

When California’s groundbreaking law on single-use plastic passed in 2022 to address the growing scourge of plastic pollution, it had broad political support. There was the state Chamber of Commerce, the Monterey Bay ...Read more

Since it opened in 1986, Dollywood has been both monument to Dolly Parton and a bustling venue where visitors can wander through a replica of the two-room log cabin where the singer-songwriter grew up and munch on loaves ...Read more

Hoping to spur apartment construction, Seattle City Council members will soon consider a plan to slash fees developers of new housing pay.

The proposal from Councilmember Dionne Foster, slated for an initial hearing ...Read more

Nearly five years ago, Chase Johnson was cured of breast cancer — but not of the profound anxiety that it would return.

When Johnson was originally diagnosed in 2021, the resident of Cary, North Carolina, was only 31 �...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Charmira and Quincy Pilgrim wanted to become homeowners a decade ago when they got married.

But over the years, job losses, jobs that didn’t pay enough, children, unpaid maternity leave, and rising ...Read more

Cheryl Palumbo was out shopping for herself and her husband last week to pick up some items she had forgotten the day before at the supermarket — and couldn’t quite believe her bill.

The 78-year-old retiree had ...Read more

Amber Bates of Cohutta, Georgia, is one of thousands of people without health insurance in the 14th Congressional District, home to about 765,000 people in the northwestern corner of the state.

She and her husband have ...Read more

Zach Cregger didn't think his Resident Evil movie needed legacy characters from the video games.

The 45-year-old horror maestro has helmed the newest big screen adaptation of the iconic franchise, which focuses on a ...Read more

George MacKay opted not to watch Ang Lee's take on Sense and Sensibility before starring in the new adaptation of Jane Austen's novel.

The 34-year-old actor plays Edward Ferrars in Georgia Oakley's new flick and explained...Read more

Tinashe will only tour as an opening act for artists who "really understand" her.

The 33-year-old singer will open for Harry Styles in Phoenix, Arizona on April 2 and 3 to kick off the North American leg of the Watermelon...Read more

Madonna will perform at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) for the first time in 23 years.

The Queen of Pop, who has 11 nominations at the ceremony, will open the show in Los Angeles later this month in what will be her ...Read more

Dolly Parton posthumously accepted a lifetime achievement award at the Americana Honours and Awards ceremony.

The country music legend, who died at the age of 80 last month after a brief battle with cancer, accepted the ...Read more

Robert Kraft has claimed Ed Sheeran asked him to match a $2 million donation to humanitarian aid.

The 85-year-old Gillette Stadium owner, who reportedly blocked Macklemore, 34, from performing after his comments in ...Read more

Matthew Lillard feels "ashamed" for returning to Scream after Melissa Barrera's firing.

The 56-year-old actor reprised his role as Stu Macher, the original Ghostface, in Scream VII earlier this year after Melissa, 36, was...Read more

Kit Harington believes that the Harry Potter TV series is a "great idea".

The 39-year-old actor has been cast as Hogwarts professor Gilderoy Lockhart in the small screen adaptation of J.K. Rowling's wizardry novels and ...Read more

The revelation by the Air Force this week that the U.S. now has a weapon in space stoked speculation — but few answers — about the weapon’s capability.

“As much as you want to know, Beijing wants to know even more...Read more

The House passed legislation Wednesday that would direct states to consider adopting federal standards for large-scale industrial power users, an attempt to address growing voter anger over the speed and scale of data ...Read more

Mayor Michelle Wu said Boston’s housing crisis is so bad that in addition to enticing developers with $100 million in tax breaks, the city is now considering funding part of their construction costs to kickstart stalled ...Read more