D.C. Elementary Schools Ban Cell Phones   

D.C. Elementary Schools Ban Cell Phones   

 When public school begins on Aug. 25 in Washington, D.C., elementary school students will face a new rule that might be painful: no cell phones allowed.   “Beginning in the 2025-26 school year, DCPS students are prohibited from accessing a cell phone or personal electronic communication device during the bell-to-bell school day when on DCPS school…

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Should You Now Consider Selling Your Pfizer (PFE) Shares Before its Too Late?

Should You Now Consider Selling Your Pfizer (PFE) Shares Before its Too Late?

Parnassus Investments, an investment management firm that focuses on owning a concentrated portfolio of U.S. large cap stocks, released its Parnassus Value Equity Fund second-quarter 2025 investor letter. The full letter is available for download here. For the second quarter of 2025, the fund reported a net return of 7.24%, outperforming its benchmark, the Russell 1000…

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FAA faces critical shortage of air traffic controllers. Here's a look into methods to retain and train them

FAA faces critical shortage of air traffic controllers. Here’s a look into methods to retain and train them

The United States is facing a shortage of approximately 3,000 air traffic controllers as many trainees quit before completing their certification, contributing to travel delays at airports across the country this summer. The Federal Aviation Administration’s training facility in Oklahoma City serves as the sole location where the agency trains new controllers, but the program…

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Hong Kong slams ‘smear campaigns’ as Jimmy Lai returns to court for trial

Hong Kong slams ‘smear campaigns’ as Jimmy Lai returns to court for trial

The Hong Kong government has strongly condemned “smear campaigns” by foreign forces and anti-China media companies in relation to the national security law trial of former newspaper boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, who returns to court on Thursday. Prosecutors and defence lawyers will make their final oral arguments in his high-profile trial. The closing submissions procedure…

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Why GE Appliances says it's ready to bring 800 jobs back to the U.S.

GE Appliances moving more output from China and some from Mexico to U.S. as part of $3 billion investment

Louisville, Kentucky — GE Appliances plans to shift production of refrigerators, gas ranges and water heaters out of China and Mexico as part of a more than $3 billion investment to expand its U.S. operations in Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and South Carolina. The investment — the second-largest in the Louisville-based company’s history — is expected…

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