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Second-grade students select their meals during lunch break in the cafeteria, Dec. 12, 2022, at an elementary school in Scottsdale, Ariz.

U.S. & World

More Students Gain Eligibility For Free School Meals Under Expanded US Program

Roughly 3,000 additional school districts serving more than 5 million students will now be eligible

Photo Credit: AP Photo/Alberto Mariani

Former Pres.  Trump at a microphone, pressing his lips together

U.S. & World

Judge Rules Former Pres. Trump Defrauded Banks, Insurers While Building Real Estate Empire

A judge ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House.

Photo Credit: AP/Artie Walker, Jr.

Target store

U.S. & World

Target Closing 9 Stores (Harlem, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco) Due To Crime That Threatens Workers, Shoppers

“Our team continues to face an unacceptable amount of retail theft and organized retail crime.”

Photo Credit: AP Photo/Alan Diaz

The Learning Experience

Good News

Watch: Preschool Teaches Kids Sign Language

"Even though they don't have the words around them, they know they are being understood and they're being heard..."

Photo Credit: WKRC-TV

Source: local12.com

Joni Eareckson Tada

Faith

Joni Eareckson Tada Out Of The Hospital After 16-Days: 'God Rescued Me'

"Yes, Jesus was with me through every scan, x-ray, blood draw, and breathing treatment."

Photo Credit: Jersey Road PR/Gareth Russell

Source: christianpost.com

An Amazon logo appears on a delivery van.

Tech/Science

Amazon Sued By Federal Trade Commission & 17 States, Accused Of Overcharging, Blocking Competition

The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court is the result of a years-long investigation into Amazon’s businesses and one of the most significant legal challenges brought against the company in its nearly 30-year history.

Photo Credit: AP /Steven Senne

The U.S. Supreme Court, June 8, 2020, in Washington.

U.S. & World

Supreme Court Allows Alabama's Congressional Map To Be Redrawn

he Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the drawing of a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for Black voters to proceed.

Photo Credit: AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

The first Brightline train to Miami for the debut of service from Orlando International Airport arrives in the station early Friday, September 22, 2023.

U.S. & World

$5B Brightline Train Begins Making Trips Between Orlando And Miami

The Brightline train is a major bet that eventually 8-million people annually will take the 3.5-hour, 235-mile trip between Miami and Orlando

Photo Credit: Joe Burbank /Orlando Sentinel via AP

Students across the U.S. and in several foreign countries will pray in groups at flag poles or other prominent sites on campuses at 7 a.m. local time Sept. 27

Faith

'See You At The Pole' Mobilizes Parents In Prayerwalks

Global Week of Student Prayer surrounds the event and continues through Sept. 30, encouraging students to find creative ways, places and times to pray.

Photo Credit: SYATP

Source: baptistpress.com

Rare front-row balcony tickets to Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865 rest on a reflective surface. The tickets, dated when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth

U.S. & World

Rare Tickets To Ford's Theatre On Night President Lincoln Was Assassinated Sell At Auction

Photo Credit: Nikki Brickett/RR Auction via AP