WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas and announced it is taking a separate but related step to prevent future administrations from ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky returned to the Senate on Monday for the first time since June 14, when he was hospitalized after a fall in his home. McConnell's three-month absence from the Senate generated a flood of criticism and online speculation, as the ...
As America approaches the 2026 midterm elections, President Donald Trump's second administration can be described in one word: consequential. Whether one considers those consequences beneficial or dangerous depends largely on where one stands politically. But even Trump's fiercest critics must concede that he has never confused the presidency with a ceremonial assignment. Trump does not merely enter a room; he occupies it. He governs the same way. In less than two years, he has reordered Washington's priorities around border enforcement, energy production, tariffs, deregulation, ...
Is it the end of the Flynn effect? Decades ago, the researcher James Flynn recognized a secular increase in IQ scores around the world that amounted to humanity getting smarter all the time. Now, technology appears to be pushing the other way. The new results are in from a 2025 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development test of teenage educational achievement around the world, and it looks like the Flynn effect in reverse. "Learning outcomes have stagnated or declined in many countries, in some cases for well over a decade," according to the OECD. It's a mistake to put ...
Monday, Sept. 14 High school volleyball: Parkersburg at Parkersburg South, 5:30 p.m.; Valley at Wood County Christian, 7:15 p.m.; Waterford at Nelsonville-York High school golf: Hurricane vs. Parkersburg South (at Woodridge), 4 p.m., Williamstown at The View GC, 2 p.m.; Doddridge County vs. Parkersburg Catholic at Worthington, 4 p.m. High school boys soccer: Marietta at Columbus West, 7:30 p.m. High school girls soccer: Marietta at Athens, 8 p.m.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Warren 50, Hillsboro 47 W (2-2) 21 0 14 15 — 50 H (0-4) 19 0 16 12 — 47 W: Charles Lewis 12 pass from Braylen Murray, Jaxon Venham kick, 9:33 1st H: Malakai Aber 70 run, kick failed, 9:20 1st W: Venham 4 pass from Brennen Bowen, Venham kick, 4:51 1st H: Tre Captain 64 run, Grant Shepard kick, 4:36 1st H: Captain 50 run, kick failed, 2:14 1st W: Murray 2 run, Venham kick, :56 1st H: Captain 69 run, Captain run, 7:43 3rd W: Murray 9 run, Venham kick, 3:43 3rd H: Captain 1 run, Captain run, :46 3rd W: Venham 61 pass from Murray, ...
