The Texas Tribune

In school voucher rules, Texas lets families get more for pre-K but rejects additional reporting requirements

The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.
Task & Purpose

Marines got into a shootout with suspected gang members in Haiti

The gunfight started on Nov. 13 after suspected gang members opened fire on Marines guarding the embassy in Port-au-Prince. By Nicholas Slayton Published Nov 15, 2025 2:10 PM EST Marines guarding the ...
Medical Xpress

Study identifies key genes linked to aggressive prostate cancer in people of African descent

New prostate cancer research from an international team led by the Center for Genetic Epidemiology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has yielded discoveries that could improve screening and ...
CNN

Here’s why the shutdown has put food stamp benefits at risk

In an unprecedented situation, millions of Americans could lose access to a crucial food assistance program in the coming weeks amid the federal government shutdown. The US Department of Agriculture ...
Purdue University

Master of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering

Consistently ranked among the top by U.S. News & World Report, the online Master of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering offers engineering professionals flexibility without sacrificing ...
PBS

How students are faring in Arizona’s voucher program that could be adopted nationwide

As the Trump administration throws its weight behind a national school voucher program that it says will give parents more options, critics point to the negative impacts school choice is having on ...
usace.army.mil

Army announces Janus Program for next-generation nuclear energy

WASHINGTON — The Department of Army today announced the launch of the Janus Program, a next-generation nuclear power program that will deliver resilient, secure, and assured energy to support national ...
KSTP-TV

In-home disability services program ‘teetering on the edge of collapse,’ providers say

Providers operating under the Minnesota Department of Human Services-administered (DHS) Integrated Community Supports (ICS) program and leadership with the Residential Providers Association of ...
PBS

Government shutdown threatens WIC food program used by millions of families

WASHINGTON (AP) — A food aid program that helps more than 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money within two weeks unless the government shutdown ends, forcing ...
Wall Street Journal

Tyler Robinson’s Descent From Promising Student to Murder Suspect

Authorities have taken 22-year-old Tyler Robinson into custody in connection with the fatal shooting of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk. Photo: FBI/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON, ...
The New York Times

‘Something Is Wrong With My Brain’: A Police Officer’s Descent

Brent Simpson is the first police officer known to have C.T.E. He showed signs of the disease in the last few years of his life. Gina Elliott and Brent Simpson had been together almost 20 years.Credit ...
World Bank

How an Urban Program in Ethiopia Delivered More than a Million Jobs

The city of Gondar, one of 117 Ethiopian cities that benefited from the World Bank’s Ethiopia Urban Institutional and Infrastructure Development Program (UIIDP). Photo: Adobe Stock With World Bank ...