The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has lowered its standards of childhood speech development, a decision that has many people worried about the way mental progress is measured in kids. CDC added two new child development milestones at 15 and 30 months. Earlier, children aged 24 months were expected to know about…
CDC Lowers Speech Standards for Children
February 22, 2022
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Philippines Signs $624 Million Deal for 32 Black Hawks
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines signed a 32 billion-peso ($624 million) deal Tuesday to purchase 32 Black Hawk helicopters in the largest military aircraft acquisition contract under outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte, defense officials said. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana signed the deal with Janusz Zakrecki, president of Poland-based aerospace manufacturer PZL Mielec, to acquire the S-70i Black Hawks,…
Home Depot Sales Remain Strong in Fourth Quarter
Home Depot saw its sales remain strong in its fourth quarter as it continues to benefit from a sizzling housing market. Sales for the three months ended Jan. 30 rose to $35.72 billion from $32.26 billion. This beat the $34.88 billion that analysts polled by FactSet forecast. Sales at stores open at least a year,…
Presidential Portraits: An American Tradition of Recording Our Nation’s Leaders by Brushstroke
The tradition of presidential portraits is as old as the office of the American presidency itself. Beginning with Gilbert Stuart’s 1796 portrait of George Washington, every president has been the subject of an official portrait. An oil painting on canvas is most frequently commissioned, but the advent of photography has opened up new portrait possibilities…
Fentanyl Linked to Deaths of 5 Adults in Colorado as Overdoses Reach ‘Epic Proportions’: Officials
The deaths of five people in Commerce City, Colorado, on Feb. 20 were likely related to fentanyl, according to Adams County District Attorney Brian Mason. The bodies of the five people were discovered shortly before 4 p.m in an apartment inside the North Range Crossing apartment complex after an apparent overdose, authorities said. Commerce City is located in Adams County, about…
Rhonda Sciortino: Empowering Survivors
February 22, 2022
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I went from homeless to millionaire, but it wasn’t easy and it wasn’t overnight. Here’s my story. I was homeless when I was 8 years old as a result of an uninsured fire in the little shack where I lived with my mentally ill grandfather and alcoholic and addicted grandmother. My parents were both long…
Justice Department Sues Missouri Over Its Gun Law
February 22, 2022
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The Justice Department sued Missouri on Feb. 16 to block state officials from enforcing a law that seeks to make invalid several federal firearms laws. The department’s lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri on Wednesday, seeks to block the state from enforcing the law, known as the Second Amendment…
The Mind of Monticello: A Look at the History of Thomas Jefferson’s Personal Estate
Opened to the public in 1924, Thomas Jefferson’s beloved home of Monticello in Albemarle County, Virginia, is one of the most recognized buildings of early America. Its unique facade is reproduced on our nickel. Monticello (Italian for “Little Mountain”) is still a favorite destination for adults and youth, as all are treated to a look…
Mike Rowe Scholarship Highlights the Lost Virtues of Hard Work and Sweat
Commentary LUSBY, Maryland—Tracy Wilson is sitting in the cutest little ranch house in this Calvert County town. It is her dream house—literally her dream house, she explains, as she has had the image of this very home in her mind, down to the color scheme of the exterior. It is 4 in the afternoon, and…
James Bullard Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
In the aftermath of the January inflation reading, James Bullard, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, has been doing the media rounds and making comments that have been generating headlines across the business media landscape. After the annual consumer price index (CPI) climbed to a 40-year high of 7.5 percent, Bullard…
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