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A student plays with interlocking toys at the Connecticut State University Early Learning Center in New Britain, Conn., on March 12, 2025.

Why more than 400,000 kids are on waitlists for federal childcare assistance

The Child Care and Development Fund, the U.S. government's main source of funding to help low-income families pay for childcare, serves over 1.6 million children in a typical month.

'Knowing The Score': A Look At Philosophy And Sport

Alva Noë says a new book by David Papineau places the value of sport on our love for cultivating our skillfulness — and because it is joyous and thrilling and hard to develop our physical capacities.

Wendy Root Askew with her husband Dominick Askew and their son. When the little boy (now 6) was born, Root Askew struggled with postpartum depression. She likes California's bill, she says, because it goes beyond mandatory screening; it would also require insurers to establish programs to help women get treatment.

Lawmakers Weigh Pros And Cons Of Mandatory Screening For Postpartum Depression

California's legislature will soon take up a bill requiring doctors to screen new mothers. Many doctors oppose the idea, and similar laws elsewhere haven't increased the number of moms treated.

Arnett Howard in front of the Mt. Vernon post office branch.

Frustrations Mount As Mt. Vernon Post Office Remains Closed

Updated September 3, 2020: The U.S. Postal Service plans to reopen the Mt. Vernon Branch September 10.The Mt. Vernon branch of the U.S. Postal Service…

HIV testing at Mozaic, an Equitas Health clinic in Columbus.

Keeping Your HIV Status Secret Can Be A Crime. Experts Say That Hurts Public Health

In many Midwest states it’s illegal for someone with HIV to have sex without telling partners about the illness. Some public health experts are pushing...

Daisy Armstrong began performing poetry when her mother took her to a youth poetry group. Soon, she was winning competitions — but she was also kicked out of school after a slam poetry tour.

From Feeling Lost To Army Strong, With The Help Of Poetry

Daisy Armstrong struggled in school. She was homeless for a time. Then she began performing poetry — and it helped her, a gay woman, find a niche where she never thought she'd belong: the Army.

Reds great William Hoy popularized the umpire hand signals that baseball fans are all familiar with today.

Reds Hall Of Famer William Hoy Changed The Game

Reds player William Hoy lost his hearing at age three due to meningitis. He not only grew up to be one of the greatest and most beloved baseball...

2 Suspects Dead After Standoff With Police In San Bernardino, Calif.

Two suspects were killed in a police standoff after a mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., police said in a press conference. One person is in police custody.

Two Inmates Still On Run After Three Escaped Southeast Ohio Prison

Authorities have captured one man and are searching for two others who escaped from a state-run regional prison in southeast Ohio.Nelsonville police say…

Fred Warmbier, speaking at a news conference last Thursday about his son Otto, is wearing the same jacket his son had on when confessing to stealing a propaganda poster in North Korea.

Warmbier Family Refuses Autopsy

It appears we might never know the exact cause of death for Otto Warmbier, a Wyoming High School grad held in North Korea for 17 months for allegedly...

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