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San Francisco school board votes to rename 44 schools, including Abraham Lincoln and George Washington High Schools

The San Francisco Unified School District voted this week to rename 44 schools named after controversial public figures, including former Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and current Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The school district, which has more than 57,000 students enrolled, is changing the schools named after historical figures linked to “the subjugation and enslavement

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UC Berkeley removes the name on a school building over an anthropologist’s controversial past

The University of California, Berkeley has removed the name on its anthropology building, Kroeber Hall — named for prominent American anthropologist Alfred Kroeber — because of his controversial history with Native Americans. A proposal to rename the building was submitted last July to the Building Name Review Committee headed up by the school’s chancellor, Carol

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CDC doesn’t know if new Covid-19 variants are causing rare complication in children

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday it does not know if the new Covid-19 variants are causing more cases of a rare complication in children called multisystem inflammatory syndrome. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) in children is a troubling complication of Covid-19 infection that can cause heart damage and typically shows up

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Rising cost of chicken wings is challenging to already hurting restaurant industry in western Pennsylvania

Click here for updates on this story     PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Super Bowl is closing in, and chicken wing prices are going up. But this year, the price is increasing more than usual, and it’s challenging an already hurting restaurant industry in western Pennsylvania. “Being voted best wings in Pittsburgh, our sales are out the

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