After serving more than a month of in-school suspension over his dreadlocks, a Black student in Texas was told he will be removed from his high school and sent to a disciplinary alternative education program on Thursday. Darryl George, 18, is a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont …
Read More »University of Florida Launches First Open-Heart Surgery Program for Dogs in US
The University of Florida (UF) has launched the country’s first open-heart surgery program for dogs to repair a poorly functioning mitral valve. Mitral valve degeneration is the most common heart disease seen by veterinary cardiologists, according to a report by program director Darcy Adin, DVM. So, veterinarians at the UF …
Read More »Food Stamp Program Losing $1 Billion Every Month to Alleged Fraud, Errors: Sen. Ernst
The U.S. food stamp program is losing around $1 billion a month owing to alleged fraud and errors, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has warned. The lawmaker issued the warning in a Sept. 26 press release announcing new legislation aimed at combating the alleged billions of dollars in monthly losses from …
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