Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez refused to rule out challenging Sen. Chuck Schumer for his New York Senate seat during a CNN town hall Wednesday, where she was mocked for making a brutal gaffe.

Reading is its own reward, but Hazleton Area students had an extra incentive to keep reading this summer: Winners of a reading challenge won iPads. Renaissance Learning presented iPads to the students ...

Looking to up the stakes on your fall reading? Whether you prefer audiobooks in your autumn, flipping pages by the fire or gathering for a lively book club discussion, USA TODAY has suggestions for ...

Researchers from The University of New Mexico and Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a novel computational framework that addresses a longstanding challenge in statistical physics. The ...

Berks County election officials are sticking to their guns despite a legal challenge from a Lyons man who wants to run for borough mayor. At an elections board meeting Thursday, First Assistant County ...

Exxon has petitioned Brazil’s antitrust regulator to examine the proposed merger between Subsea7 and Saipem, saying it would reduce competition in the deepwater offshore drilling industry. Bloomberg ...

Starting next season, MLB players will be able to challenge balls and strikes a few times per game. A vote on Tuesday approved the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System, which had been tested ...

Major League Baseball's competition committee approved the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on Tuesday, the league announced. The 11-person committee consists of six owners, ...

Rejoice, MLB fans, robot umpires are almost here ... well, kind of. The league joint competition committee met Tuesday to vote on whether to bring the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system to ...

Robotic umpires are coming to Major League Baseball in 2026, the league announced Tuesday. They will arrive only partially, at least for now, in the form of a challenge system by which batters, ...

A Democratic activist who successfully helped push for a state ban on cellphones in schools announced Monday a primary run against state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli in 2026. Raj Goyle, founder of the ...

Each year at the state capitol, lawmakers work on legislation to improve educational outcomes in Oklahoma. A state senator from Claremore is thinking outside of the box, working to increase reading ...