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New York City’s Department of Education (DOE) reportedly recommends elementary school children read books on transgenderism, racism and Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Fox News reported Monday. The reading list is a part of New York City’s DOE’s Mosaic Independent Reading Collection , according to Fox News. The Universal Mosaic Curriculum was announced as an overhaul to the New York City DOE in July 2021 for the purpose of diversifying educational materials, the New York Post reported . The reading list’s page is restricted to teachers and students through an internal DOE login, according to Fox News. The New York City DOE’s library services compiled the reading lists, the outlet reported. (RELATED: Children In Scotland As Young As Four Can Now Change Their Gender Without Parental Consent) Some of the books on the list focus on teaching children the history of the gay pride flag , engage the conversation about race and detail the story of a … [Read more...] about New York’s Department Of Education Recommends School Children Read Books On Transgenderism, Racism And Liz Warren

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 2 Ko Im always thought she would live in New York forever. She knew every corner of Manhattan and had worked hard to build a community of friends. Living in a small apartment, she found her attitude shifting early in the coronavirus pandemic. After her brother accepted a job in Seattle in the summer of 2020, she decided to move there too. “It was fine until it wasn’t,” Im, 36, said of her time in New York. “The pandemic really changed my mindset about how I wanted to live or how I needed to live." Eight of the 10 largest cities in the U.S. lost population during the first year of the pandemic, with New York, Los Angeles and Chicago leading the way. Between July 2020 and July 2021, New York lost more than 305,000 people, while Chicago and Los Angeles contracted by 45,000 residents and 40,000 people, respectively. San Francisco suffered the largest rate of decline, losing almost 55,000 … [Read more...] about US Census Bureau: Big city losses early in COVID pandemic

NEW YORK (AP) — Airline stocks rallied Thursday after Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways said revenue from summer travel will be stronger than previously expected as travel bounces back after two years of the pandemic. The comments, which the airlines made in regulatory filings, point to their ability to charge higher fares and still fill their planes because of strong demand from travelers. Southwest said second-quarter revenue will rise by between 12% and 15% compared with 2019 because of accelerating bookings for summer travel. The Dallas-based airline previously predicted a gain of 8% to 12%. Southwest expects to hit that revenue target even though its passenger-carrying capacity will be about 7% lower than before the pandemic. JetBlue said it continues to expect record revenue this summer, with second-quarter sales rising 16% or more -- matching or beating the top of its previously forecast range for the period. Helane Becker, an analyst with banking firm Cowen, … [Read more...] about Southwest, JetBlue boost forecasts on strong travel demand

The San Francisco tech startup that helped popularize a push for a four-day workweek in Silicon Valley, is now laying workers off. As first reported by the New York Times , Bolt, the payment services startup with offices near San Francisco’s Union Square, laid off around 250 of its around 900 employees Wednesday in a move to “secure our financial position, extend our runway, and reach profitability with the money we have already raised” amid industrywide financial challenges, according to a letter to staff . A Bolt spokesperson confirmed to SFGATE Thursday that "approximately a third of the company" was laid off. “It’s no secret that the market conditions across our industry and the tech sector are changing, and against the macro challenges, we’ve been taking measures to adapt our business,” recently appointed CEO Maju Kuruvilla said in the letter, which was made public Wednesday. One laid-off employee, posting on the anonymous forum Blind, said that they received … [Read more...] about Bolt, the San Francisco startup with permanent 4-day workweek, lays off nearly a third of its employees

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 Joe Garcia, husband of fourth-grade teacher Irma Garcia, one of two teachers killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting Tuesday, died Thursday morning of a heart attack caused by grief, according to family members. "EXTREMELY heartbreaking and come with deep sorrow to say that my Tia Irma’s husband Joe Garcia has passed away due to grief," Garcia's 21-year-old nephew John Martinez wrote in a post on Thursday. "I truly am at a loss for words for how we are all feeling, PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR FAMILY, God have mercy on us, this isn’t easy." EXTREMELY heartbreaking and come with deep sorrow to say that my Tia Irma’s husband Joe Garcia has passed away due to grief, i truly am at a loss for words for how we are all feeling, PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR FAMILY, God have mercy on us, this isn’t easy pic.twitter.com/GlUSOutRVV — john martinez ❤️‍?”? (@fuhknjo) May 26, 2022 Lord god … [Read more...] about Husband of slain Uvalde school teacher dies of heart attack ‘due to grief’ two days after shooting

People react outside the SSGT Willie de Leon Civic Center, where students had been transported from Robb Elementary School after a shooting in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 24, 2022. Photo: Marco Bello/REUTERS A gunman killed at least 19 children and two teachers and injured 17 others at a Texas elementary school in the deadliest such attack since Sandy Hook almost a decade ago. The rampage plunged the country into grief and outrage as Americans struggled to comprehend the latest in an unending series of mass shootings. Below, the latest on this developing story. . The Attack Around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos opened fire inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, a working-class, majority-Latino city of about 15,000 people 85 miles west of San Antonio. Children get on a school bus as law-enforcement personnel guard the scene near Robb Elementary School on Tuesday. Photo: Marco Bello/REUTERS Ramos first shot and critically wounded his … [Read more...] about New Details Emerge About the Texas School Shooting