Chamath Palihapitiya, who took Virgin Galactic public, steps down from space company’s board

Virgin Galactic leaders in front of the New York Stock Exchange, from left: CEO George Whitesides, founder Richard Branson and Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic announced Friday that Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya is stepping down from the space tourism

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Ossoff and Cruz push bill to extend term of the board tasked with investigating unsolved Civil Rights-era murders | CNN Politics

CNN—   Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas on Thursday introduced a bill that aims to give an independent agency more time to investigate unsolved racially motivated murders from the Civil Rights era.

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Minneapolis school bus driver shot in head while young children were on board: police

A Minneapolis school bus driver was shot in the head Wednesday afternoon while transporting three young children, according to police.  Minneapolis police responded to a report of a school bus driver shot in the area of 37th and Girard Ave N. around 2:16 p.m. 

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Kentucky, Wisconsin, Alabama State School Board Groups Disassociate from National Organization after DOJ Memo

(eakrin rasadonyindee/Getty Images) Three more state school-board chapters, including those of Kentucky, Alabama, and Wisconsin, have ended their relationship with the National School Board Association over its letter to the Biden administration requesting federal intervention to penalize parents who protest

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South Carolina, Montana State School Board Associations Sever Ties with National Organization

Glen Gibellina, representing “We The People of Manatee County,” speaks during the Manatee County School Board meeting in Bradenton, Fla., September 7, 2021. (Octavio Jones/Reuters) In the wake of the National School Board Association’s letter to the Biden administration requesting

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Pennsylvania Dad Takes Local School Board to Task for Promoting Sexually Explicit Book

A Pennsylvania school board abruptly recessed its meeting this week after a parent presented board members with graphic illustrations of sex from a book on its resources list, and then asked board members to raise their hands if they agreed

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