Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath at a ceremony marking the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Global Antisemitism Casts Shadow as Israel Remembers Holocaust Victims; US Military Opens Hormuz to 34 Ships
As Israel pauses to remember one of history's darkest chapters, new concerns are emerging about the future. Rising antisemitism and growing global tensions are casting a shadow over Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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'Plague-Level of Suicide': More States Embrace Public School Chaplains to Combat Crisis
Placing chaplains in public school districts has become a national trend, with New York becoming the latest state to embrace the idea. The primary need for these chaplains is to address what he calls "the plague level" of student suicide.
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Teaching Students the Way the Founders Learned: Classical Education Makes a Comeback
The way children learn in American public schools has changed a lot over the last 250 years. Methods practiced in today's classrooms are a far cry from those taught to our founders. However, that could be shifting as classical education makes a comeback.
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US Imposes Hormuz Blockade on Tehran After Iran Refuses to Play Ball
After 21 hours of negotiations, Vice President JD Vance announced on Sunday that the talks with Iran in Pakistan had failed. "The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement, and I think that's bad news for Iran much more than it's bad for the United States of America," Vance stated.
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Tehran Official Boasts of US, Israel 'Defeat' as Ceasefire Talks Begin, Trump Cites Military Option
Leaders in Iran, Israel, and the United States are signaling very different visions for what comes next, even as a fragile ceasefire holds for now. Control of key strategic waterways, ongoing strikes in Lebanon, and renewed warnings from Washington are all raising the stakes.
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How Israel's 'Dream Doctors' Use Humor to Heal Children and Trauma Victims
In Israel, clowning is serious business. The Dream Doctors Project, Medical Clowning in Action, is comprised of a group of more than 100 healing professionals. They are professional members of medical teams at about 30 hospitals in that nation, and focus mostly on juvenile patients. They've been doing it for more than 20 years...
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As Fragile Ceasefire Holds, Vance to Lead US-Iran Weekend Negotiations in Pakistan
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