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Cassandra Wilson, the Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, has died

NEW YORK (AP) — Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer has died. She was 70. Dubbed America's best singer by Time magazine in 2001, Wilson was best known for her genre-bending voice, which expanded the boundaries of traditional blues-based jazz and worked effortlessly across folk, pop, R&B, country and beyond. At the heart of all her work was her idiosyncratic contralto, a soulful sound distinctly tied to her roots. As Jon Batiste put it in a eulogy on Wednesday, Wilson sounded like the South. She died in her native Jackson, ...

Parents demanding tech opt outs take their fight to federal court

Parents pushing back against technology in the classroom have so far directed their anger toward major corporations like Google and Curriculum Associates, the company behind the widely used i-Ready platform. But the "techlash" took a turn last week when seven parents in a Philadelphia suburb sued their school district in federal court for not allowing families to opt their children out of using the internet. The 8,500-student Lower Merion School District adopted a new technology policy Aug. 17 that limits the use of devices in elementary school and doesn't assign laptops or iPads to ...

Health system working to keep Medicaid recipients covered

As Pennsylvania braces for stricter Medicaid rules to go into effect, one health system wants to help patients keep their insurance coverage. Guthrie, a nonprofit with facilities in Pennsylvania and New York, is expanding its volunteer program to help patients who may need to meet the new 80-hour monthly community engagement requirement, which can be fulfilled through school, work, training, or volunteering. The new Medicaid requirements, which take effect in January, were approved as part of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” budget bill in July 2025. The community ...

Former Vice President Mike Pence will return to Grove City College

(The Center Square) – For the third consecutive year, former Vice President Mike Pence will serve as a distinguished visiting fellow at Grove City College. Pence, who has been affiliated with the College since 2024, will be returning to the role in the fall at the Center for Faith & Public Life. Pence said that he’s looking forward to continuing his position “as part of this truly unique Christian college,” and lauded the institution’s record of advancing conservative and Christian values, while providing an “excellent and affordable education.” “The stakes for ...

Scheffler takes FedEx Cup, Yin wins in Boston and Alker makes it 2 in a row

ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler ended any conversation about who had the best season on Sunday when he made up a three-shot deficit with a 4-under 66 to win the Tour Championship, claim a second FedEx Cup title and move past Tiger Woods for most PGA Tour career earnings. Scheffler signaled ...