Face masks

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2016, file photo, Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler (6) waits on the sideline before an NFL football preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs in Chicago. The Bears released Cutler on Thursday, March 9, 2017, as the NFL free agent market opened.

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Uber Eats was wrong to cut ties with Jay Cutler over his mask opinion

Tom Joyce · August 20, 2021 11:00 am

In this May 18, 2021 file photo, fifth graders wear face masks are seated at proper social distancing spacing during a music class at the Milton Elementary School in Rye, N.Y. As more children go back to the physical classroom, families are expected to spend robustly on a wide range of items, particularly trendy clothing for the critical back-to-school season, according to one key spending measure.

Science behind masking in schools under debate

David Hogberg · August 20, 2021 10:02 am

"Our ability to withstand these losses is dependent on our achieving anticipated synergies in the Humana acquisition," Aetna's Mark Bertolini wrote. (AP Photo)

Post-pandemic back-to-school optimism spurs record spending on supplies

Cassidy Morrison · August 20, 2021 3:00 am

Nobody has all the answers on still-deadly COVID-19, so please tone down the rhetoric

Quin Hillyer · August 19, 2021 9:05 pm

A returning student smiles as his bus school bus pulls into Hawley School, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Classes resume Tuesday for Newtown schools except those at Sandy Hook. Buses ferrying students to schools were festooned with large green and white ribbons on the front grills, the colors of Sandy Hook. At Newtown High School, students in sweatshirts and jackets, many wearing headphones, betrayed mixed emotions. Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself.(AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Utah teacher who called Trump a ‘moron’ and advocated vaccines to students no longer employed at school

Luke Gentile · August 19, 2021 8:35 pm

Florida’s most populous school districts defy DeSantis on anti-mask order

Kaelan Deese · August 19, 2021 2:38 pm

Texas parent ripped face mask off teacher, superintendent says

Asher Notheis · August 18, 2021 11:51 pm

A United Airlines jetliner lifts off from a runway at Denver International Airport as travellers deal with the effects of the new coronavirus Wednesday, June 10, 2020, in Denver.

United Airlines asks flight attendants not to duct-tape passengers to seats

Asher Notheis · August 18, 2021 7:24 pm

FILE - This April 7, 2013 file photo shows Carrie Underwood performing at the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Underwood will pay tribute to the victims of the recent deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma in her appearance on the CMT Music Awards on Wednesday, June 5. Underwood will perform her new single "See You Again," recasting it as a somber memorial with the aid of two dozen choir members from Nashville's Christ Church. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, file)

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Carrie Underwood must show courage against the cancel culture mob

Christopher Tremoglie · August 18, 2021 1:44 pm

Arizona governor blocks schools from grant program if they impose mask mandate

Kaelan Deese · August 18, 2021 12:51 pm

TSA extends transportation mask mandate into 2022

Jeremy Beaman · August 18, 2021 2:38 am

In this July 1, 2020, file photo, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee answers questions during a news conference in Nashville, Tenn. Lee on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, would not say whether he would be vaccinated against COVID-19 when a vaccine becomes available.

Lee gives parents final say on masks, declines to call special session

Washington Examiner · August 17, 2021 7:00 pm