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Office of the Governor | Governor Murphy Signs Legislation Establishing Phone-Free Schools in New Jersey
Policy Will Become Effective Beginning in the 2026-2027 School Year RAMSEY – Governor Phil Murphy today visited Ramsey High School in Bergen County to sign bipartisan legislation requiring all school districts in New Jersey to adopt policies restricting the use of cell phones and other internet-enabled devices in K-12 schools. Governor Murphy first announced his intention to pursue phone-free schools in New…
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How neural circuits orchestrate facial expressions
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: When a baby smiles at you, it’s almost impossible not to smile back. This spontaneous reaction to a facial expression is part of the back-and-forth that allows us to understand each other’s emotions and mental states.…
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10 Greatest World War I Movies of the Last 100 Years, Ranked
At its very best, war cinema achieves a stunning dichotomy, a precise and provocative balancing act between depicting the terrible scale of war, complete with the brutality of the battlefield and the trauma experienced by those combat touches, and the underlying resolve and spirit of humanity, which often presents itself at the darkest of times. Many of the movies that…
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Why South Korea Can’t Agree on Who Should Issue Stablecoins
Key takeaways Korea’s crypto bill is stalled over stablecoin issuer rules. The central bank wants banks to remain in control, often framed as a “51%” threshold. Regulators and lawmakers fear a bank-only model would limit competition. Firms are lining up, with Toss planning a won-backed stablecoin once rules are finalized. South Korea’s next major crypto law is being held up…
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Mamata obstructed probe, says ED, as Bengal CM storms raid sites
In an unprecedented move, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stormed into the residence of Prateek Jain, the director of political consultancy firm I-PAC, and took away key evidences as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was conducting a search in a money laundering case by a coal smuggling syndicate of the state, the probe agency alleged in a statement on Thursday,…
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The tragic life and principled politics of Trần Đức Thảo
It took five ill-fated conversations with Jean-Paul Sartre before the Vietnamese philosopher Trần Đức Thảo finally broke with French philosophy. Between November 1949 and January 1950, Thảo and Sartre recorded and transcribed their conversations on the relation between Marxism and the new philosophy of existentialism, with the intention of publishing them. Sartre hoped to prove that Marxism and existentialism –…
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Meth left scars on this Crow community in Montana. Now, recovery means rebuilding : Shots
Lonny and Teyon Fritzler stand outside their childhood home on the Crow Indian Reservation in Lodge Grass, Mont. The house has sat empty for years since both men left town to recover from their meth addictions. Katheryn Houghton/KFF Health News hide caption toggle caption Katheryn Houghton/KFF Health News LODGE GRASS, Mont. — Brothers Lonny and Teyon Fritzler walked amid the…
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China and Japan, uneasy neighbors in East Asia, are at odds again
BEIJING (AP) — They’re at it again. China and Japan — frenemies, trading partners and uneasy neighbors with a tortured, bloody history they still struggle to navigate — are freshly at each other’s rhetorical throats as 2026 begins. And it’s over the same sticking points that have kept them resentful and suspicious for many decades: Japan’s occupation of parts of…
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5 Best Movies About AI, Ranked
Universal Pictures Like it or not, artificial intelligence has played a major part in shaping 2025. Whether you’re excited that AI can complete tasks you never want to do again or you’re annoyed that AI may be the reason your next smartphone costs more, its influence on tech this year is hard…
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Telangana govt to introduce new education policy, priority for girls: CM
Hyderabad: The Telangana government here is going to introduce a new education policy soon, said chief minister Revanth Reddy on Thursday, January 8. He stated that free transportation for pre-primary school children in villages will also be arranged, and that girl students are being given top priority in in the first phase of admission into the Young India Integrated Residential…
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