Reading archive 2025-12-31

States made marijuana use legal. Now they should get it off the road.: There’s no breathalyzer test for driving under the influence of cannabis. But there are other options.

U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.: Rocked by pandemic politics, the nation’s shield against infectious disease is shrinking. - "Public health experts argue the U.S. measles outbreaks show why easing vaccine requirements doesn’t always translate into better school attendance. As the South Carolina experience revealed this month, unvaccinated kids are missing school during quarantines, said Jerome Adams, who served as surgeon general during President Donald Trump’s first term.

"'That is completely inconsistent with folks who say that their biggest concerns about covid were that we didn’t care about keeping kids in school,' he said."

LSU, a governor and a $91 million lesson in college football’s power: Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has long used sports as a political cudgel, but nothing riles up his state like Tigers football.

In Russia, plans to cut mobile internet on New Year’s Eve draw fury: One Russian official called the outage “a break from the endless viewing of unnecessary videos” and urged citizens to deliver holiday greetings in person.

A tiny U.S. territory in the Pacific doubles down on a giant Chinese casino

Kennedy Center Honors ratings tank after Trump takeover: Hosted for the first time by President Donald Trump, the Kennedy Center Honors earned record-low viewership of a little over 3 million.

The quiet rebellion of Black men in quarter-zips: The preppy staple is getting a Black-boy rebrand.

Who needs an election? A bar owner falsely claims a seat already filled.: The man is claiming to occupy the most thankless political office in the city – advisory neighborhood commissioner.