US scrambles to bring back VOA’s Persian service amid Iran-Israel conflict - POLITICO

President Donald Trump ordered the service to shut down in March...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/13/voa-persian-service-iran-israel-00406092 

 

Idaho city’s only hospital blames anti-abortion laws as it ends obstetrical services | The Hill

The only hospital in Sandpoint, Idaho, has announced it will no longer provide obstetrical services, blaming stringent restrictions on reproductive care enacted by the state's government. 

"Without pediatrician coverage to manage neonatal resuscitations and perinatal care, it is unsafe and unethical to offer routine labor and delivery services," Bonner General Health said in a statement...

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3909594-idaho-citys-only-hospital-blames-anti-abortion-laws-as-it-ends-obstetrical-services/

Losing their religion: why US churches are on the decline

The younger generation just doesn't feel like they're being accepted in a church environment or some of their choices aren't being accepted...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/22/us-churches-closing-religion-covid-christianity

New report finds high closure rates for charter schools over time - The Washington Post

A comprehensive examination released Thursday of charter school failure rates between 1999 and 2017 found that more than one-quarter of the schools closed after operating for five years, and about half closed after 15 years, displacing a total of more than 867,000 students. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/08/06/new-report-finds-high-closure-rates-charter-schools-over-time/

1,500 steel workers laid off two days after Trump says ‘US steel mills are doing great’ – Raw Story

A US steel mill in Detroit has shuttered, leaving around 1,500 people out of a job. Great Lakes Works will close its iron and steelmaking operations by April 1, just months after US Steel announced a temporary layoff of about 200 workers, CNN reports.
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/1500-steel-workers-laid-off-two-days-after-trump-says-us-steel-mills-are-doing-great/