OLIVIA RUBIN, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON. A BILL TO BAN CELL PHONE USE IN KANSAS SCHOOLS IS NOW LAW. GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY SIGNED THE LEGISLATION YESTERDAY. IT WILL REQUIRE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ...

Elementary and middle school students in Hawaii’s public schools will be barred from using cell phones during school hours beginning with the 2026-27 school year under a new statewide policy adopted ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Stricter cell phone use rules are coming to all Hawaii public schools this coming school year. During a board meeting on Thursday, the Hawaii State Board of Education (BOE) ...

The ghost in Joko Anwar‘s “Ghost in the Cell” doesn’t haunt – it holds accountable. Indonesian filmmaker Anwar used his Berlinale Forum entry “Ghost in the Cell” to channel societal anxieties about ...

A bill in Olympia aims to restrict cell phone use during class time in Washington schools. Democratic State Sen. Marko Liias is sponsoring SB 5346. “Student device use and student device access is ...

A nurse at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health has been fired after making a series of videos suggesting ways to harm ICE agents. "Following an investigation, the individual involved in the ...

An aerial view of the 4 megawatt Dispatch Energy project on the Bunnell Block site in Bridgeport. Credit: COURTESY DISPATCH ENERGY The long-abandoned site of a former plastics manufacturer in downtown ...

In 2026, all school districts in California will be required to adopt policies restricting or prohibiting students’ use of smartphones during the school day. The new law also requires the policy to be ...

When Ballard High School in Louisville, Ky., restricted the use of cellphones, principal Jason Neuss expected student interaction to improve. He also hoped students would engage more with their ...

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...