Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:

Jan. 6

The Washington Post on home schooling in the US

If the pandemic turned “working from home” into common parlance, “learning from home” might be next: The Post reported last year on the skyrocketing , of whom reporters estimate there are now between 1.9 million and 2.7 million. is spotty, so that’s only a guess — which itself raises big concerns.

Home schooling was once a niche practice, attractive mostly to

LONGUEUIL, Que. — A man in his 60s was seriously injured after being stabbed on Tuesday at the courthouse in Longueuil, southeast of Montreal.

A 43-year-old suspect was arrested on the scene, and police said he could face an attempted murder charge.

Patrick Davis, a lawyer who witnessed the aftermath of the attack, said he was alerted to the situation when he heard someone yelling on the second floor.

“At that point I saw the court interpreter I know covered in blood,

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The fifth Republican presidential debate of the 2024 election season will also be its first head-to-head matchup.

Florida Gov. and former United Nations Ambassador are the only candidates taking part in Wednesday night’s debate in Iowa. President , widely considered the GOP field’s front-runner, will again be skipping the event.

Other previous debate participants, including conservative entrepreneur and former New Jersey Gov. , didn’t make the cut. Hours before

OTTAWA — Canada Post Corp. has signed a deal to sell SCI Group Inc., its third-party logistics business, to Metro Supply Chain Inc.

Financial terms of the agreement were not immediately available.

Montreal-based Metro Supply Chain calls the deal a transformational acquisition that will strengthen its position in strategic contract logistics services.

SCI has more than 75 locations and employs about 3,000 people.

The deal comes after a detailed review and assessment of Canada Post’s long-term strategic plan.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A young woman who dominated the during Kentucky’s campaign last year stepped forward again Tuesday to call on lawmakers to relax the state’s near-total abortion ban.

Months after revealing the trauma of being raped and impregnated in a powerful campaign ad, Hadley Duvall went to the statehouse to endorse a bill that would add exceptions to the anti-abortion law. The measure would allow abortions when pregnancies are caused by rape or incest, or when pregnancies are deemed nonviable or medical

Anyone looking for a double-double at an Oshawa Tim Hortons found nothing but trouble after a man allegedly armed with a Taser forced patrons to flee the coffee shop last Saturday.

Durham regional police investigators say the strange scene unfolded at the Timmies at 415 Simcoe Street South on January 6 at around 5:25 p.m.

“A male inside of the Tim Hortons demanded that all patrons exit the store while brandishing a Taser in a threatening manner,” a police release explains.

When officers arrived,

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Florida delivered messages about California, New York, Illinois and President Joe Biden during a State of the State address that was more of a listing of what the governor’s done the past five years than it was a vision for the state’s future.

DeSantis, who is running for president and is expected in Iowa later Tuesday to continue campaigning ahead of , touted his efforts to protect Floridians from mask mandates during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic,

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Welcome to opening day of CES 2024. This put on by the Consumer Technology Association is expected to bring some 130,000 attendees and more than 4,000 exhibitors to Las Vegas. The latest advances and gadgets across personal tech, transportation, health care, sustainability and more will be on display, with burgeoning uses of artificial intelligence almost everywhere you look.

The Associated Press will keep a running report of everything we find interesting from the floor

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The has declined to review the federal civil rights conviction of a former Minneapolis police officer who held back a concerned crowd while fellow officers pinned down a

The high court, without comment, on Monday rejected the appeal of who had argued that prosecutors failed to prove his actions on the day that Floyd died were willful, and alleged that prosecutorial misconduct deprived him of his right to a fair trial.

Thao had testified that he merely served as a when he held back concerned bystanders as former who is white