Silicon Valley parents stumped by Common Core math; legal weed in Texas?

Published 4:36 pm Wednesday, June 20, 2018

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Millennials may be less happy and healthy than their parents by middle age

Millennials are on track to be the first generation to be less healthy than their parents by the time they reach middle age, a new report suggests. The Health Foundation, an independent British charity, published early findings of a two-year study into the future health of young people. — CNN

Democrats’ rising star is a Trump supporter

Richard Ojeda backed Donald Trump for president, but the West Virginia state senator is now running as a Democrat for the U.S. House of Representatives as his party seeks to wrest control of Congress from Republicans. Ojeda, a tattoo-adorned former paratrooper, has called for medicinal marijuana as a solution to the opioid crisis. — The Hill 

Silicon Valley parents stumped by Common Core math

They may have advanced degrees in math, engineering and finance, but many parents in Silicon Valley say they find the Common Core math problems assigned to their children to be baffling. Under the new standards, simple math often requires multiple steps to figure out an equation. — The Mercury News 

Kylie Jenner’s Father’s Day tribute to dad called transphobic

For Father’s Day, Kylie Jenner posted several photos of herself and her sister Kendell when they were young doing things when their dad, along with the message “So lucky to have you.” Many people noted that all of the photos showed Caitlyn, then known as Bruce, before he transitioned to female and called the tribute transphobic. — Fox News 

Starbucks to close 150 stores next year

With sales barely growing, Starbucks says it will focus on rural and suburban areas and close 150 stores next year. The closing stores are often in “major metro areas where increases in wage and occupancy and other regulatory requirements” are making them unprofitable, said CEO Kevin Johnson. “Now, in a lot of ways, it’s middle America and the South that presents an opportunity.” — Bloomberg 

Texas Republicans call for legalization of marijuana

The 2018 Texas Republican Convention has made marijuana legalization an official party of the state party platform. Delegates voted to urge state elected officials to not only expand the state’s medical marijuana law but to decriminalize marijuana and make industrial hemp a agricultural commodity and called on Congress to remove cannabis as a Schedule 1 drug. — KSAT