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From a history-making debut on the Christian charts to a TikTok-fueled hit, see who could make the cut next year. 

Last modified on Fri 23 Jul 2021 08.53 EDT A white man whining about high school, his mediocre hometown or a faceless girl: that is what most people picture when they think of pop punk. In the 90s and 00s, all-male bands such as Green Day, Blink-182, New Found Glory and Sum 41 ruled the charts, looking like Jackass extras in Dickies pants and wallet chains and sounding – albeit mildly – like rebellion. Now, though, a diverse group of women are emerging who have kept the genre’s s...

HOUSTON — A woman alleges a CVS Pharmacy in Houston filled her prescription with the wrong dosage which caused her to ingest double the amount of medication she was prescribed.   Edith Johnson filed a complaint May 11 in Harris County District Court against CVS Pharmacy Inc., CVS Pharmacy Inc., doing business as CVS Pharmacy Store #6238 and others alleging negligence.  Johnson alleges in her complaint that she was given a prescription from her doctor for 500 milligrams of Metformin HCL whi...

"I felt like it was literally the first day of school," the principal said. Author: Lauren Zenzie (FOX61) Updated: 3:50 PM EDT April 5, 2021 NEW HAVEN, Conn. — High school students in New Haven returned to in-person learning Monday morning. After over a year of learning remotely, students, faculty, and parents were thrilled to have their kids back in school. Edith Johnson, principal at Wilbur Cross High School, showed up to the school early to decorate with bal...

Prairie Lives We have been learning about the 1918-19 influenza pandemic from its origins in Kansas; its spread across the nation, aided by the movement of troops during World War II; its mutation into a more deadly form over the summer; and its reaching our region in the fall of 1918. October 1918 was an awful month in our region. The influenza epidemic raged, infecting hundreds and taking at least 46 lives. Although nobody could have known it at the time, October was the peak of the plague he...

The mass vaccination site is run by Fair Haven Community Health Care and sixteen schools are holding clinics. Those locations have a school-based health centers, making it easy for nurses to vaccinate school staff. “Rather than clogging up this site and the other site, we’ll make sure teachers can also go right there on their school site,” said school superintendent Ilene Tracey. The Wilbur Cross location will run Tuesday through Friday for teachers and the general public. Today @FairHave...

How the Internet-formed trio aims to change the cultural parameters of pop-punk, onstage and in the crowd.  Edith Johnson, Ada Juarez and Téa Campbell (from left) are Meet Me @ the Altar. Credit: Lindsey Byrnes.  “I always gravitated towards rock music,” says Téa Campbell, the guitarist and bassist for the pop-punk trio Meet Me @ the Altar. “I always played guitar, even when I was 7. I was like, ‘I can’t just do this by myself. It doesn’t look right, just...

Stories like that of 87-year-old edith johnson who remembers, quote, i work ford a woman who would not let me sit at the table. she gave me a sandwich and i sat at the top step going to the basement. there are women who, after the assassination of met ger edwards organized against groups like the klu klux klan and there is the woman who long became a civil rights icon for refusing to giving up her seat on the bus once made a living as a domestic worker. black womens resistance in the jim crowe s...

im melissa harris-perry. we are following the news out of south africa this morning before nelson mandela has been hospitalized for what is described as a longstanding abdominal complaint. he is said to be resting comfortably. well have ab update coming up. first, news here at home and a story we started talking about last weekend, the proposal in virginia to legally mandate a physically invasive procedure for women. well, good news, this week our loins have been effectively girded. ...

south africa this morning before nelson mandela has been hospitalized for what is described as a longstanding abdominal complaint. he is said to be resting comfortably. well have ab update coming up. first, news here at home and a story we started talking about last weekend, the proposal in virginia to legally mandate a physically invasive procedure for women. well, good news, this week our loins have been effectively girded. virginia governor bob mcdonnell, republican vice president...