New Oregon law suspends graduation testing requirement
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A new Oregon law that suspends a requirement for a basic-skills test in math, reading and writing to graduate high school is…
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New Oregon law suspends graduation testing requirement
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A new Oregon law that suspends a requirement for a basic-skills test in math, reading and writing to graduate high school is…
Continue ReadingWith DeRozan and Ball, Bulls eye jump in Eastern Conference
By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan sees big potential for the Chicago Bulls. They are counting on the high-scoring…
Continue ReadingValencia overcomes early red card to win in La Liga opener
MADRID (AP) — Valencia overcame a red card in the third minute to defeat Getafe 1-0 in the opening match of the Spanish league. Valencia lost…
Continue ReadingAriya Jutanugarn takes lead at windy Women’s Scottish Open
FIFE, Scotland (AP) — Ariya Jutanugarn had five birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine and shot a 6-under 66 on Friday to take the…
Continue ReadingAugust child tax credit payments reach roughly 61 million kids
By Tami Luhby, CNN The August child tax credit payment is in the mail — or headed directly to your bank account. The Internal Revenue Service…
Continue ReadingIndianapolis in action: IndyCar, NASCAR tripleheader weekend
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be the busiest track in motorsports this weekend.…
Continue ReadingCDC recommends third Covid-19 vaccine dose for certain immunocompromised people
By Maggie Fox and Jacqueline Howard, CNN Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously on Friday to…
Continue ReadingNewcomer Brentford opens Premier League by beating Arsenal
BRENTFORD, England (AP) — Brentford started its first topflight campaign since 1947 by stunning Arsenal 2-0 in the opening game of the Premier…
Continue ReadingMexico says 5.2 million dropped out of school in pandemic
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is on a drive to convince people to send their kids back to school in September, and the government has…
Continue ReadingVictims identified after five killed in rare mass shooting in England
By Lauren Kent, Rob Picheta and Niamh Kennedy, CNN At least five people have been killed and a suspect found dead after Britain’s worst mass…
Continue ReadingCameroonian tech entrepreneur Rebecca Enonchong says charges have been dropped
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Cameroonian tech entrepreneur Rebecca Enonchong, who was arrested earlier this week, says that the charges against her have…
Continue Reading1 dies in New Mexico school shooting; student detained
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico authorities say one student was killed and another was taken into…
Continue ReadingA California teacher is hospitalized after he’s allegedly attacked by a parent over face masks on the first day of school
By Lauren M. Johnson and Cheri Mossburg, CNN An elementary school teacher in Northern California was hospitalized after being attacked by a parent…
Continue ReadingMyPillow CEO says aggressive poke led to attack claim
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell says he was aggressively poked by someone seeking a selfie in Sioux Falls, South…
Continue Reading2 indicted in connection with Atlanta shooting death of girl
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A prosecutor has announced the indictment of two alleged gang members on charges related to the…
Continue ReadingMonaco loses 1-0 at Lorient in French league
PARIS (AP) — Monaco has lost 1-0 away to Lorient to stay on one point from two games in the French league. Nigeria striker Terem Moffi scored from…
Continue ReadingBayern held 1-1 by Gladbach in Bundesliga season opener
By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich has opened the Bundesliga season with a 1-1 draw at Borussia Mönchengladbach, with…
Continue ReadingUS case against Huawei CFO ‘flawed,’ her lawyers say
By JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Lawyers for a senior executive for Chinese communications giant Huawei…
Continue ReadingUS case against Huawei CFO ‘flawed,’ her lawyers say
By JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Lawyers for a senior executive for Chinese communications giant Huawei…
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