The math problem: Kids are still behind. How can schools catch them up?
By ARIEL GILREATH of The Hechinger Report and JACKIE VALLEY of The Christian Science Monitor On a breezy July morning in South Seattle, a dozen…
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Backpage founder faces 2nd trial over what prosecutors say was a scheme to sell sex through ad sales
PHOENIX (AP) — A founder of Backpage.com will face his second trial on charges of facilitating prostitution and laundering money in what…
Continue Reading‘Opus,’ the farewell of Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, will premiere at Venice Film Festival
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Sitting alone before a grand piano in a stark studio, Ryuichi Sakamoto takes the listener on a…
Continue ReadingNo ‘silver bullet’: Ukraine faces many challenges in getting the F-16 into combat
By Tim Lister and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — After months of intense lobbying, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is ebullient about the…
Continue ReadingBiden discuses immigration and trade with Costa Rican President Chaves at the White House
By WILL WEISSERT and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hosting his Costa Rican counterpart, Rodrigo Chaves,…
Continue ReadingJudge delays deciding whether prosecution of man charged in Colorado supermarket shooting can resume
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A judge will hold a hearing with experts to determine if a mentally ill man man charged…
Continue ReadingIdalia strengthens over Gulf of Mexico and is now predicted to hit Florida as Category 4 hurricane
By DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press CEDAR KEY, Fla. (AP) — Florida residents living in vulnerable coastal areas were ordered to pack up and leave…
Continue ReadingConservative groups draw up plan to dismantle the US government and replace it with Trump’s vision
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of…
Continue ReadingFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis faces Black leaders’ anger after racist killings in Jacksonville
By STEVE PEOPLES and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Ron DeSantis scoffed when the NAACP issued a travel advisory this…
Continue ReadingBarack and Michelle Obama saw Coco Gauff’s US Open win and met with her afterward
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, were in the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands to…
Continue ReadingAll assembly lines at Toyota’s auto plants in Japan have been shut down by computer problems
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — All 28 vehicle assembly lines at Toyota’s 14 auto plants in Japan shut down Tuesday over a…
Continue ReadingUS Supreme Court Justice Barrett says she welcomes public scrutiny of court
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press LAKE GENEVA, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told attendees at a judicial conference in…
Continue Reading10 people charged in kidnapping and death of man from upstate New York homeless encampment
ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say 10 people have been charged in the death of a man who was kidnapped from a homeless encampment on the outskirts…
Continue ReadingCalifornia state Senate leader says she will step down from leadership post
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The leader of the California Senate says she will step down from her leadership post. Toni…
Continue ReadingJapan asks China to urge citizens to halt harassment after start of Fukushima wastewater release
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has asked China to urge its citizens to halt acts of…
Continue ReadingThousands take to Colombia’s streets to protest 50% increase in gasoline prices
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Thousands of protesters on cars and motorbikes took to the streets of Colombia’s main…
Continue ReadingSonny Seiler of Georgia football mascots and “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” dies at 90
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer Georgia attorney Sonny Seiler has died at the age of 90. He was owner of the University of Georgia’s famed line…
Continue ReadingUS Marines identify 3 killed in Osprey aircraft crash in Australia
By Oren Liebermann, Heather Chen, Brad Lendon, Angus Watson and Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — Three US Marines who died when their Osprey…
Continue ReadingBodies of 3 US Marines killed in Australian aircraft crash retrieved from crash site
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The bodies of three U.S. Marines killed in a tiltrotor aircraft crash during a training…
Continue ReadingYale agrees to settle lawsuit alleging discrimination against students with mental health disabilities
By Nicki Brown and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Yale University agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging the prestigious university discriminated…
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