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Jun 21, 2018, 1:59 PM | Updated: Jun 25, 2018, 2:02 pm
Takeaways from AP’s report on school closures in the US
VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — The start of a new school year can be nerve-wracking under any circumstances. But for thousands of students across the U.S., this academic year brought the added difficulty of adjusting to an entirely new school after their previous ones shuttered. As U.S. birth rates continue a multidecade slide and state and […]
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Few museums show the North’s Civil Rights Movement. A new one in Harlem is ‘just getting started’
NEW YORK (AP) — The National Urban League will open a museum this weekend in Harlem dedicated to the civil rights struggles in the North, the first of its kind in New York City. Located in the Urban League’s Manhattan headquarters, the Urban Civil Rights Museum in Harlem explores the region’s lesser-known histories of the […]
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School closures are accelerating in US, but more financial pain lies ahead
VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — Minutes before first bell, Penny Núñez-Brandão scanned the crowd outside Glen Cove Elementary School, looking for familiar faces. “I don’t see any,” the fifth grader told her mom one morning in August. “None of my friends are coming.” The start of a new school year can be nerve-wracking under any circumstances. […]
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A Utah judge is expected to set a trial date in Charlie Kirk’s killing
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah judge is expected on Monday to set the trial date for the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Attorneys for defendant Tyler Robinson, 23, have proposed a trial starting in 2029. But Utah District Court Judge Tony Graf faces pressure from Kirk’s family and supporters — including […]
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Asian markets bounce back after a recovery for AI stocks on Wall Street
Asian shares and U.S. futures advanced Monday after artificial intelligence stocks recovered some ground lost in last week’s sell-offs. Taiwan’s Taiex led gains with a 5.6% jump, thanks to a rebound in computer chipmaker TSMC, which also surged 5.6%. Regional tech stocks benefited from gains Friday in the U.S., where AI stocks got some relief […]
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Trump says his deportation policy ‘might have been too tough’ for voters in the election
President Donald Trump in his first major interview since his party lost control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections said he thinks his administration was too aggressive on deportations and that he thinks he can work with Democrats in the new Congress on some kind of immigration deal. Trump said his deportation […]
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