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Month: February 2024

Phones are distracting students in class. More states are pressing schools to ban them

By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In California, a high school teacher complains that students watch Netflix on their phones during class. In Maryland, a chemistry teacher says students use gambling apps to place bets during the school day. Around the country, educators say students routinely send Snapchat messages in class,

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Phones are distracting students in class. More states are pressing schools to ban them

By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In California, a high school teacher complains that students watch Netflix on their phones during class. In Maryland, a chemistry teacher says students use gambling apps to place bets during the school day. Around the country, educators say students routinely send Snapchat messages in class,

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Teenager in custody after 2 killed, 2 injured during shooting in remote Alaska whaling village

By MARK THIESSEN and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two people have been killed and two more seriously wounded during a shooting at a home in a remote Inupiat whaling village on Alaska’s northwest coast and a 16-year-old boy is in custody. That’s according to the Anchorage Daily News. The violence

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A California utility agrees to pay $80 million over the 2017 Thomas Fire to resolve federal suit

By Jason Hanna and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Utility giant Southern California Edison has agreed to pay $80 million to settle the US Forest Service’s claims relating to the 2017 Thomas Fire, which at the time was the largest wildfire in California’s modern history, federal prosecutors said Monday. The federal government had sued the

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Biden will urge Congress’ top leaders to keep the government open and send aid to Ukraine and Israel

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden was meeting Tuesday with the top four leaders of Congress to press them to act quickly to avoid a looming government shutdown early next month and to pass emergency aid for Ukraine and Israel. Biden was hosting House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Senate Majority

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San Francisco is ready to apologize to Black residents. Reparations advocates want more

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s supervisors plan to offer a formal apology to Black residents for decades of racist laws and policies perpetrated by the city, a long-awaited first step as it considers providing reparations. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the resolution

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San Francisco is ready to apologize to Black residents. Reparations advocates want more

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s supervisors plan to offer a formal apology to Black residents for decades of racist laws and policies perpetrated by the city, a long-awaited first step as it considers providing reparations. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the resolution

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Biden and Trump will face tests in Michigan’s primaries that could inform a November rematch

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While Joe Biden and Donald Trump are marching toward their respective presidential nominations, Michigan’s primary on Tuesday could reveal significant political perils for both of them. Trump, despite his undoubted dominance of the Republican contests this year, is facing a bloc of stubbornly persistent GOP voters

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Bridgeport voters try again to pick mayor after 1st election tossed due to absentee ballot scandal

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press The voters of Bridgeport, Connecticut, have again voted for mayor after the result of the last election was thrown out because of allegations of absentee ballot box stuffing during a Democratic primary. With only a fraction of the expected total vote publicly reported Tuesday night, incumbent Mayor Joe Ganim declared

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Photographer accuses Taylor Swift’s dad of punching him in the face on Sydney waterfront

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A photographer told police he was punched in the face by Taylor Swift’s father on the Sydney waterfront on Tuesday, hours after the pop star’s Australian tour ended. Ben McDonald said he provided police with a statement alleging that Scott Swift assaulted him at the Neutral

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