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CalMatters California has a wealth of data about K-12 public schools — test scores, attendance rates, who’s headed to college and more. Finding it is another story. Information about the state’s 5.8 million students and their schools is spread across at least five websites, each outfitted with dozens of filters, drop-down menus and color-coded graphics.
Continue ReadingMiriam Ordonez SAN LUIS, Ariz. (T3) – Cuatro de los seis candidatos que compiten por un asiento en el Concejo de la Ciudad de San Luis se reunieron en el Parque Joe Orduño para conocer a los residentes y atender sus preocupaciones. El evento, que tuvo lugar anoche, permitió a los candidatos explicar sus motivaciones para
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Ivonne Valdés (CNN Español) — La líder de la oposición venezolana, María Corina Machado, aseguró este jueves que cada día que pasa le costará más al Gobierno de Nicolás Maduro permanecer en el poder porque decidió desatar “la peor ola represiva que hemos visto en Venezuela”, durante un diálogo con el Consejo y la Sociedad
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Some selective colleges are reporting drops in the number of Black students in their incoming classes, the first admitted since a Supreme Court ruling struck down affirmative action in higher education. At other colleges, including Princeton University and Yale University, the share of Black students changed little. Several schools also have seen swings
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were sharply at odds Thursday over prospects of reaching a deal for a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release, with Netanyahu saying it was “exactly inaccurate” that a breakthrough was close. “There’s not a deal in the making,” Netanyahu said in an
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Office of Special Counsel says Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro broke the law by publicly endorsing the reelection of President Joe Biden and criticizing former President Donald Trump in several statements he made while on official duty overseas. The watchdog agency says Del Toro’s remarks came in a
Continue ReadingCalMatters On a recent sunny afternoon in Lancaster, Cassandra Hughes looked for a place to cool down. She set up a lawn chair in the shade at the edge of a park and spent the afternoon with a coloring book, listening to hip-hop music. Reaching a high of 97 degrees, this August day was pleasant
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Sensei Tamara Canedo Lifschutz has operated her nonprofit called Seiden-Juku in La Quinta for the past four years. Her students are taught self-defense, anti-bullying, weapons, and diversity in the art of karate-do and para-karate. “I was born into the sport. My father was actually my Shihan, which is superior to Sensei. It was never a choice. The
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For most of the last few decades, the Southwest United States has been in a long-term ‘megadrought’. The atmospheric river events of the last two winters have greatly helped to improve drought conditions across the Southwest. However, it wasn’t quite enough to remove drought conditions throughout the entire region. For some context, in mid-March of
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Wall Street is eyeing what could be the most consequential economic data report in months due out Friday. Inflation has cooled significantly since the Federal Reserve began aggressively hiking interest rates more than two years ago to tame it. That’s led the central bank to shift its
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies — the coalition of the world’s top oil producers known as OPEC+ — said Thursday that it is extending oil production cuts once again as crude and fuel prices continue to slump. The countries making up the
Continue ReadingLas Vegas (8-9) at Los Angeles Chargers (5-12) Sunday, 4:05 p.m. EDT, CBS BetMGM NFL odds: Chargers by 3. Series record: Raiders lead 68-58-2. Last meeting: Raiders beat Chargers 63-21 on Dec. 14, 2023, in Las Vegas. Raiders offense: overall (27), rush (30), pass (23), scoring (23). Raiders defense: overall (15), rush (21), pass (12),
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Thirteen former cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy are accusing overseers of the Connecticut school of failing to prevent sexual violence on campus and covering it up. The administrative complaints filed Thursday seek $10 million for each of the former cadets, who all say they were sexually assaulted on campus from the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Matt Chapman’s bet on himself paid off. After agreeing to a deal with San Francisco during spring training that allowed him to opt out after one season, the Giants third baseman agreed Wednesday to a $151 million, six-year contract for 2025-30. “This offseason was a little strange with the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Women in the Nebraska Legislature largely took the reins in a recent special session called by Gov. Jim Pillen to lower property taxes. And many are seeking to get more accomplished to lower taxes for working families in the upcoming legislative session that begins in January. Eighteen women currently
Continue ReadingAssociated Press People gathering wild rice from Minnesota’s third largest lake have stumbled across human skeletal remains that are believed to be several hundred years old. Authorities suspect erosion caused the remains of at least three people to surface on the shores of Leech Lake. The remains were discovered Saturday on the shores of the
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Engel Click here for updates on this story Maryland (WMAR) — Lorraine “Lori” Zimmerman was murdered more than four decades ago. The 15-year-old Hagerstown High School student had taken the bus after school on April 6, 1984. She went to her aunt’s house to help them move some stuff and then headed home,
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Morgan Click here for updates on this story MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Maryland (WMAR) — Keith Warren was just 19-years-old, when he was found hanging from a tree in Montgomery County back in 1986. Since that day, his family has been suspicious, even though his death was quickly ruled a suicide. Keith’s mom
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Initial autopsies of four of the seven victims who died when a superyacht sank in a storm in Italy last month show they died of “dry drowning,” according to authorities. The phenomenon, also known as “atypical drowning,” means they had no water in their lungs, tracheas
Continue ReadingCNN By Tierney Sneed and Jeremy Herb, CNN Washington (CNN) — It didn’t take long after Thursday’s hearing in the federal election subversion case against Donald Trump – the first proceeding before Judge Tanya Chutkan since the Supreme Court granted the former president some immunity in the prosecution – for the trial judge to decide
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