Graduations, Mother’s Day, and sunny skies ahead
Happy Saturday! There’s a lot happening this weekend with graduations and Mother’s Day festivities. In El Paso, the temperature will soar to 91…
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Poland’s prime minister vows to strengthen security at EU border with Belarus
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has visited the country’s border with Belarus and…
Continue Reading What’s the history of ‘outside agitators’? Here’s what to know about the label and campus protests
By GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press Historically, when students at American universities and colleges protest — from the Civil Rights Movement to…
Continue Reading Russia says it has captured 5 villages in northeast Ukraine as more than 1,700 civilians flee
By VASILISA STEPANENKO and EVGENIY MALOLETKA Associated Press VOVCHANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow’s forces captured five villages in a renewed…
Continue Reading Tips to make a house or apartment safe and accessible for older adults living at home
The Associated Press With a majority of Americans preferring to live in their own homes as long as possible, experts stress the importance of…
Continue Reading Some older Americans splurge to keep homes accessible while others struggle to make safety upgrades
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Brenda Edwards considers the four bedroom ranch-style house where she has lived for…
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What's covered when someone else drives your car? Understanding permissive use
Cheap Insurance explains permissive use of your car and how it can impact your automobile…
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This video game is teaching college students entrepreneurship
BestColleges reports on a free multiplayer business-building mobile and PC game in which competition leads to the best entrepreneurship…
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How Pennsylvania secures mail ballots, prevents fraud, and makes sure votes count
Votebeat reports on how Pennsylvania is making sure its mail-in ballots are counted in its…
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What difference does it make if you are involved in your student's school and its activities and events?
Study.com uses data from various educational sources to break down how parental participation varies across demographics, school sizes, and school…
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Schools were just supposed to block porn. Instead they sabotaged homework and censored suicide prevention sites
The Markup reports on how students are speaking out against internet censorship in their…
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In the interest of profits, female student-athletes get left behind more than 50 years after Title IX
Using data from the Department of Education, Bold.org investigated ongoing disparities in treatment for collegiate female sports more than 50 years…
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Why Indianapolis 500 winners drink milk and the history of other race-day traditions
The Indianapolis 500 is known for its quirky traditions. Stacker compiled five of them, sourcing from Indianapolis Motor Speedway and various…
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Governments are scrambling to control AI
Artificial intelligence has lawmakers concerned. Verbit analyzed news and government reports to see what laws are being passed to regulate…
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India reached 100B digital payments in 2023: Could it work in the US?
Uniqode used National Payments Corporation of India data to explore the growth of the country’s Unified Payments…
Continue Reading Flash floods kill more than 300 people in northern Afghanistan after heavy rains, UN says
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Flash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people…
Continue Reading Poor Kenyans feel devastated by floods and brutalized by the government’s response
By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Winnie Makinda says she is facing the worst crisis and lowest moment of her life because of the…
Continue Reading Switzerland’s Nemo wins 68th Eurovision Song Contest after event roiled by protests over war in Gaza
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Swiss singer Nemo won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday with “The Code,” an…
Continue Reading Israel orders new evacuations in Gaza’s last refuge of Rafah as it expands military offensive
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAM MEDNICK and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza’s southern city…
Continue Reading Fine dining, at a new high. A Michelin-starred chef will take his cuisine to our upper atmosphere
By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press COPENHAGEN (AP) — Ever since humans have journeyed to space, their meals there have proved to be, well, nothing to…
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Las Cruces community reacts to pro-Palestinian protest arrests made ahead of NMSU commencement ceremonies
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — New Mexico State University says commencement ceremonies will continue as scheduled following the arrest of 13…
Continue Reading They made one-of-a-kind quilts that captured the public’s imagination. Then Target came along
By ANNA FURMAN Associated Press Over the past two decades, Gee’s Bend quilts have captured the public’s imagination with their kaleidoscopic…
Continue Reading NYC’s Rikers Island jail gets a kid-friendly visitation room ahead of Mother’s Day
By TED SHAFFREY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s probably the last place a mom wants to spend Mother’s Day with her kids. But a…
Continue Reading Red, yellow, green … and white? Smarter vehicles could mean big changes for the traffic light
By JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press As cars and trucks get smarter and more connected, the humble lights that have controlled the flow of traffic for…
Continue Reading Dog Show 101: What’s what at the Westminster Kennel Club
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — To the casual viewer, competing at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show might look pretty…
Continue Reading America’s debt tops $34 trillion, but a commission to address it appears dead in Congress
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For Mike Johnson it was effectively a Day 1 priority. It’s well past time, the newly…
Continue Reading The United Auto Workers faces a key test in the South with upcoming vote at Alabama Mercedes plant
By KIM CHANDLER and TOM KRISHER Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — After 20 years at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Alabama, Brett Garrard said…
Continue Reading Panama’s next president says he’ll try to shut down one of the world’s busiest migration routes
By ALMA SOLÍS Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama is on the verge of a dramatic change to its immigration policy that could reverberate…
Continue Reading Trump trial turns to sex, bank accounts and power: Highlights from the third week of testimony
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The alleged sexual encounter at the center of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial got…
Continue Reading Trump tells Jersey Shore crowd he’s being forced to endure ‘Biden show trial’ in hush money case
By STEVE PEOPLES, MIKE CATALINI and MEG KINNARD Associated Press WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Donald Trump is blaming President Joe Biden for the criminal…
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