Tag: schools
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Judge hears arguments to block Louisiana’s Ten Commandments displays in schools
BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal judge heard arguments at a hearing Monday on whether he should temporarily block a new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom by Jan. 1. Louisiana, a reliably Republican state in the Bible Belt, is the only state with such a…
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3 killed and 8 injured by gunfire following a Mississippi school’s football game
LEXINGTON, Miss. — Three people were killed and eight others were injured in central Mississippi early Saturday when at least two people opened fire into a group of several hundred people who were celebrating a school’s homecoming football win at an outdoor trail several hours after the game had ended, authorities said. The gunfire was…
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Asheville, North Carolina, schools plan to reopen a month after Helene hit, but challenges remain
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — When schools here reopen for the first time since Hurricane Helene unleashed a frightening deluge on western North Carolina, teachers won’t simply pick up where they left off in their lesson plans. They’ll also provide a space for students to discuss the life-altering effect the storm had on their region. While all…
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An Iowa high school’s growing Latino population made way for its first mariachi band
Iowa high school senior Miranda Estrada is a star student, a trumpet player and a drum major for the school’s marching band. She’s also part of an extracurricular group that, 20 years ago, would have seemed unusual to find in a small Iowa town: A mariachi group called Reyes del Oeste. “I grew up listening…
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Notre Dame law school’s growing influence on the Supreme Court
Annie Ortega, a third-year student who recently took a weeklong class taught by Barrett, praised the “ideologically diverse” school. She is president of the school’s chapter of the Federalist Society but said she has lively conversations with her many liberal friends at the school. “Going to a law school where I was going to hear…
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Nepal closes schools as heavy rains kill more than 150
Nepal has shut schools for three days after landslides and floods triggered by two days of heavy rain across the Himalayan nation killed 151 people, with 56 missing, officials said on Sunday. The floods brought traffic and normal activity to a standstill in the Kathmandu valley, where 37 deaths were recorded in a region home…
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Cal Golden Bears fans are poking fun at ‘woke’ jabs from Southern schools
UC Berkeley’s Golden Bears are embracing the “woke” label as a rallying cry this football season, turning what was meant to be an insult from some Southeast rivals into a meme. The traditionally middling college football program joined the Atlantic Coast Conference this year, meaning its team will play games in parts of the country…