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Month: January 2025

New data highlights ‘achievement gap’ for students in the US

New data highlights ‘achievement gap’ for students in the US

Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — America’s fourth and eighth grade students’ sliding reading scores worsened in 2024, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which has been dubbed the nation’s report card. “The nation’s report card is out and the news is not good,” National Center […]

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Prep Sports Roundup: 1/28

Prep Sports Roundup: 1/28

Boys Basketball Non-Region MILFORD, Utah-Efrain Bernardino posted 14 points and the North Sevier Wolves waxed Milford 65-54 Tuesday in non-region boys basketball play. Colton Barnes’ game-high 16 points led the Tigers in defeat. Girls Basketball Region 12 DELTA, Utah-Hailee Hall’s 19 points led the way and the Juab Wasps waxed […]

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Suspect at Capitol wanted to kill Treasury Secretary, threatened Hegseth, Johnson

Suspect at Capitol wanted to kill Treasury Secretary, threatened Hegseth, Johnson

Briana Stewart/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — A person arrested outside of the Capitol with a knife and two potential incendiary devices told officers they wanted to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and also leveled threats against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and House Speaker Mike Johnson, according to newly unsealed charging documents. […]

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School closes after copper wiring stolen, knocking out power

School closes after copper wiring stolen, knocking out power

KGO (VALLEJO, Calif.) — A California school was forced to cancel classes until further notice after its copper wiring was stolen, knocking out power to the property. Repairs at the Solano Widenmann Leadership Academy are expected to take about a week, but if the school needs to be closed for […]

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Lawsuit filed against South Carolina’s race, gender curriculum restrictions

Lawsuit filed against South Carolina’s race, gender curriculum restrictions

STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — South Carolina schools are facing a lawsuit over restrictions on what can be taught about racial inequality in K-12 public schools. The state’s Budget Proviso 1.79 states that no state funding should go toward certain “concepts” touching on race or sex — including unconscious […]

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Millard School District Announces New Superintendent

Millard School District Announces New Superintendent

The Millard School District has announced the appointment of a new Superintendent, Randy Hunter. According to a press release, “Randy brings 25 years of experience in educational leadership and a strong commitment to fostering academic excellence, unity and community engagement.” It continued, “he will work closely with the Board of […]

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Firefighters Deployed To LA Return Home

Firefighters Deployed To LA Return Home

(Sandy, UT) — Some Utah firefighters deployed to fight the deadly fires in California are back home. They arrived in Sandy on Sunday after battling blazes in Los Angeles for more than two weeks. Sandy Fire Department Captain Mike Goff tells Fox 13 Now that they’re grateful to the people […]

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Kanab Police Chief Charged After Hitting Pedestrian

Kanab Police Chief Charged After Hitting Pedestrian

(Kanab, UT) — The police chief in Kanab is in trouble with the law. Chief Thomas Cram was charged last week with failure to yield after he allegedly hit a pedestrian with his car. It happened in the city in November, and resulted in the victim going to the hospital […]

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Immunity does not shield Trump from $83M defamation judgment, Carroll’s attorney argues

Immunity does not shield Trump from $83M defamation judgment, Carroll’s attorney argues

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Presidential immunity does not protect Donald Trump from having to pay tens of millions of dollars in damages after being held liable for defaming magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, a lawyer for Carroll told a federal appeals court in a filing Monday. After being […]

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Subway shove survivor recounts near-death experience

Subway shove survivor recounts near-death experience

Subway survivor Joseph Lynskey speaks with ABC News. ABC News (NEW YORK) — A man who was pushed onto New York City subway tracks in the path of an oncoming train is recounting the harrowing, near-death experience that left him with a fractured skull, four broken ribs and a ruptured spleen. “I […]

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