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Martin Rowson on Donald Trump’s big high school prom – cartoon
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Trump bars federal funding for schools with COVID vaccine mandates
No states mandate that students receive the COVID-19 vaccine, though other vaccine requirements remain in place.CBS News - 4d -
Trump orders end to federal funding for schools that require Covid vaccines
Trump signed an executive order halting federal funds for schools that require students to be vaccinated against coronavirus before they can attend classes in person.NBC News - 4d -
Trump Will Withhold Money From Schools That Require Covid Vaccines
An estimated 15 colleges still required Covid vaccines for students as of late last year. No states require K-12 students to get the shots.The New York Times - 4d -
Trump bars federal funds for schools with COVID vaccine mandates
President Trump signed an executive order Friday calling for withholding federal funds for schools and universities that impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, though no states currently have such a ...CBS News - 4d -
Trump bars federal funding for schools with COVID-19 mandates
Presented by American Medical Association — President Trump signed an executive order Friday stripping funding from schools and other educational organizations that require students and staff to be ...The Hill - 4d -
Trump bars federal funding to schools with COVID vaccine mandates
The executive order applies to students and not to teachers or staff.ABC News - 4d -
Education Department investigating Northern Virginia school districts for transgender support policies
The Education Department is investigating whether five Northern Virginia school districts violated Title IX and one of President Trump’s recent executive orders by allowing transgender students to ...The Hill - 1d -
Education Dept. Gives Schools Two Weeks to Eliminate Race-Based Programs
The department’s Office for Civil Rights warned that it would penalize schools that consider race in scholarships, hiring and an array of other activities.The New York Times - 1d -
Large Fire Erupts at Industrial Complex in Pennsylvania, Closing Schools
The building was evacuated and nobody was injured, the police said, but heavy smoke and the possibility of burning chemicals led officials to close local schools.The New York Times - 14h -
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AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano
U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years agoABC News - Feb. 6 -
A 311-Year-Old Stradivarius Violin Sells for $11.25 Million at Sotheby’s
The money from the sale of the violin, which was once owned by the 19th-century virtuoso Joseph Joachim, will benefit a scholarship program at the New England Conservatory.The New York Times - Feb. 7 -
311-year-old violin sells for over $11 million at auction
The sale of a one-of-a-kind violin has sold for $11.3 million during an auction at Sotheby's in New York. The money will finance student scholarships at Boston's New England Conservatory, the ...CBS News - Feb. 7 -
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2 charged in death of 23-year-old Army soldier
Katia Dueñas Aguilar was found dead at a residence in Clarksville, Tennessee, in May 2024, police said.ABC News - Feb. 9 -
NYPD apologizes for mistakenly accusing 15-year-old in shooting at Brooklyn parade
New York City police apologized for mistakenly accusing a teenager of a fatal shooting at a Brooklyn paradeABC News - Feb. 10 -
Teacher fatally stabs eight-year-old in South Korea
The country's acting president has ordered an investigation into the incident in the city of Daejeon.BBC News - Feb. 11 -
Somaya Critchlow Puts Black Nudes Among Old Masters
Somaya Critchlow, 31, is showing her provocative paintings alongside a storied collection that includes work by Rubens, van Dyck and Velázquez.The New York Times - 6d -
Surge in 18-year-olds applying for UK engineering degrees
University admission data also highlights that students are deserting nursing and teaching coursesFinancial Times - 6d -
Ukraine's NATO membership and return to old borders is "unrealistic," Secretary Hegseth says
President Trump said he will likely meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia. Trump spoke with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy separately about immediate ...CBS News - 6d -
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86-year-old Missouri man pleads guilty in Ralph Yarl shooting
Andrew Lester, the 86-year-old man charged with shooting teenager Ralph Yarl in the head in 2023 after Yarl mistakenly rang his doorbell, accepted a plea deal of up to seven years in jail.NBC News - 4d -
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Keown apologises to Van Nistelrooy for infamous Old Trafford ‘shenanigans’
Former players recall incident from game in 2003 Van Nistelrooy: ‘It was a good rivalry, wasn’t it? Martin Keown has apologised to Ruud van Nistelrooy for the notorious clash between the pair ...The Guardian - 3d -
As Trump trashes decades-old relationships, Europe's leaders scramble for a plan B
The Trump administration may have given America's European allies mixed messages, but Vance’s speech gave them clarity as tensions between burst into the open.NBC News - 2d -
Trump's firings put 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent in crosshairs
President Trump has terminated the heads of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board, sparking legal challenges over their removal.CBS News - 1d -
Poetry centre and old Ikea get share of £67m culture fund
Ten major projects get government funding, but another £30m is withdrawn from six more areas.BBC News - 1d -
No, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security Benefits
Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There’s a much simpler explanation.Wired - 1d -
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Woman charged over 1978 death of five-year-old girl
Five-year-old Andrea Bernard went to hospital after she was assaulted in Thornton Heath, in 1978.BBC News - 8h -
Aaron out of time? History is not on 41-year-old QB's side
After parting ways with NY, Aaron Rodgers does not have history on his side as he searches for a new home, and a scarce QB marketplace won't help his cause.Yahoo Sports - 5h -
‘Many teachers don’t want to do this, but they’re trapped’: film shows extent of Putin indoctrination in Russian schools
Two years after he started documenting the effect of the Ukraine war on his pupils, Pavel Talankin reveals how it led to accolade – and exile from home. As Russian tanks advanced into Ukraine in ...The Guardian - Feb. 9 -
High school football player shows heart and determination help to power outsized performance
Kruz McKee, who's the kicker on the West Jones High School football team in Laurel, Mississippi, is only 5'3", but he's showing what you really need to play the game is determination and a big heart.CBS News - Feb. 10 -
Texas GOP lawmakers introduce bills to display Ten Commandments, read Bible in schools
Republicans in the Texas Senate introduced a bill that would require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools and have time set aside in the day for students to read the Bible. The ...The Hill - Feb. 11 -
Education Department calls for school sports organizations to strip trans athletes of titles, awards
The Department of Education is calling for organizations that govern high school and college athletics to revoke records, titles and awards won by transgender female athletes, part of an ongoing ...The Hill - 6d -
New York school implements new teaching approach to combat falling test scores
Only 30% of eighth graders across the U.S. are proficient in reading, according to data released last month by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. But in the Diocese of Brooklyn's ...CBS News - 5d