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COLUMBUS (AP) — The battle over how to teach reading has landed in court. With momentum shifting in favor of research-backed strategies known as the "science of reading," some states and school districts have been ditching once popular programs amid concerns that they aren't effective. A legal fight in Ohio centers on a state ban [...]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal regulators last week approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and some top officials in West Coast states, who said it goes against the region's plans to address climate change and could pose a wildfire risk. The project, known [...]
LOUIS (AP) — The estimated future cost to clean up 19 sites contaminated by nuclear waste from the Cold War era has risen by nearly $1 billion in the past seven years, according to a report released earlier this week by the federal Government Accountability Office. The GAO report urges the Army Corps of Engineers [...]
An $11.5 million renovation of Ohio Wesleyan University’s central library and an expansion project at a Plain Township events facility are among the winners of the annual Columbus Chapter, American Institute of Architects (AIA Columbus) architecture awards. The winning entries include seven central Ohio projects and four out-of-state projects. Winners were selected from 51 entries, [...]
Laura Jackson became seriously concerned about her daughter and math when the girl was in third grade. While many of her classmates flew through multiplication tests, Jackson's daughter relied on her fingers to count, had difficulty reading clocks and burst into tears when asked at home to practice math flashcards. At school, the 9-year-old had [...]
LOUIS (AP) — Violent crime across the country decreased last year — dropping to about the same level as before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic — but property crimes rose substantially, according to data in the FBI's annual crime report released earlier this week. The report comes with an asterisk: Some law enforcement agencies [...]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two newly created national wildlife refuges in Tennessee and Wyoming will help protect habitats for threatened and endangered species such as toads, bats, shrimp and salamanders, federal officials say. The Wyoming Toad Conservation Area and the Paint Rock River National Wildlife Refuge in Tennessee are the result of "decades-long, locally led efforts [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Social Security recipients will receive a 3.2 percent increase in their benefits in 2024, far less than this year's historic boost. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, means the average recipient will receive more than $50 more every month beginning in January, the Social Security Administration announced last week. The AARP [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — If people really looked for history at the New York City building where the Triangle Shirtwaist factory once existed, they could find it. There are plaques pointing out that it was the site of a horrific fire in 1911 that became a catalyst in the American labor movement’s fight for workplace [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — As soon as the federal pandemic relief started arriving at America's schools, so did the relentless calls. Tech companies by the dozens wanted a chance to prove their software was what schools needed, adding that they wouldn't take a dime from district budgets: Schools could use their new federal money. As a [...]