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BOSTON (AP) — Like a lot of high school students, Kevin Tran loves superheroes, though perhaps for different reasons than his classmates. "They're all insanely smart. In their regular jobs they're engineers, they're scientists," said Tran, 17. "And you can't do any of those things without math." Tran also loves math. This summer, he studied [...]
LOS ANGELES — The union representing screenwriters reached a tentative agreement with Hollywood studios to end a strike after nearly five months, raising hopes that a shutdown of movie and television filming could be near an end. Actors remain on strike, but the deal with writers might help them find a resolution soon as well. [...]
JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — A group of migrants from China surrendered to a Border Patrol agent in remote Southern California as gusts of wind drowned the hum of high-voltage power lines, joining others from Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia and elsewhere in a desert campsite with shelters made from tree branches. Their arrival last week [...]
MIAMI (AP) — The first big test of whether privately owned high-speed passenger train service can prosper in the United States started last week in Florida with Brightline’s commencement of running trains between Miami and Orlando, reaching speeds of 125 mph. It's a $5 billion bet Brightline's owner, Fortress Investment Group, is making, believing that [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — Seven Ohio school board members are alleging that an overhaul of how the state oversees K-12 education — including decisions on academic standards and school curricula — violates the state's constitution, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this week. Through changes included in the latest state budget, oversight of the state’s education [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — A network of ancient American Indian ceremonial and burial mounds in Ohio described as "part cathedral, part cemetery and part astronomical observatory" this week was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Preservationists, led by the Ohio History Connection, and indigenous tribes, many with ancestral ties to the state, pushed [...]
When a small city abruptly parked all of its buses to launch a publicly subsidized van service offering $1.50 trips anywhere in town, only one of its bus drivers — a big-city transplant — went along for the ride. Milton Barnes used to oversee packed subway stations in Washington, D.C., a far cry from the [...]
DES MOINES, Iowa — A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies are reducing their loads just as Midwest farmers are preparing to harvest crops and send tons of corn and soybeans downriver to the Gulf of Mexico. The transport restrictions are a headache for barge [...]
Alisha Alderson placed everything she needed for the last month of her pregnancy in various suitcases as she prepared to leave the comfort of her home in rural eastern Oregon. The only maternity ward within 40 miles abruptly closed in August, so she would be staying at her brother's house in Idaho to be closer [...]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — If workers think roads have gotten busier on their morning commutes, they’re not alone. The rate of workers driving to their jobs creeped upwards nationwide last year, as did those who carpool to work by car, truck or van. The mean commuting time jumped by almost a minute in 2022 from [...]