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Six Minnesota counties will receive state assistance to repair public infrastructure damaged by severe summer storms.

South Sudan’s Vice President Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior did not travel to Kenya on Monday The post Presidential clearance issue blocks VP Nyandeng’s Kenya trip appeared first on Radio Tamazuj.

È iniziata l’implementazione del Patto europeo su migrazioni e asilo, la radicale riforma della normativa che ridisegna le procedure applicate alle persone migranti che arrivano in Europa. Si tratta di un cambiamento di ampissima portata, che accentua la selettività dei meccanismi di accesso, la limitazione della libertà personale e il controllo della mobilità. Per prepararsi a fare i conti con questa trasformazione può essere utile interrogarsi non soltanto sul contenuto delle nuove norme, ma anche sulle categorie, i saperi e i paradigmi attraverso cui leggere questa fase da una prospettiva critica.  In previsione di un prossimo numero della rivista Controfuoco dedicato al Patto Ue, abbiamo deciso di anticipare la

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico speaks during a campaign rally in Laredo, Texas, on July 14, 2026. A major elections forecaster moved the Texas Senate race, in which Talarico faces Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton, as a toss-up, though a Democrat has not won the state since 1994. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)]]>

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to get the latest.Election reporting gets complicated fast. A breaking story can suddenly require a working knowledge of an obscure state law, a county’s ballot-handling procedures or a voting system you’ve never encountered before — and the person who knows the answer may not be someone you already know how to reach.That’s why Votebeat is bringing back the Expert Desk for the 2026 midterms.The Expert Desk is completely free and entirely on the record. It gives journalists covering elections direct access to roughly 100 vetted experts in election administration, election law, voting technology, misinformation, and related fields. Reporters can ask questions in Slack, get help finding the right source, check their understanding of unfamiliar processes, and pressure-test reporting before publication.Sign up here to participate in the 2026 Expert Desk.We first tried this in 2024. The Desk ultimately brought together 471 journalists from 56 newsrooms and 93 experts. Reporters asked everything from urgent questions about voting-machine problems to highly specific questions about polling-place rules, mail ballots, and state election procedures. Experts could answer directly, point reporters toward someone better suited to help, or build on one another’s responses.The return of the Desk comes as a relief for Tory Wegerski, an investigative producer for KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. She said the venture was crucial to her election coverage in 2024. “The Expert Desk kept me from losing my mind and I am deeply glad they’re back,” Wegerski wrote in a text message.She wrote the Expert Desk was “indispensable” because the 2024 election in Pennsylvania was hectic and constantly changing. The Expert Desk provided access to people who could help her coverage.“From the former Secretary of State who could answer my questions about the mail-in ballot law because she’d helped write it, to other journalists from Pennsylvania and beyond who provided sanity checks, the Expert Desk connected me with incredible resources for my reporting and I was able to keep my viewers up to date and informed thanks to them,” Wegerski wrote.Aidan Hughes, a data journalist and faculty member at the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism within the University of Maryland, also joined the effort in 2024. He wrote in an email that the Expert Desk was a valuable resource when he covered Maryland’s congressional races for the first time.“It was a relief to know that if a niche question came up during my reporting that was important to get just right, there was a supportive community of experts and other journalists eager to point me in the right direction,” Hughes wrote. Hughes wrote that he’ll be turning to the Expert Desk again alongside his students as he teaches a journalism course in the fall that focuses on election data. A University of Washington study of the 2024 Desk found that participating journalists valued the speed of responses to their questions, access to hard-to-find local and specialized expertise, and the ability to gut-check their reporting. The researchers found that the Desk increased the “speed and credibility” of journalists during important moments.“In journalism, particularly in public-interest and misinformation contexts, these findings suggest a promising path toward strengthening the infrastructures that help support a more informed public,” they wrote. Reporters also learned by watching other journalists ask questions and reading the answers they received. Participants gave the Desk an average recommendation score of 8.8 out of 10. The study has been accepted for publication in “Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction.”How to use the Desk Using the Desk is simple: Journalists post questions in Slack, where Votebeat community editor Zack Newman will help route them to the experts best positioned to answer. Responses in the Desk are on the record and visible to all participating journalists, so reporters can benefit not only from their own questions but from conversations happening across the network.This year, the Desk will also include a separate AI-powered research tool designed to help reporters search election codes and related source material. It will answer questions using a curated library of documents and provide citations so reporters can check the underlying material themselves. The AI tool will remain clearly separate from the human Expert Desk: Its responses are a research aid, not a quotable source, while experts will remain available to interpret the material, answer follow-up questions and provide on-the-record guidance.We’re also investing more in the human side of the Desk this year. Zack will monitor questions, connect reporters with the right experts, and help keep conversations moving as election coverage intensifies.You don’t need to be an election specialist to join. You don’t need to know much of anything: In fact, the Desk may be most useful when you suddenly find yourself covering an election question you’ve never encountered before.If you’re a journalist covering the 2026 elections, sign up for the Expert Desk here. We’d be honored to help make this hectic season a little bit easier.Jessica Huseman is Votebeat’s editorial director and is based in Dallas. Contact Jessica at jhuseman@votebeat.org.Zack Newman is the Expert Desk’s community editor and is based in Denver. Contact Zack at znewman@votebeat.org.

الهام محتشم در «میدان» می‌گوید: این تصور که زن ‌نباید وسط رابطه جنسی بگوید نه، نمی‌خواهم ادامه بدهم، مردان را فاقد کنترل و مسئولیت‌پذیری فرض می‌کند و این خود انسان‌زدایی از مردان است.

Efforts to combat erosion with natural materials at Popham Beach and Sebago Lake, among other places, show how landowners must factor continued upkeep into the projects’ costs.

La ciudad de San Diego acordó pagar 6.5 millones de dólares a la viuda de un profesional de UC San Diego Health de 60 años que murió después de chocar con un bache mientras viajaba en su scooter en Sorrento Valley en enero de 2023, cuando se dirigía a una estación del tranvía. James Wadsworth, […]

El fiscal general de California, Rob Bonta, cancela la reunión con Paramount y la acusa de actuar con mala fe en las negociaciones sobre este acuerdo.

Փաշինյանի իշխանության հաշվարկով Հայաստանի ավելի քան 200 քառակուսի կմ տարածքն այս պահին գտնվում է ադրբեջանական օկուպացիայի տակ:

فرماندهی جنوبی آمریکا، ساوتکام، اعلام کرد نیروهای این کشور روز ۱ شهریور، یک شناور را در یکی از مسیرهای شناخته‌شده قاچاق مواد مخدر در شرق اقیانوس آرام هدف حمله قرار دادند.

A pilot program in West Houston is moving homeless people into hotels temporarily while they get back on their feet. Here’s what to know. The post How one West Houston program is giving homeless residents a fresh start appeared first on Good Info Newswire.

Lebih sepekan gempa Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) berkekuatan magnitudo 7,7 berlalu. Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) mulai mengalihkan fokus dari operasi pencarian dan penyelamatan pada penanganan dan pemenuhan kebutuhan dasar  para penyintas. Hingga Jumat (21/8/26) pukul 17.00, data korban dari BNPB, 83 orang meninggal dunia, 986 luka-luka. sekitar 110.785 warga mengungsi, sembilan kabupaten dan satu kota […] The post Belajar dari Gempa NTT, Ancaman Geologi Minim Mitigasi appeared first on Mongabay.co.id.

Перед этим она прошла четыре месяца "карусельных арестов"

Asnjë nga deputetët shqiptarë, anëtarë të Grupit Ndërpartiak Parlamentar për Mbështetjen e Platformës së Krimesë, nuk mori pjesë në seancën e sotme në Kuvend, kushtuar shënimit të 35-vjetorit të pavarësisë së Ukrainës, transmeton Portalb.mk. Më herët, nga Kuvendi njoftuan se seanca do t’i kushtohej përvjetorit të pavarësisë së Ukrainës dhe aktiviteteve që lidhen me Platformën […]

Images of an Afghan delegation in tribal clothing visiting a food manufacturer in central Belarus sparked an outcry online, then photos of the visit disappeared from Belarusian websites.

Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.Jasmine Ng had mixed feelings about starting her junior year Monday morning at Stoney Creek High School in Rochester Hills. She was excited to arrive with all her siblings: her little sister, who’s at Stoney Creek too, and her little brother, who’s starting at Hart Middle School right across the street.“Usually it’s just me and my sister. Today it was, ‘Yay, let’s go to school together for the first time since COVID,’” Ng said.But amid the first day excitement, Ng was also thinking about SAT season looming in the distance. She said she’s not looking forward to taking those tests her junior year, when many kids start the college application process.Miles away in Detroit, as students at East English Village Preparatory Academy at Finney returned to school Monday morning, staff made sure the teens were amped up and ready to take on the day. A DJ played Montell Jordan’s “This Is How We Do It” as school leaders and community members clapped and cheered on students as they entered the building — the annual “clap-in.”“Good morning!” the crowd exclaimed as a girl with long braids waved shyly as she passed by. “Happy first day!”Monday marked the first day of school in some suburban school districts and the Detroit Public Schools Community District. Students returned with excitement and jitters as they entered freshly cleaned schools, greeted their new teachers, and reconnected with their friends. For some students, it was a bittersweet return, as this school year will be the last at their current school.That was the case at Thurgood Marshall Elementary-Middle School in DPSCD, which will close at the end of the 2026-27 school year.A slow trickle of a couple dozen students with shiny see-through plastic backpacks gathered in front of the door at Marshall, on the north end of Detroit. They waited patiently as teachers decked out in blue greeted them.Although the group assembled for the clap-in was small, spirits were high as upbeat music and staff cheers welcomed the children inside.“Welcome back, welcome back!” staff cheered as they danced with excitement.The school, which had around 170 students during the 2025-26 school year, is closing because of low enrollment and high costs. Its closure follows those of four other DPSCD schools last year.Evan Pringle, who will start ninth grade at Oak Park High School on Tuesday, met up with his brothers outside of Marshall around 8:30 a.m. He attended Marshall from preschool through eighth grade.“I’m sad,” he said of the school’s impending closure. “But I already knew it was gonna happen, because they’ve been saying that since I was in like fifth grade.”Across metro Detroit, the 2026-27 school year will have a lot in store for students, teachers, and school leaders. Three months from now, voters will elect a new governor who will have the power to push for dramatic changes to address poor test scores.Students will have to become accustomed to new state rules that restrict the use of wireless devices such as cell phones during instruction, and gym classes that will now include a fitness test. On the plus side, the state once again will provide free school meals to public school students, regardless of income. And high school juniors, some of whom are preparing for college admissions essays, will have one fewer to write with the elimination of the SAT essay exam they usually would take in the spring as part of the Michigan Merit Exam.It’s also a year where it’s likely there will be much more experimentation with artificial intelligence in schools, as well as discussions about safeguards. More teachers will get trained to better teach literacy. And more teachers will use research to determine how to best team up with their fellow teachers.In Detroit, city and school leaders are expanding efforts to curb chronic absenteeism. The city will continue to provide free bus service to all Detroit students through the Detroit Department of Transportation and is launching a new program offering rideshare service to students at four high schools. DPSCD is expanding its program that pays high school students for perfect attendance, adding middle school students this school year. In addition, the district is expanding a program that provides yellow school bus service at high schools with particularly high rates of chronic absenteeism.Some students don’t wait until the spring Michigan Merit Exam to take the SAT.Mobolaji Akinbiyi, a junior at Stoney Creek High School in Rochester Hills, talks about his first day back to school on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026.Mobolaji Akimbiyi, a Stoney Creek junior, is planning to take the SAT in two weeks. He used the summer to study, in addition to resting, doing AP language homework, and watching the World Cup with his dad. He’s most excited for AP Physics.Like Ng, Akimbiyi has mixed feelings about the first day — a combination of excitement, apprehension, and a bit of relief to be back in routine after a languid few months.“Summer kind of dragged on,” he said.Chalkbeat Detroit Bureau Chief Lori Higgins contributed to this report.Beki San Martin is a reporter for the Detroit Free Press. You can reach her at RSanMartin@freepress.com.Hannah Dellinger covers Detroit schools for Chalkbeat Detroit. You can reach her at hdellinger@chalkbeat.org.Micah Walker is a reporter for BridgeDetroit. You can reach her at mwalker@bridgedetroit.com.

دوای ڕاپۆرتێکی دەنگی ئەمەریکا لەسەر هاووڵاتیەک کە ژیانی لە مەترسیدایە، بەهۆی زیادبوونی کێشی و پزیشکان پێیان وتووە ئەبێت دوو نەشتەرگەریی بکات خێرخوازان هاتنە سەر هێڵ و بڕیاریاندا تێچووی نەشتەرگەریەکەی بگرنە ئەستۆ و پزیشکەکەشی بڕیاریدا بە خۆبەخشانە کارەکانی بۆ ئەنجام بدات.

Two legal service volunteers argue millions of hardworking immigrants have filled out paperwork yet they remain without protections.

در گفت‌وگو با فرزانه روستایی، از تأثیر تحریم‌ها و مسئولیت حکومت در بحران اقتصادی ایران گفتیم.او معتقد است هرچند تحریم‌ها توان اقتصادی کشورها را تضعیف می‌کنند، اما نسبت دادن همه مشکلات اقتصادی، کاهش ارزش پول ملی و دشواری‌های معیشتی به تحریم‌ها و آمریکا، «بزرگ‌ترین دروغ» جمهوری اسلامی است.