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Black Hills Energy was using a phased approach to restore electricity as a widespread power outage that began early Thursday afternoon stretched into the evening. “We are continuing to work as quickly as possible to safely restore service to all South Dakota and Wyoming customers impacted by today’s regional electrical outage,” the company said Thursday […]

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In a meeting room in a head office in London, a handful of early-career conservationists from around the world sat in a circle on the floor to share their challenges of working in conservation. The conversation was sobering. From affording everyday bills, juggling multiple unsecured jobs and dealing with burnout to harassment in the field, […]

A la debuta del mes de novembre l’entrepresa alemanda DeepL GmbH anoncièt la disponibilitat de foncionalitats novèlas a son servici de traduccion en linha e l’apondon de 100 lengas novèlas a l’encòp. Çò nòu es la creacion d’aisina per estalviar de temps als clients de l’entrepresa via lor esplech apelat DeepL Agent. S’agís tanben de poder personalizar los circuits de trabalh e pèrdre mens de temps en pòstedicion. Continua llegint

Una còla de scientifics a creat de lum LED per tuar de cellulas cancerosas sens damatjar las sanas. La terapia es nòva, e serà importanta per luchar contra lo càncer pr’amor qu’es una tecnologia basada sus de lum LED e de nanoflòcs d’estanh, que tuan las tumors d’un biais segur. La tecnologia foguèt desvolopada per de cercaires de Tèxas e Portugal, e capita plan dins fins al 92% dels cases de càncer de la pèl. Continua llegint

Pendent lo darrièr decenni, las catastròfas ligadas al clima an provocat lo desplaçament forçat de 250 milions de personas dins lo Mond, siá près de 70 000 per jorn, segon un rapòrt del Naut Comissariat de las Nacions Unidas pels refugiats (NCR), çò rapòrta The Guardian. D’inondacions, tempèstas, secadas e èrsas de calor extrèma se combinan a de fenomèns mai lents, tals coma la desertificacion o la montada del nivèl de la mar, per menaçar la seguretat alimentària e idrica e agravar los conflictes existents. Continua llegint

Adissiatz mond de Ràdio Lenga d’Oc e adishatz plan Avètz l’impression que sètz competent, tras que competent o mai qu’aquò, dins un domèni o un autre, intellectual o fisic? O au contrari cresètz que mancatz de competéncia e que mascanhatz per jogar plan als escacs, manobrar correctament la veitura amb una remòrca atelada o negociar ambe vòstre banquièr? Ultracrepidarianisme e efèit Dunning – Kruger vos concernisson. Continua llegint

El líder de Junts mantiene su desconfianza sobre la aplicación de la medida de gracia porque “la última palabra la tienen unos jueces que se sintieron llamados a salvar la patria”, pero La Moncloa cree que se allana el camino.

To Europeans, cheese culture in the United States is not quite ripe. The Kraft company, for good and for ill, has defined American cheese in high-gloss orange. But if you’ve been to a grocery store or farmer’s market in recent decades, guided by tatted-up slicers ready to educate you on musky bouquets and runny rinds,... The post The cheesy way to do teshuvah appeared first on The Forward.

Michael Iglio filed a petition in Tarrant County courts on Nov. 12. He is seeking answers to why he was fired.

<p><i>This story was originally published by </i><a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/" rel=""><i>Bridge Michigan</i></a><i>, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter </i><a href="https://bit.ly/BridgeMichiganNewsletter" rel=""><i>here</i></a><i>.</i></p><p>Despite opposition from some parents and pastors, the Michigan State Board of Education approved revised state health education standards Thursday that include recommendations that students be taught about gender identity and sexual orientation.</p><p>Proponents of the standards say they are age-appropriate and will help LGBTQ+ students understand themselves. Opponents say the standards undermine parental choice and religious liberties protections. </p><p>More than 100 people signed up to speak during the public comment portion of the meeting, either in person or online, prompting the board to limit each person to one minute, instead of the usual three minutes. Some people waved small pride flags during public comment. The state also had extra rooms available to hold those wishing to speak.</p><p>The board voted 6-2 on approving the “<a href="https://www.michigan.gov/mde/-/media/Project/Websites/mde/State-Board/Agendas/2025/November/Item-G---MEMO---Proposed-Health-Education-Standards-Guidelines---Nov-25.pdf" rel="">Michigan Health Education Standards Guidelines</a>.” Members made the decision after roughly two hours and 40 minutes of public comments, which were split between those in favor of the guidelines and those opposed to them. </p><p>“What is the hurry? Why now? Why today? Why this? If you really want to address health and the sex ed, let’s take time,” said Eileen McNeil, president of Citizens for Traditional Values, during public comment. </p><p>Others said it was time for the state to embrace change. “Young people and generation Z and the community that you serve are calling for comprehensive and inclusive sex ed and standards,” said Brianna Bryant of Detroit.</p><p>Among those speaking against the guidelines was John Grossenbacher, a parent in Clinton Township and <a href="https://johngfor61.com/" rel="">candidate</a> for state House. He told board members no other groups’ position on the topic should matter except that of parents. He organized a <a href="https://protectmiparents.org/" rel="">petition</a> that has signatures from over 1,600 people urging the board to withdraw the proposal or reject the proposal.</p><p>“We need to keep the gender ideology religion at home and let the parents teach that,” said Sheila Cahoon, a Macomb County resident. </p><figure><img src="https://www.chalkbeat.org/resizer/v2/6KHUSAUIFBEAJALEV4RQ5U6WOU.jpg?auth=f36b2be85a4a4471106437d2a21ab4ed29f0dbce6fb2f97e60f1749871e54d15&smart=true&width=1440&height=960" alt="Bridge Michigan logo - may reuse" height="960" width="1440"/><figcaption>Bridge Michigan logo - may reuse</figcaption></figure><p>Meanwhile, many, including parents of transgender students, called on the board to approve the standards, saying they provide information students need to understand themselves. </p><p>Shannon Shananaquet told the board she supports the standards. </p><p>“Deniers lost the bathroom wars, so here we are again with it, wearing a different dress. Nobody’s teaching your kids gender identity. They already know. They’re just too scared to tell you about it. The bottom line is, you don’t have to believe in it. You don’t have to accept it, but it exists.” </p><p>Speakers spoke about student mental health, religious values and contention around how LGBTQ+ topics are discussed.</p><h2>Standards get update after nearly 2 decades</h2><p>The standards outline what knowledge students should have by the time they complete a certain grade. </p><p>For example, under sex education standards, by the end of grade 8, students should be able to “define gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, and explain that they are distinct components of every individual’s identity.”</p><p>State education officials say parents still have the option to opt their children out of sex education with no penalty, and the Michigan Department of Education added language about what state law says about health and sex education, local control of schools and parent choice in the revised standard proposal discussed Thursday. </p><p>This is the first update to health education standards since 2007, and the state Department of Education stressed that they are only guidelines not mandates, and schools are still required to comply with all relevant state law.</p><p>‘The standards provide guidance to local school districts and, as in previous versions, local control remains in place and parents retain the right to decide whether their children should participate in sex education instruction,” the Michigan Department of Education said in a <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/mde/news-and-information/press-releases/2025/11/13/revised-health-education-standards" rel="">news release</a> following the vote. </p><p>“Local boards of education determine the health curriculum for their districts which may include sex education curriculum—if the district decides to offer sex ed— that has been reviewed by local sex education advisory boards that must include 50% parent representation.”</p><p>MDE also maintains the update complies with the state’s revised civil rights law called the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. Lawmakers amended the law in 2023 to protect people from discrimination based on gender identity.</p><p>You can <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/mde/-/media/Project/Websites/mde/State-Board/Agendas/2025/November/Item-G---MEMO---Proposed-Health-Education-Standards-Guidelines---Nov-25.pdf" rel="">review the standards here</a>. </p><h2>Issue of health education standards remains contentious</h2><p>The passage of the standards followed a contentious school board meeting in October, where more than <a href="https://bridgemi.com/talent-education/michigan-sex-ed-overhaul-plan-sparks-debate-inclusivity-or-indoctrination/" rel="">70 people signed up for public comment</a>. </p><p>Prior to Thursday’s meeting, some lawmakers had raised questions about the proposed standards.</p><p>At an Oversight Committee meeting last month, House Republicans questioned interim State Superintendent Sue Carnell about how many genders there are and the reasoning behind the department’s proposal. </p><p>The committee has issued a subpoena to compel MDE to produce documents related to standards, according <a href="https://gophouse.org/posts/meerman-motion-to-subpoena-michigan-department-of-education-granted" rel="">to a news release Wednesday</a>. </p><p>State Board Member Nikki Snyder, a Republican from Goodrich, challenged whether MDE even has authority to make these standards. </p><h2>Legislative efforts would address sex education </h2><p>Last year, Michigan Democrats <a href="https://bridgemi.com/talent-education/michigan-dems-want-overhaul-sex-ed-allow-schools-distribute-condoms/" rel="">proposed a bill</a> that would have required schools teaching sex education to provide instruction about consent, contraceptives and “all legally available pregnancy outcomes.” The bill would have also removed a ban on distributing condoms on school grounds. </p><p>Board member Tom McMillin, a Republican from Oakland Township, said the law doesn’t have penalties for schools that don’t properly distribute opt-out forms, making it “meaningless.” </p><p>He said he worries the state will pass standards that go against law, will be legally challenged, and cost taxpayers money. </p><p>Board Member Tiffany Tilley, a Democrat from West Bloomfield, said the standards were “long overdue for an update.” </p><p>There were 1,338 surveys completed during the public comment period, with 924 opposing the proposal, according to MDE. Reasons include opposition to talking about gender topics, concerns about including sex education in health education, parent opt-out concerns, and other reasons. </p><p>There were also 2,037 emails sent to state board members or the state department of education. There were 1,141 emails in support of these guidelines with top reasons being the standards were inclusive to students and needed to be updated, according to MDE. </p><p>McMillin said he takes issue with these counts because MDE staff cannot verify how people sent him emails. </p><h2>What Michigan laws says about sex education</h2><p>Under current law, Michigan parents are allowed to opt their children out of sex education with no penalty. Students are required to take health to graduate high school but cannot be penalized for opting out of sex education. </p><p>Schools are required to provide instruction on HIV/AIDs but have wide flexibility on how much information they provide about sex. </p><p>If a school district chooses to offer sex education, it <a href="https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=MCL-380-1507" rel="">must have a sex education advisory board</a> made up of community members including students and parents. </p><p>Teachers are not allowed to talk about abortion as a means of family planning and condoms cannot be distributed on school grounds. </p><p><i>Isabel Lohman is a reporter for Bridge Michigan. You can reach her at </i><a href="mailto:ilohman@bridgemichigan.com" rel=""><i>ilohman@bridgemi.com</i></a><i>.</i></p>html

City officials roll out rules meant to boost parking citation compliance and decrease dangerous driving. The post Drivers face two new impoundment risks appeared first on Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.

The site in South L.A. was paid $2.3 million to provide space for up to 88 unhoused residents last fiscal year. But two observers found the site was operating at half capacity.

ཨ་རིའི་རླུང་འཕྲིན་ཁང་གི་གཟའ་ཟླ་བ་ནས་པ་སངས་བར་གྱི་སྔ་དགོང་གཉིས་ཀྱི་ཀུན་གླེང་བརྙན་འཕྲིན་ནང་གསར་འགྱུར་དང་། དྲ་སྣང་གི་བོད། ཆབ་སྲིད་བཙོན་པ་ངོ་སྤྲོད། དཔེ་ཀློག་སོགས་ཀྱི་ལས་རིམ་དང་། བརྗོད་གཞི་གལ་ཆེན་མང་པོའི་ཐད་དུས་ཐོག་ཏུ་བགྲོ་གླེང་ལྷུག་པོར་གནང་བའི་ལེ་ཚན་བཅས་ཡོད་པས་དུས་ལྟར་གཟིགས་རོགས་གནང་། ཀུན་གླེང་ཐད་གཏོང་གི་དུས་ཚོད་ནི་རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་དགོང་མོའི་ཆུ་ཚོད་བདུན་དང་ཕྱེད་ཀ་ནས་བརྒྱད་པའི་བར་དང་། བོད་ནང་གི་དགོང་མོའི་ཆུ་ཚོད་བཅུ་བ་ནས་༡༠ དང་ཕྱེད་ཀའི་བར། དེ་བཞིན་ཨ་རིའི་ཤར་ཕྱོགས་ཀྱི་ཞོགས་པའི་ཆུ་ཚོད་༡༠ པ་ནས་༡༠...

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El compromiso alcanzado tras el encuentro con Trump implica el levantamiento de sanciones y una cooperación estratégica para combatir al Estado Islámico, Hezbolá y limitar la influencia de Irán.

Le chef de la diplomatie américaine Marco Rubio a appelé le 12 novembre à l'arrêt des livraisons d'armes aux paramilitaires des Forces de soutien rapide (FSR) au Soudan, pays en proie à un conflit qui s'est encore aggravé ces dernières semaines. Évoquant une situation « effroyable », le secrétaire d'État américain a estimé que « le problème fondamental est que les FSR s'engagent puis ne respectent jamais leurs engagements ». Marco Rubio a refusé cependant d'évoquer spécifiquement les Émirats arabes unis, un proche partenaire des États-Unis dans le Golfe qui est accusé par les ONG et les experts de l'ONU de soutenir les FSR. Les FSR ont affirmé la semaine dernière soutenir une proposition internationale de trêve humanitaire, mais ont intensifié leur offensive dans la grande région centrale et stratégique du Kordofan.

A committee of South Dakota lawmakers expressed support Thursday for legislative efforts to rein in powers that some committee members said Republican former Gov. Kristi Noem abused. The Legislature’s Government Operations and Audit Committee, which met at the Capitol in Pierre, endorsed draft legislation that would take a pool of economic development money known as […]

The University of Alaska’s President Pat Pitney announced on Thursday she will retire at the end of the spring term, in May 2026, after almost 30 years in public service in Alaska and five years as university president. “For over three decades, I’ve seen how the University of Alaska empowers this state,” Pitney said in […]