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The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is hosting a free educational conference in Bedford on Sept. 16, the organization has announced. Alzheimer’s experts will be in attendance to teach about the importance of early detection, provide support to caregivers, and discuss the communications challenges the disease brings, according to the event release. The event will take […]

Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with news on the city’s public school system.School is almost back in session, and Chalkbeat Philadelphia wants to know which of Philadelphia’s young lyricists can lay down some bars about the school system.Entries will be judged by Amir ‘The Bul Bey’ Richardson, whose music has been featured on “Abbott Elementary” and WHYY’s Albie’s Elevator. Submissions will be judged on lyrics, musicality, and performance.The first place winner will receive three hours of staffed session time at Marsten House Recording studios and a performance slot in their Saturday cypher.One runner-up will receive three hours of staffed session time at Audeoboi Studios.Entries can address what students are focused on or excited about at the start of the school year, their overall thoughts on the school system, or anything related to education. This contest follows Chalkbeat’s earlier reporting on teens making anti-violence rap music as a way to prevent shootings in the city.Need inspiration? Here’s a first-day-of-school song from rapper Tacori Aaria aka Philly Princess, and a rap about school closures from Philadelphia teen duo Zay Money and Tre da dancer.Those 19 and younger are welcome to enter. Oh, and three more rules: no cursing, no violence, and no AI.Interested students should record one original verse by Sept. 7 and follow these steps:1. Follow Chalkbeat on IG at @chalkbeatorg.2. Post your video and tag @chalkbeatorg, @thebulbey, @marstenhouse, and @audeoboi_studios.3. DM us the entry along with the lyrics, your name, school, and grade level./˘“”Sammy Caiola covers solutions to gun violence in and around Philadelphia schools. Have ideas for her? Get in touch at scaiola@chalkbeat.org.

Los compradores primerizos de vehículos eléctricos en California pronto podrían obtener miles de dólares de descuento sobre el precio de lista. Aquí te explicamos cómo solicitarlo.

Российские власти освободили Роберта Гилмана — 32-летнего бывшего американского морпеха, арестованного в 2022 году и отбывавшего 10-летний срок в Воронеже. Он вернется в США. По заявлению американского президента Дональда Трампа, самолет с Гилманом на борту приземлится на авиабазе Эндрюс в Вашингтоне.

Por que o emprego deixou de garantir a segurança e cidadania às famílias. Como a mercantilização de serviços públicos agrava o problema, ao abocanhar uma fatia expressiva dos salários. Os caminhos para o Estado ir além das políticas de transferência de renda The post Quando o trabalho não sustenta a vida appeared first on Outras Palavras.

The Trump administration is pushing a total overhaul of Head Start that could fundamentally reshape the 60-year-old program that has provided childcare and key support for America’s lowest-income families.  A new proposed rule released last week put more than 1,400 regulatory provisions that govern how Head Start is implemented on the chopping block. Across the […]

據法新社報道，法國警方星期二證實，自今年夏初以來，已有11名法國年輕人在泰國被拘留，他們在機場被查獲行李中藏有數公斤大麻。警方證實了法國媒體RTL最早披露的這一消息。

据法新社报道，法国警方星期二证实，自今年夏初以来，已有11名法国年轻人在泰国被拘留，他们在机场被查获行李中藏有数公斤大麻。警方证实了法国媒体RTL最早披露的这一消息。

El terremoto de magnitud 7,4 ha provocado una emergencia de enormes proporciones en el oeste de Colombia. El seísmo deja cientos de víctimas y múltiples edificios colapsados, mientras los equipos de rescate buscan supervivientes y España activa su red consular.

Ministria e Punëve të Brendshme dhe Fondi i Sigurimit Shëndetësor njoftuan se, problemi me sigurimin shëndetësor të të punësuarve në MPB është zgjidhur dhe se ata përsëri mund t’i përdorin pa pengesa shërbimet shëndetësore, transmeton Portalb.mk. “Gjatë ditës, të dy institucionet kanë qenë në koordinim të vazhdueshëm dhe, në bashkëpunim me Drejtorinë e të Ardhurave […]

Thousands have been forced from their homes as Indigenous leaders raise concerns about firefighting resources, emergency assistance, and who decides when communities are safe.

Ripped from Daily Reformer. Sign up for a free subscription here.  Turnout. The 2018 DFL primary turnout — about 583,000 in the contested governor’s race; a bit more than 23% of registered voters turned out that year — was the most robust in many years, but the DFL-endorsed progressive candidate still lost. One thought would […]

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. New York City has long failed to quickly provide special education services even after families won legal orders for them, generating more than two decades of litigation. Three years ago, city officials embraced a federal court order requiring dozens of reforms to more swiftly provide services […] The post NYC Misses Legal Deadlines in Most Special-Education Cases, Auditors Find appeared first on The City Reporter.

“When you put in the work, you deserve to be paid every single penny that you’ve been promised.” North Carolina Labor Commissioner Luke Farley announced Tuesday that his department recovered a record $3.7 million in unpaid wages for workers in the 2025-26 fiscal year. The recovery helped workers in 89 of North Carolina’s 100 counties […]

The Department of Homeland Security paid $123 million for the three-warehouse complex in far East El Paso County, which was set to house up to 8,500 ICE detainees. Under new leadership, DHS scaled down its plans and ultimately dropped the project. The post DHS scraps plans for mega ICE detention center in Socorro, to sell warehouse properties appeared first on El Paso Matters.

Як заявив Зеленський у зверненні 11 серпня, про підготовку російської мобілізації свідчать «внутрішні російські документи»

Sergey Nedovodin, a founder and former executive director of the radio station Ekho Peterburga, has died at 61, the station’s Telegram channel reported.

A purple Lamborghini crashed into a house at 1 Otradnaya Street in Yekaterinburg on the evening of August 11, according to news outlet E1.ru and the Telegram channel “Baza,” which has ties to Russia’s security services.

OKLAHOMA CITY — An expanded team of reading coaches will train teachers across Oklahoma as public schools implement new requirements for childhood literacy. The Oklahoma State Department of Education’s HEROES Literacy Instructional Team has grown to 24 reading coaches and six regional supervisors, following recent legislative action. The team, which the state lawmakers converted from […]

The longtime trustee is turning her attention to a Senate campaign covering parts of Boise and Meridian.