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"People are afraid to worship. We have reports from our health care centers that people are afraid to go," Healey said.

A agenda cultural abre com performance de cinema expandido em película, concerto de música barroca em igrejas históricas e abertura de exposição sobre memória queer no Goethe-Institut. Nos dias seguintes, estreia de peça sobre feminicídio, lançamentos de álbuns e livros, show em homenagem ao artista popular Zé da Terreira, exibição de documentário sobre mulheres jornalistas […] Fonte

Trump recebeu o senador e pré-candidato à presidência Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) para breve conversa e fotografia, mas não teve aperto de mão, publicação na Truth Social ou espaço oficial na agenda do presidente dos Estados Unidos. Ou seja, o magnata não oficializou seu apoio na eleição presidencial brasileira de outubro. Ao contrário, a postura dúbia […] Fonte

A new restaurant in Mister A's, a Candy Land pop-up, and soft-shell crabs. Get the latest on the San Diego food scene.

O torneio de Roland-Garros de ténis, em Paris, prossegue com a presença de dois portugueses: Nuno Borges e Jaime Faria, que ainda se mantêm na prova.

Former Florida Chief Justice R. Fred Lewis has died at age 78, the court announced Thursday. His death came Tuesday, the court said in a press release. He will lie in state in the court’s rotunda on June 11 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The justices will receive the body and Chief Justice Carlos […]

Chalkbeat Ideas is a section featuring reported columns on the big ideas and debates shaping American schools. Sign up for the Ideas newsletter to follow our work. On a recent Tuesday morning, dozens of New York City educators gathered in lower Manhattan to discuss an existential issue facing many schools: “Navigating Critical Thinking and Cognitive Offloading in the Age of AI,” as the session’s title put it.As the training began, nearly everyone raised their hand when asked if they agreed that “critical thinking is an essential skill that we need to teach our students.” Over the course of the day, the teachers considered how to prompt an AI chatbot to get better responses and assess its accuracy. They discussed the risks that students would outsource their thinking to the technology. And they learned about classroom practices to bolster critical thinking, including peer tutoring, socratic discussions, and live journaling.The professional development was put on by the National Academy for AI Instruction, a multimillion-dollar initiative launched by the American Federation of Teachers and backed by AI companies Anthropic, Microsoft, and OpenAI. I sat in on this training, and many teachers I spoke with said they appreciated its message and strategies. But one important idea was largely missing: that critical thinking is directly connected to the content in math, history, and science classes. This is an essential reality often absent from discussions about how schools should respond to the spread of generative AI.Indeed, the common refrain that teachers should focus on abstract critical thinking skills, disconnected from content, risks de-emphasizing the very thing — fluency with a broad set of facts — that supports critical thinking.“Domain knowledge is a crucial driver of thinking skill,” wrote University of Virginia cognitive psychologist Daniel Willingham in 2020 for the American Educator, a publication of the American Federation of Teachers. “Critical thinking for open-ended problems is enabled by extensive stores of knowledge.”As technology has made knowledge more accessible — through books, Google, and now generative AI — some observers have said that schools should place less of an emphasis on basic facts that are easy to look up. “Education in the 21st century must go beyond imparting knowledge,” says the World Economic Forum. Instead, schools must impart “future-ready skills” like critical thinking and creativity.This isn’t a new idea. Over a decade ago, a panel of academics at the National Research Council convened to consider how schools could inculcate “deeper learning” and “21st century skills,” the buzzwords of that moment. Tellingly, though, the experts reframed this assignment. “The committee views 21st century skills as dimensions of expertise that are specific to — and intertwined with — knowledge within a particular domain,” their 2012 report concluded. To be sure, there are some skills — communication, personal organization, teamwork — that are useful in many settings and subjects. And decontextualized facts — say, memorizing the presidents without a sense of their place in history — aren’t sufficient for critical thinking. Yet to solve math problems, students must know their times tables. To infer the causes of historical events, they need familiarity with dates and historical figures. To read and analyze complex texts, they need a wide vocabulary. To think critically, say cognitive scientists, people need to be able to seamlessly access and synthesize a large number of basic facts.Students can look up some missing information, but when people turn to external sources too frequently, the brain struggles to keep track of all the new facts at once. Imagine reading a book and pausing every few sentences to search for an unfamiliar word or idea.There’s not yet good reason to assume any of this will change with AI. The technology can help find new information, but knowledge is still necessary to prompt AI appropriately, to assess the accuracy of its output, and to apply it to specific tasks. When I spoke with American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, she said that knowledge certainly matters but that “what [AI] compels is that kids really have to learn how to think and how to solve problems.” She offered a similar formulation in a major speech earlier this week.For example, elementary school students should engage in civics by researching a topic and then figuring out how to push local politicians to make change, Weingarten told me. “Maybe there are other issues or other facts within social studies curriculum that are going to have to be dropped,” she said.Maria Elena Guzman, one of the AFT Academy instructors, said that the role of knowledge was not foregrounded in the training because teachers already know they have to teach their content-focused standards. “It’s a given. This is part of the work that they do every single day,” she said.But if teachers are not taught explicitly about the connection between knowledge and critical thinking, some may leave with the impression that factual content matters less than it used to, especially since this remains an evergreen take of popular education commentators.Jessie Roeder, a high school robotics and computer science teacher in New York City, appreciates the AFT’s effort to help members navigate the complexities of using AI. He’s already attended four trainings put on by the Academy. During the critical thinking session, he raised the importance of knowledge for using AI effectively.“You have to know enough to be able to say, wait a second, this is BS,” he later told me.Matt Barnum is Chalkbeat’s ideas editor. Reach him at mbarnum@chalkbeat.org.

(The Center Square) - The upstream sector of the Texas oil and natural gas industry posted modest job gains in April, according to the latest data released by the Texas Workforce Commission and the U.S. Department of Labor. It’s consistent with Texas’ overall job growth outpacing the national job growth rate in April and the industry reporting gains in March, reversing losses from previous months, The Center Square reported. The upstream sector includes oil and natural gas extraction and some mining activity. It excludes other industry sectors such as refining, petrochemicals, fuels wholesaling, oilfield equipment manufacturing, pipelines and gas utilities, which all support hundreds of thousands of jobs statewide. Employment in the Texas upstream sector increased by 400 jobs in April, reflecting a decline of 1,300 jobs in oil and natural gas extraction (63,000) and an increase of 1,700 jobs in support activities (130,200), according to an analysis by the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association. “The decline in extraction was more than offset by growth in support activities, reflecting the industry’s shift toward service-oriented operations such as well maintenance, completions and logistics,” TIPRO President Ed Longanecker told The Center Square. “Overall, the data shows a resilient and adapting Texas oil and gas industry,” he said. “While certain segments like direct extraction have seen some contraction as companies improve efficiency, the broader upstream sector is growing, job demand remains robust, and production continues setting records. This balance of efficiency and strength is exactly what allows Texas to deliver stable energy supplies during periods of global market disruption.” Total upstream employment is below the peaks reported in 2022 and 2023. “However, the sector has demonstrated stabilization and recent month-over-month gains amid efficiency improvements and sustained high production levels,” Longanecker said. The data “underscores the enduring strength and adaptability of Texas’ energy sector despite recent market fluctuations,” Texas Oil & Gas Association President Todd Staples said in a statement. “While it is premature to assume the increased employment will continue, announcements have been made that some companies are expanding production. “These increased job numbers are a tremendous benefit to the families who are supported by this industry and are important for the communities in which they occur,” Staples said. Prior to 2007, TXOGA noted, Texas upstream employment totals were consistently below the September 2020 low of roughly 157,000 jobs. From 1998 through 2006, upstream employment averaged about 142,000, it says. “As past cycles demonstrate, periods of decline followed by recovery are a recurring feature of the industry,” according to TXOGA. Even though rig counts are down, “broader measures show industry strength through rising employment in support services, strong job postings, and record U.S. oil and gas production. Operators continue to focus on completing wells, optimizing existing assets, and expanding support operations, which supports employment even as drilling activity moderates,” Longanecker said. The industry showed strong job postings last month, TIPRO noted. There were 9,780 unique industry job postings in Texas in April, a 7% increase over the month. Texas continues to have the most jobs available in the industry. Pennsylvania had the second most, followed by California, Ohio and Illinois, according to the TIPRO’s analysis. There were more than 61,000 unique job postings last month nationwide, an increase of 1% over the month. The jobs data is also consistent with U.S. Energy and Information Administration data showing ongoing records being broken in oil and gas production. Crude oil output increased by 3% nationwide last year, led by Texas. Last year’s average was an historic 13.6 million barrels per day (b/d) with the majority of growth coming from the Permian Basin in west Texas and southeastern New Mexico. Oil production grew last year by 280,000 b/d, topping 6.6 million b/d, according to EIA data. Marketed natural gas production also reached an all-time high, increasing by 5.3 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) last year, averaging 118.5 Bcf/d. Most of this growth occurred in the Permian, followed by Appalachia and Haynesville regions, according to the data. In the first quarter of 2026, marketed natural gas production increased by 4%, averaging 120.2 Bcf/d, according to EIA data. The increased production partially reflects increased global demand for crude oil products as the Iran conflict continues to disrupt Middle East shipments. In response, Texas continues to break production and liquified natural gas export records, The Center Square reported. The Texas industry continues to remain strong and adaptable to severe global energy market disruption, Longanecker said. “As international supply chains remain constrained and global inventories draw at record rates, Texas producers have sustained strong operational activity, supported rising employment and delivered increasing volumes of crude oil and LNG to both domestic markets and key international allies,” he said. “These results demonstrate Texas’ critical role in helping stabilize global energy supplies and supporting economic growth at home during a period of heightened volatility.”

Russian gymnast Yana Zaikina took gold in the ribbon event at the 2026 European Junior Championships in rhythmic gymnastics, held in Varna, Bulgaria.

Foi uma votação recorde na Câmara dos Deputados a favor da derrubada da Proposta de Emenda Constitucional (PEC) 6×1. No primeiro turno, a PEC foi aprovada por 472 votos a favor e 22 contrários. O partido de extrema direita (PL) foi o que mais contribuiu com 11 parlamentares, depois vieram o Novo (4), MDB (2), […] Fonte

По всій Україні була оголошена ракетна небезпека, а Повітряні сили ЗСУ попереджали про швидкісну ціль на Полтавщину

The administration agreed to pay French company TotalEnergies nearly $1 billion after it relinquished its leases for two offshore wind projects, including Carolina Long Bay, located approximately 22 miles south of Bald Head Island.

"You have so many media outlets in the US that just don't provide the basic context of what US/Cuba policy has been for decades."

美國與伊朗談判代表近日就一項為期60天的諒解備忘錄（MOU）達成初步共識，內容包括延長目前停火安排、恢復霍爾木茲海峽商業通航，以及啟動伊朗核計畫談判。不過，美國總統特朗普（Donald Trump）尚未作出最終批准，伊朗官方至今也未正式確認接受協議。

美国与伊朗谈判代表近日就一项为期60天的谅解备忘录（MOU）达成初步共识，内容包括延长目前停火安排、恢复霍尔木兹海峡商业通航，以及启动伊朗核计划谈判。不过，美国总统特朗普（Donald Trump）尚未作出最终批准，伊朗官方至今也未正式确认接受协议。

Outside petition circulators, money and lawyers have poured into Maine, making the state’s referendum process a battleground in the national debate over transgender rights.

The Oregon Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could set precedent over the type and amount of monetary relief Oregonians who successfully sue public agencies for records could win.  The state’s highest court last week agreed to review a 2025 Oregon Court of Appeals decision that tossed out more than $400,000 in […]

Montana’s 2026 primary election is Tuesday, June 2. We’ve compiled everything you need to know about the offices and candidates on the primary ballot, and how you can still cast yours. The post ‘What’s on my ballot? How do I vote?’ MTFP has answers.  appeared first on Montana Free Press.

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed New York’s $268.5 billion budget, funding pension boosts and an expansion of New York City’s free childcare program, while watering down the state’s climate goals — all eight weeks after the tax and spending plan was first due on April 1. The deal allows Hochul to claim some legislative […] The post Hochul Finally Signs $268.5 Billion State Spending Plan appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.

After The Washington Post laid off more than 300 journalists in February, several local and national news outlets based in the nation’s capital announced expansions to fill coverage gaps. Among newsrooms vying to step up where the Post was ceding ground, NOTUS emerged as the most ambitious. In March, it announced plans to double its...