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Ten candidates are seeking the three available positions, which are nonpartisan and elected countywide.

Claim: A Facebook post by The Makoni Times of Sierra Leone claims that Sierra Leonean musician and public

Claim: A Facebook blog, Salone Political Watch, posted a viral image of the Mayor of Freetown, Ivoynne Aki-Sawyer,

This is our monthly series examining the top Google Trends in the US Territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Trends data is an unbiased sample of Google search data. It’s anonymized (no one is personally identified), categorized (determining the topic for a search query), and […] The post Google Trends in the US territories: August 2026 appeared first on Pasquines.

We have exciting news to share. “Dumped in Berger,” a six-month investigation by The Beacon’s Ceilidh Kern and KBIA’s Harshawn Ratanpal, has won a national Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting. The Murrow Awards are among the most prestigious honors in journalism, and we couldn’t be prouder to see this reporting recognized nationally. If […] The post The Beacon and KBIA-FM win national Murrow Award for reporting partnership ‘Dumped in Berger’ appeared first on The Beacon.

اظهارات تازه مقام‌های جمهوری اسلامی، از پذیرش سهم حکومت در اعتراضات دی‌ماه تا نگرانی از افزایش قیمت بنزین و طرح «مقابله با نفوذ»، نشانه‌هایی از افزایش نگرانی و اختلاف در ساختار حکومت را نشان می‌دهد.

Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.The Arizona Supreme Court effectively killed a ballot measure that would have brought significant oversight and an income cap to the state’s school voucher-like program in a ruling Tuesday. The battle over the measure brought high drama to the desert — and exposed cracks forming between conservatives over oversight of the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, which families can use like vouchers on homeschooling, private school, and other expenses.Those divisions are still in play: In the state superintendent’s race, Arizona voters will choose between two candidates who disagree sharply about whether the ESAs need more regulations. Yet the ballot measure’s failure demonstrates that enacting new rules for longstanding universal school choice programs can be a difficult task in the current climate — even if some voucher supporters express qualified support for those limits. Arizona has long been a proving ground for the school choice movement. ESAs became open to all families four years ago. Some say the program represents a huge victory for families and triggered a much-needed explosion in new education models. To others, the accounts have become a boondoggle ripe for abuse.Voucher opponents had hoped to tap those concerns about misspending and ask voters directly whether to impose new regulations. Conservative school choice supporters treated the proposal like an existential threat to educational freedom, and used every tool from competing ballot measures to signature petition challenges to thwart the effort.The signature challenge ultimately carried the day. The state Supreme Court invalidated enough signatures that it appears impossible for the measure, known as the Protect Education Act, to make the ballot. The state teachers union, one of the measure’s key supporters, conceded defeat Tuesday. While a large contingent of notable Republicans, including former Gov. Doug Ducey, cheered the demise of the Protect Education Act, officials behind it wrote that the court’s ruling “does not reflect what Arizona voters want” in a statement to The Arizona Republic.Polling from late last year indicated that voters had an appetite for better management of the ESA program. What to do with that public sentiment divided school choice supporters. The American Federation for Children — a staunchly conservative organization once chaired by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos — backed a compromise measure intended to defang the Protect Education Act. It accused other pro-voucher groups of “playing Russian roulette” with Arizona children’s futures. Critics of the federation shot back that the group “burned a lot of bridges locally and nationally” through its efforts in Arizona. Brian Jodice, a spokesperson for the organization, said in a statement after the state Supreme Court’s Tuesday ruling that the American Federation for Children would “continue working for real solutions.”“It is wrong and reckless to risk 100,000 scholarships, every year, to keep this program unchanged and out of step with all other similar programs across the country,” he wrote.But with the Supreme Court ruling, that gamble appears to have paid off, at least for now.Robert Enlow, the president and CEO of EdChoice, said Arizona has led the way in “true parental autonomy.” Imposing any guardrails risks reversing that progress for the school choice movement, he said.“Arizona is way out in front of everyone else,” he said. “That’s where it has the real national impact.”The court’s ruling comes just weeks after the question of whether and how much to regulate ESAs emerged as a key issue in the election for the top education job in the state.Arizona Superintendent Tom Horne, a strong school choice supporter, lost his reelection bid in the July Republican primary to state Treasurer Kimberly Yee.Yee accused Horne of overstepping his authority because his office rejected some Empowerment Scholarship Account purchases by parents because it deemed them not educational expenses. Such decisions should be up to state lawmakers, she said. Horne shot back that Yee’s logic would allow people to use the accounts for suspect items, like Rolex watches.Republican primary voters favored Yee in a race that became the most expensive election to date for state superintendent, according to The Beam, an investigative news outlet.In an email to Chalkbeat, Yee wrote that she’d protect taxpayer dollars “with transparency and accountability.” She did not answer questions about whether she feels the program needs more oversight or specific new guardrails.Yee will now face Democrat Teresa Ruiz — a former community college president — in November.Ruiz, who wants to build up oversight of the program if elected, told Chalkbeat that management of the ESA program is the “number one” topic that’s come up when talking to prospective constituents. “While there are, I’m sure, some appropriate educational expenses, we also know that the un-educational things have gone through,” she said.With the ballot measure essentially dead, the superintendents’ race could become the next test for how voters feel about regulating school choice.Passing such regulations through Republican-dominated legislatures has proved challenging. And at least one recent election suggests GOP politicians could pay a price for indicating interest in them. In 2025, Florida Republicans considered legislation that would address financial mismanagement of the state’s voucher program, after an audit flagged millions of dollars that weren’t accounted for. They ultimately abandoned the effort. This year, lawmakers in West Virginia considered but did not advance legislation to try to contain the costs of vouchers. In this year’s Iowa GOP gubernatorial race, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra expressed concerns about private schools not accepting all students using the state’s education savings accounts — only for fellow Republicans to accuse him of betrayal. He lost his June primary election, despite getting President Donald Trump’s endorsement.Meanwhile, the Democratic nominee in that election, Rob Sand, believes that calling for more regulations for vouchers is a winning issue. He has conceded, however, that there’s “no chance” Iowa will repeal the program, since Republicans have firm control of the legislature. Lily Altavena is a national reporter at Chalkbeat. Contact Lily at laltavena@chalkbeat.org. Lily is on Instagram, Tik Tok, and Facebook.

The weather pattern doesn’t guarantee flooding here, but now could be a good time to consider flood insurance, which is not included in most homeowners or renters policies.

Trustees will vote Aug. 20 on whether to advance a higher tax rate. The change would add $7.72 annually for every $100,000 in taxable value.

وزارت دادگستری ایالات متحده روز سه‌شنبه ۲۷ مرداد علیه ۱۷ عضو «مؤسسه مبنا»، یک شرکت مستقر در ایران، اعلام جرم کرد و آنها را به اجرای یک کارزار گسترده نفوذ سایبری با هدف سرقت اطلاعات دانشگاهی، تحقیقاتی، مالکیت فکری و داده‌های اختصاصی متهم کرد.

San Diego sued for misinterpreting a new state law looking to boost housing units near major transit stops.

The Detroit Historical Society and Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History on Tuesday launched the “Yes to Our Story” campaign, a proposal seeking a 10-year, 0.2 mill levy in Wayne and Oakland counties.

Tam Thi Nguyen passed on Aug. 12, 2026, at the age of 80; born July 4, 1946, Tam Thi Nguyen was a resident of Arlington.

Entre os debates sobre inovação, tecnologia e futuro que marcaram o Rio Innovation Week 2026, o Finapop (Financiamento Popular da Agricultura Familiar) participou de uma conversa sobre um tema essencial para qualquer transformação no campo: como financiar quem produz os alimentos que chegam à nossa mesa?  Nosso diretor executivo, Luis Costa, participou da mesa “Quem Financia […] Fonte

Астронавт ESA Софи Адено стала первой француженкой, вышедшей в открытый космос. Вместе с астронавтом NASA Анилом Меноном она провела 18 августа за пределами МКС шесть часов двадцать три минуты — с 12:29 до 18:52 GMT. Заменить старую антенну связи с Землей полностью они не успели: демонтаж болтов и электрических разъемов занял больше времени, чем планировалось, и на установку новой антенны времени не хватило. Работали на высоте около 400 км над Землей, при перепадах температур от -150 °C до +150 °C и скорости станции 28 000 км/ч. Старую антенну зафиксировали на корпусе станции. Новую установят во время следующего выхода — возможно, уже во вторник, сообщает NASA.

Inspired by the “Miami model” in Florida — where Miami-Dade County has been diverting nonviolent people with mental illness away from jails and into mental health facilities — Utah state, city and county leaders are taking the next steps to put a plan into action.  The mastermind behind the “Miami model,” former Judge Steven Leifman, sat […]

(The Center Square) – A bill that would have outlawed transactions involving glow-in-the-dark rabbits, "unicorns" and other genetically engineered animals stalled in the California Legislature this year despite bipartisan support. Assembly Bill 1382, or the Ethics Over Aesthetics Act, was introduced this year by Assemblymember Leticia Castillo, R-Corona, and concerned animals modified for aesthetics. The bill cleared every hearing and floor vote so far this year before stalling last week in the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill aimed to prohibit selling, importing or offering a transgenic pet animal in the Golden State. But the legislation doesn't outlaw the genetic engineering itself. Transgenic animals, according to the most recent legislative analysis of the bill, are animals that have been genetically modified to have new traits or capabilities that are not natural. Those traits are scientifically possible to engineer in animals through genetic manipulation. Castillo’s bill, specifically, targeted transgenic animals who are genetically modified for aesthetic reasons. This can include genetically altered traits that result in glow-in-the-dark rabbits, miniature livestock animals kept as pets and animals nicknamed “unicorns," according to a press release from Castillo’s office. Castillo could not be reached for comment Tuesday. The sponsor of the bill, Social Compassion in Legislation, told The Center Square on Tuesday that the organization first became aware of the need for a bill like AB 1382 after reading about a company who was trying to genetically modify animals for aesthetic purposes. Glow-in-the-dark rabbits, in particular, pose a problem for animal advocates and animal shelter workers, said Judie Mancuso, the founder, CEO and president of Social Compassion in Legislation. “This was alarming to the folks who shelter rabbits and rescue them because the influx of animals to our shelters, primarily are dogs, cats and rabbits,” Mancuso said. “The first thing that everyone thought of is can you imagine this becoming some kind of social media trend – somebody taking a picture with their blue glow-in-the-dark bunny and how everybody buys one as an accessory.” Such animals being novelties, and the novelty eventually wearing off, is worrisome and exploitative for those animals and for wildlife, Mancuso said. “Then they’re on the side of the street, they’re in our shelters, and they could be released in the wild,” Mancuso said. “We don’t even know what the ramifications are of genetically-modified animals mixing with our wildlife. There’s just no good outcome.” While the bill had dozens of groups register support this year, only one group briefly opposed the bill earlier this year. That organization, Pet Advocacy Network, submitted comments in the Jan. 16 version of the bill analysis to say the legislation would undermine current law and consumers' ability to choose. “[This bill] would override existing science-based regulatory determinations, disrupt lawful commerce, reduce consumer choice, and set a troubling precedent for banning regulated products based on aesthetics rather than evidence, all without providing any measurable animal-welfare benefit,” the group said, “AB 1382 would open the door to banning regulated products based on aesthetics or perception rather than science.” The Center Square reached out to Pet Advocacy Network on Tuesday and did not hear back before press time. The Jan. 16 analysis was the only version of the analysis in which Pet Advocacy Network registered its opposition. There was not a determined fiscal cost to implement the bill if it had passed, according to the most recent analysis, but the cost of prosecuting those who violated the law could have reached into the hundreds of thousands of dollars to trial courts throughout the state. With the failure of the bill to pass this year, supporters told The Center Square they would like to see it have another chance to pass into law in 2027. “I think the merits are still completely valid, and it has received widespread bipartisan support across the aisle, so I think it does have a good shot again in the future,” said Jennifer Hauge, senior legislative affairs manager for the Animal Legal Defense Fund, which also supported the bill.

EL PASO, Texas—Gilbert Morales struggled to compose himself before addressing the El Paso City Council on Tuesday morning. Morales fought back tears as he recounted how his wife died of lung cancer in June, despite never being a smoker. He lives next to Marathon Petroleum’s El Paso Refinery, which is one of the largest sources […]

Court-administered naturalizations this year have fallen to a fraction of those in recent years.