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Summit to explore cybersecurity at local level Wednesday
MOSES LAKE — The digital world is sometimes described as being like the Wild West, and like the American frontier …
Homes with grandparents weigh virus risk as school starts
PHOENIX (AP) — Zita Robinson, who's 77 and diabetic, has been careful around her granddaughter since the coronavirus pandemic took hold.
AP PHOTOS: Masks hold images of pandemic, Hong Kong protests
HONG KONG (AP) — In one of Edmond Kok's creations, a 3D visualization of a spiky coronavirus bursts out of a face mask. Another mask uses a plastic takeout container to remind people of the environmental cost of fo…
Heeding mom, Tennessee lawmaker helped women gain the vote
One hundred years ago this month, women in the United States were guaranteed the right to vote with ratification of the 19th Amendment — secured by a 24-year-old Tennessee legislator's decisive vote, cast at the bi…
Is it safe to drink from a fountain during the pandemic?
Is it safe to drink from a water fountain during the pandemic?
Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Justice Department investigation has found Yale University is illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants, in violation of federal civil rights law, officials said Thurs…
Justice Dept. accuses Yale of illegally discriminating against Asian American and white students in admissions process
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Dept. accuses Yale of illegally discriminating against Asian American and white students in admissions process.
75 years later, Japan war orphans tell of pain, recovery
TOKYO (AP) — For years, orphans in Japan were punished just for surviving the war.
Homes with grandparents weigh virus risk as school starts
PHOENIX (AP) — Zita Robinson, who's 77 and diabetic, has been careful around her granddaughter since the coronavirus pandemic took hold.
What No Student Loan Payments Until 2021 Means for You
You don’t have to make another federal student loan payment in 2020. Now is the time, though, to decide what to do before your bill arrives in January 2021.
Schools mull outdoor classes amid virus, ventilation worries
It has been seven years since the central air conditioning system worked at the New York City middle school where Lisa Fitzgerald O’Connor teaches. As a new school year approaches amid the coronavirus pandemic, she…
AP PHOTOS: Masks hold images of pandemic, Hong Kong protests
HONG KONG (AP) — In one of Edmond Kok's creations, a 3D visualization of a spiky coronavirus bursts out of a face mask. Another mask uses a plastic takeout container to remind people of the environmental cost of fo…
Heeding mom, Tennessee lawmaker helped women gain the vote
One hundred years ago this month, women in the United States were guaranteed the right to vote with ratification of the 19th Amendment — secured by a 24-year-old Tennessee legislator's decisive vote, cast at the bi…
Homes with grandparents weigh virus risk as school starts
PHOENIX (AP) — Zita Robinson, who's 77 and diabetic, has been careful around her granddaughter since the coronavirus pandemic took hold.
Is it safe to drink from a fountain during the pandemic?
Is it safe to drink from a water fountain during the pandemic?
Interest in homeschooling has 'exploded' amid pandemic
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — As parents nationwide prepare to help their children with more distance learning, a small but quickly growing number are deciding to take matters entirely into their own hands and begin homesch…