Tag: Education
Florida House moves to limit transgender students in sports
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida lawmakers moved closer to requiring transgender athletes to undergo testosterone or genetic testing — as well as submit to having...
Missouri town decides to keep ‘Savages’ mascot, ditch logo
<p>SAVANNAH, Mo. — Leaders of a nearly all-white northwest Missouri school district have narrowly voted to keep the high school's “Savages” nickname but will...
Montana hires Oregon State assistant to coach women’s hoops
<p>MISSOULA, Mont. — Oregon State assistant Brian Holsinger has been hired as the next women’s basketball coach at Montana, athletic director Kent Haslam said.</p>
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Conservatives propose revised sex ed rules in LGBTQ pushback
<p>PHOENIX — Two years after Arizona lawmakers repealed a ban on any HIV/AIDS instruction that “promotes a homosexual lifestyle" as they faced a lawsuit,...
Report: Mexico’s COVID-19 policies cost huge number of lives
<p>MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s unwillingness to spend money, do more testing, change course or react to new scientific evidence contributed to the country being...
Florida House moves to limit transgender students in sports
<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida lawmakers moved closer to requiring transgender athletes to undergo testosterone or genetic testing — as well as submit to having...
Biden faces long odds in push for more state ‘red flag’ laws
IOWA CITY, Iowa — President Joe Biden faces an uphill battle as he tries to revive a push for more state laws that would...
Wisconsin teachers resign in wake of slavery question
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — Three Wisconsin middle school teachers have resigned after they put together a lesson for sixth-graders asking them how they would...
Four Black medical schools get $6M to widen vaccine outreach
<p>ATLANTA — Four historically Black medical schools are getting $6 million to expand coronavirus vaccination efforts in minority communities.</p>
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Louisiana fraternity brothers pay off former cook’s mortgage
<p>BAKER, La. — Members of a Louisiana State University fraternity chipped in more than $50,000 to pay off the mortgage of a woman who...