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San Francisco school board recall a warning for Democrats

The parents of San Francisco have spoken, and their message is echoing like a wake-up call across the country. Fueled by pandemic frustration, parents launched a recall of three school board members that ended Tuesday with a landslide vi...

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Rights group documents extrajudicial harassment in Vietnam

BANGKOK (AP) — More than 170 activists have been put under house arrest, blocked from traveling and sometimes assaulted by agents of the Vietnamese government in a little-noticed campaign to silence its critics, a human rights group said Thursday. ...

Politics

Kentucky Senate passes ban on older transgender athletes

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate passed a bill Wednesday to bar older transgender girls from participating in school sports that match their gender identity. The 27-8 vote followed an emotional plea from a lawmaker who shared her...

Politics

Florida House OKs budget that punishes mask mandate schools

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — School districts that ignored Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ order banning mask mandates will face a $200 million penalty under a budget bill passed Wednesday by the Florida House. The funding stripped from those districts would...

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Loan relief granted to students misled by for-profit DeVry

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced it will cancel more than $70 million in student debt for borrowers who say they were defrauded by the for-profit DeVry University — the first time the Education Department has approved such claims for an ...

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Opposition from GOP senator threatens Biden judicial pick

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Ron Johnson’s opposition to one of President Joe Biden’s nominees surprised Democrats on Wednesday and presented a fresh test to a tradition that over the years has allowed individual senators to block the confirmation...