The “educational harm” caused by the coronavirus pandemic has been “devastating,” according to a recent survey of 26 million K-8 students by researchers at Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth and Harvard. The researchers also found that the pandemic “exacerbated economic and racial educational inequality,” as lead authors Tom Kane of Harvard and Sean Reardon of Stanford […]
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Shelter dog with ‘sweet eyes’ still needs home after 3 years. ‘Craves human attention’
A “friendly” dog with “sweet eyes” has been in a shelter for almost three years — and still needs a home. “Bella is a sweet girl who just craves human attention…and some treats…a lot of treats,” a New York animal shelter wrote April 29 on Facebook. The shelter, Anita’s Stevens Swan Humane Society in Utica, […]
A massive Powerball win draws attention to a little-known immigrant culture in the US
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Cheng “Charlie” Saephan wore a broad smile and a bright blue sash emblazoned with the words “Iu-Mien USA” as he hoisted an oversized check for $1.3 billion above his head. The 46-year-old immigrant’s luck in winning an enormous Powerball jackpot in Oregon earlier this month — a lump sum payment of […]
Arsenal risk losing focus if they pay Man City too much attention – David Raya
David Raya is relishing the pressure of the Premier League title race but has urged Arsenal to stay focused on their own job and not Manchester City’s run-in. The Gunners ensured they would remain at the summit going into May with a 3-2 win at Tottenham on Sunday. It briefly opened up a four-point gap […]
Early season Oregon brush fires grab attention
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — It’s only mid-April, but a few small brush fires popped up in the region over the past few days, putting fire officials on alert. Saturday afternoon, a brush fire burned about a quarter-acre near Northwest Corey Road in Washington County, officials with TVF&R said. The gusty winds added to the urgency […]
Copart Shares Commanding Attention
Copart Under Heavy Big Money Accumulation Institutional volumes reveal a lot. In the past year, our proprietary signals indicate CPRT has enjoyed plenty of strong demand. We believe this to be heavy institutional support. Each green bar signals unusual trading action in CPRT stock. The green color indicates our proprietary inflow signal: Source: www.mapsignals.com Plenty […]
Xabi Alonso adamant Bayer Leverkusen’s attention is on West Ham clash
Xabi Alonso insists Bayer Levekusen’s focus is solely on West Ham on Thursday night despite a potentially historic weekend on the horizon. Leverkusen, unbeaten in all 41 of their matches this season, look set to wrap up a first Bundesliga title on Saturday or Sunday. All they need to do is match Bayern Munich’s result […]
VR version of Boggy Creek Airboat attraction draws attention
Boggy Creek Airboat Adventures is using virtual reality to help folks get back to nature. The Kissimmee attraction can now be walked through via the metaverse, where at-home viewers – represented by avatars – can virtually sit in an airboat, walk through the butterfly enclosure, take in educational talks and, if equipped with a VR […]
Volunteers give much-needed attention to Animal Land statues at Topeka’s Gage Park
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Local volunteers gathered at Gage Park Sunday morning in an effort to restore the aging Animal Land playground. Volunteers are working to clean the park’s animal statues before summer arrives. For volunteer coordinator James George, this cleanup effort is nothing new. He’s coordinated similar work in 2015 to save the statues from […]
New Jersey earthquake calls attention to ancient, potentially unmapped fault lines
The fault that ruptured beneath New Jersey on Friday morning was likely an ancient, sleeping seam in the Earth, awakened by geologic forces in a region where earthquakes are rare and seismic risks are not fully understood. The magnitude-4.8 earthquake was the strongest in New Jersey in over 200 years. The United States Geological Survey […]
Baltimore bridge collapse calls attention to growing Latino labor force, risks they face
Most of the workers killed or presumed dead following the Baltimore bridge collapse are originally from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico — illustrating the dangers Hispanic workers face as they continue to be overrepresented in the construction industry. Eight construction workers were fixing potholes on the Francis Scott Key Bridge‘s roadway early Tuesday when […]
Baltimore bridge collapse calls attention to growing Latino labor force, risks they face
Most of the missing workers presumed dead following the Baltimore bridge collapse are originally from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico — illustrating the dangers Hispanic workers face as they continue to be overrepresented in the construction industry. Eight construction workers were fixing potholes on the Francis Scott Key Bridge‘s roadway early Tuesday when an […]