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School closures are accelerating in US, but more financial pain lies ahead

VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — Minutes before first bell, Penny Núñez-Brandão scanned the crowd outside Glen Cove Elementary School, looking for familiar faces. "I don't see any," the fifth grader told her mom one morning in August. "None of my friends are coming." The start of a new school ...

Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio elected to lead House Republicans in the minority

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio won the race Tuesday to serve as House Republican leader as the party prepares for its new role in the minority and a flurry of Democratic investigations aimed at its standard-bearer in the White House. Jordan, who serves as chairman of the House ...

Judge sets summer 2028 trial for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press PROVO, Utah (AP) — The man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk will stand trial in the summer of 2028, a Utah judge ruled Monday. Attorneys for defendant Tyler Robinson, 23, proposed a trial starting in 2029. But District ...