Facing drought, Western states seek to deny groundwater to foreign companies
Just off an arid stretch of highway in western Arizona, a Saudi dairy company pumps unrestricted amounts of groundwater from underneath its fields, uses it to grow thousands of acres of alfalfa and ships the bales of hay overseas to feed cows more than 8,000 miles away. Arizona officials now want to...
Florida education officials discuss SAT alternative focused on ‘Western tradition’
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Republican leaders explore alternatives to the College Board’s AP classes and tests, top state officials have been meeting with the founder of an education testing company supporters say is focused on the “great classical and Christian tradition.”...
DeSantis ponders ending AP classes for Florida students
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The feud between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the College Board over Florida rejecting the AP African American studies course escalated Monday with DeSantis threatening to drop the organization’s Advanced Placement classes from Florida high schools. “So this College Board, nobody electe...
Protests set to continue for 2nd day in NYC, US over Tyre Nichols traffic stop video
NEW YORK — Demonstrators and activists on Saturday were gearing up to again march on behalf of Tyre Nichols, one day after authorities released video of the brutal traffic stop that culminated in his death. In New York, rallies were scheduled across the five boroughs, including a march in Washington...
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