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Exclusive AP analysis reveals girls across the US fell behind in math during the pandemic

Education reporters Annie Ma and Sharon Lurye noticed a study indicating girls’ math scores fell behind boys’ during the pandemic and continued to decline, reversing years of progress in addressing math’s gender gap. Collaborating with Stanford researchers, they accessed test scores from 5,000 districts across 33 states, creating an unmatched district-by-district dataset to illustrate the […]

SEPT. 12, 2025

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Silicon Valley enabled brutal mass detention and surveillance in China, internal documents show

The body camera hung from the top of the IV drip, recording the slightest twitch made by Yang Guoliang as he lay bloody and paralyzed in a hospital bed after a police beating with bricks. By then, surveillance was nothing new for the Yang family in rural China, snared in an intricate network based on […]

SEPT. 9, 2025

Apple’s iPhone 17 line-up includes a new ultra-thin model and $100 price hike for Pro model

Apple on Tuesday rolled out its next generation iPhones, which include a new ultra-thin model and a slight price hike for one of its high-end models, while the company feels the squeeze of a global trade war. The iPhone 17 line-up includes a new slimmed-down model that will adopt the “Air” name that Apple already […]

SEPT. 9, 2025

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Another New Hampshire man gets a pig kidney as transplant trials are poised to start

A self-described science nerd is the latest American to get an experimental pig kidney transplant, at a crucial point in the quest to prove if animals organs really might save human lives. The 54-year-old New Hampshire man is faring well after his June 14 operation, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced Monday. “I really wanted to contribute […]

SEPT. 8, 2025

Good wood: MLB hitters cutting down on strikeouts, even in age of increased velocity

Arizona’s Ketel Marte was on the defensive in the 10th inning of a recent game between the Diamondbacks and Reds, desperately fouling off a handful of 100 mph heaters and 90 mph sliders from Cincinnati flamethrower Graham Ashcraft in a riveting battle. Then on the 13th pitch of the at-bat, the All-Star second baseman muscled a […]

AUG. 27, 2025

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged

It’s a love story and, baby, she said yes: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged, they announced Tuesday. In a five-photo joint post on Instagram, the superstar singer and football player revealed their engagement, the fairytale culmination of a courtship that for two years has thrilled and fascinated millions around the world, but especially Swifties, the pop star’s enormous and ardent […]

AUG. 27, 2025

Letter from AP, Reuters on Nasser Hospital strikes

The Associated Press and Reuters today sent this letter to Israeli officials regarding the strikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis: Dear Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar and Director of the Government Press Office Nitzan Chen:  We are writing […]

AP freelancer among 5 journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital, health officials say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes on a hospital in southern Gaza killed five journalists Monday, according to health officials, including one who days earlier had reported for The Associated Press on children being treated for starvation at the same facility. Mariam Dagga, 33, a visual journalist, freelanced for AP and other news outlets during the war. The news […]

AUG. 25, 2025

What to know about Spain’s ‘Tomatina’ festival, the tomato street fight turning 80

Thousands of people will paint a town red with tomato pulp Wednesday, flinging the fruit at one another in the 80th anniversary of Spain’s famous “Tomatina” tomato street fight. The hourlong event brings 120 tons of overripe tomatoes to the eastern town of Buñol, where tarp-covered buildings flank a crowd of up to 22,000 participants awaiting their ammo. […]

AUG. 25, 2025