Iowa Senate lawmakers gave final approval to the governor’s K-12 literacy bill on Wednesday, sending the bill to the Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk for her signature. The bill, House File 2618, would require students at teacher prep programs around the state to take a test similar to the Massachusetts state “foundations of reading assessment”
Announcement of streaming service for content ‘at risk of cancellation’ comes as company shares continue downward slideDonald Trump’s social media empire has announced plans to launch a streaming platform. Its shares continued to fall.Trump Media & Technology Group, owner of Truth Social, has come under pressure since its stunning stock market debut last month left the former president with a vast stake worth about $4.9bn on paper. Continue reading
With final Nielsen reporting completed, Sunday’s epic title bout between No. 1 women’s seeds Iowa and South Carolina scored 18.9 million viewers, becoming the most-viewed women’s college basketball game ever and ESPN platforms’ most-viewed college basketball game (men’s or women’s) on record. The showdown peaked at 24.1 million viewers in the game’s final 15 minutes as South Carolina stormed to their second NCAA trophy in three years.
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South Korean media have reported that North Korea's preparations to launch a military spy satellite are in the final stage. Pyongyang earlier said that last November's launch of its first military satellite, Malligyong-1, was successful. It announced plans to launch three more military reconnaissance satellites this year based on its five-year defense program. South Korea's Yonhap News Agency on Sunday quoted a government source as saying preparations are essentially completed. The assessment...
Hong Kong’s government says it approved spending of over HK$192 million since 2023 on “mega events” designed to attract tourists, and had put rules in place to guard against potential conflicts of interest. In a written response to lawmakers on Wednesday, the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau said the committee overseeing the “Mega Arts and […]
Pyrite, the yellow metal known as fool’s gold, has another trick up its sleeve: it can contain lithium, a crucial element in the world’s quest for greener energy, according to a team of researchers that studied rock deposits in the eastern United States. The researchers examined 15 rock samples that formed during the middle-Devonian, about […]
“This is the best-selling women’s Final Four ever,” StubHub cheered in a post to X Thursday.
“This is the best-selling women’s Final Four ever,” StubHub cheered in a post to X Thursday.
The 2024 women’s NCAA Tournament Final Four teams have already descended upon Cleveland in anticipation of this weekend’s big games taking place at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
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Bayern Munich striker looking forward to Champions League tieKane admits Wednesday’s win over Arsenal ‘feels amazing’Harry Kane says the Champions League semi-final meeting between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid justifies the decisions he and Jude Bellingham made to continue their careers on the continent.Two of England’s biggest stars will face each other in 12 days’ time after their clubs overcame Arsenal and Manchester City respectively. A final on familiar territory at Wembley will be at...