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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates to the highest level in 22 years and Chair Jerome Powell said

When University of Southern California basketball player Vince Iwuchukwu came down from a rebound, the team's assistant coach noticed something was not right with the 7-footer.

Very strange.

With the MLB trade deadline coming up, there is room for the Dodgers to take a good bullpen and make it even better with a reunion.By most metrics, the Los Angeles Dodgers have a decent bullpen. They rank fourth-best in FIP-, are top-10 in SIERA, and keep their walks low and strikes high (10th-b...

The leaked Modern Warfare 3 Warzone map reveals the return of slide cancelling and a Verdansk-like design full of buildings and memorable POIs.

NFL rumors: Eagles hint at starting running back in training camp?The Philadelphia Eagles were oh-so-close to winning their second Super Bowl title but fell just short against the Kansas City Chiefs this past February. Even though the team did lose a bunch of talent, they still made additions to k...

By Steve Scherer and David Ljunggren OTTAWA, July 26 The Bank of Canada discussed delaying a hike to

Why was a major candidate for the presidency just asked about a lesson set to be taught to middle school students in Florida social studies classes? Governor Ron DeSantis found himself answering yet more questions about his state’s new conservative-friendly social studies curriculum at a press event in Utah over the weekend as the Republican sees continued signs that his record on racial and social issues in the Sunshine State will be an issue in the upcoming GOP primary debates and, potentially, the 2024 general election. Mr DeSantis’s campaign held a summit with donors in Utah this past weekend where top advisers pledged a reboot to the Florida governor’s stagnating presidential bid including cutbacks to pricy expenditures including private events that have not helped his standings in the polls improve. The candidate himself held a press conference on Friday, where the question about Florida schools was directed to him. The Florida Department of Education’s social studies standards for the 2023-2024 school year, released this month, provide lesson topics for middle school teachers including a “benchmark clarification” which instructs educators to teach students that “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit”. It isn’t clear what “their personal benefit” would be in this scenario. The line is included as part of a broader lesson entitled: “Examine the various duties and trades performed by slaves (e.g., agricultural work, painting, carpentry, tailoring, domestic service, blacksmithing, transportation).” Mr DeSantis has come under fire for the curriculum changes, from both Democrats and Republicans alike. Last week, Vice President Kamala Harris railed against Mr DeSantis without naming the Florida governor. “There is a national agenda afoot. Extremist so-called leaders for months have dared to ban books. … Extremists here in Florida, passing a law ‘Don’t Say Gay,’ trying to instill fear in our teachers … And now, on top of that, they want to replace history with lies.” And former New Jersey Gov Chris Christie, who is seeking the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, also called out the governor for what he claimed was a lack of leadership. While the change to the curriculum itself is subtle — a single sentence added to a much larger document — the news of its insertion played into a larger narrative of Florida’s right-wing shift under the DeSantis administration. Florida schools, in particular, are the biggest battleground for this war, where liberal groups and nonpartisan experts alike warn that students are increasingly the recipients of a whitewashed educational environment devoid of anything that conservatives find unseemly or uncomfortable, such as discussions of the sins of slavery, representation of LGBT+ persons in the classroom or teaching materials, and other narratives that brush up against conservative belief systems. The changes to Florida schools had already earned the state the condemnation of the NAACP and other civil rights groups, something that has enraged conservatives and drawn the state into an ugly national fight against any group or organisation that the governor perceives to have a liberal agenda, including the Disney corporation. Now, he is officially a candidate for president and facing the reality that his loyally conservative record in Florida has failed to allow him to make serious inroads against Donald Trump and his support base, while he remains engaged in fighting off competitive rivals like Vivek Ramaswamy and others in the crowded Republican primary contest. It remains to be seen whether his campaign reset (which continued this week with layoffs of roughly a third of his staff) will be a necessary fat-trimming measure or the sign of his campaign’s early demise; what is certain is that the issue of the quality of education in Florida’s schools is not going away, at least any time soon. Read More Four cars in Ron DeSantis motorcade crash into each other on way to Tennessee fundraisers Biden laughs off impeachment threat after McCarthy teases inquiry Trump goes on late-night Truth Social rampage against ‘loser’ and ‘lowlife’ Mitt Romney Ron DeSantis: The new Jeb Bush Why was Donald Trump impeached twice during his presidency? DeSantis campaign fires aide behind neo-Nazi meme video

Are the Cleveland Cavaliers and Donovan Mitchell destined for an abrupt ending? One NBA insider thinks so.So far, the 2023 NBA off-season has been much quieter than 2022. By this time last year, a number of marquee trades had been swung, such as Rudy Gobert to the Timberwolves and Dejounte Murra...

NBA Rumors: Hawks still open to trading Clint CapelaThe Atlanta Hawks' busy offseason might not be complete. Atlanta traded John Collins to Utah after the NBA Draft, ending years of trade speculation around the former first-round pick and opening up more minutes for A.J. Griffin and Jalen Joh...

The St. Louis Cardinals won't be adding starting pitcher Lance Lynn at the trade deadline, and he made sure of that.The Cardinals are targeting young, controllable starting pitchers at the trade deadline. Lance Lynn doesn't necessarily fit the former half of that statement, but he is u...

With the official trailer having been released for the new We Are Newcastle United documentary, 90min offers you an update on everything you need to know about the series.