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The gender gap in math widened in the pandemic. Schools are trying to make up lost ground 09/05/2025 08:19am • IRVING, Texas (AP) ��� Crowded around a workshop table, four girls at de Zavala Middle School puzzled over a Lego machine they had built. As they flashed a purple card in front of a light sensor, nothing happened. The teacher at the Dallas-area school had emphasized that in the building process, th Canada gives sneak peek of Cirque du Soleil show before its Fairfax Co. debut 09/05/2025 07:43am • WTOP contributor Briana Thomas, of the ���DC Getaway,��� series, checked out a performance in Canada. The story below is based on a press trip sponsored by Cirque du Soleil and reflects Briana���s independent editorial research. The sponsor has no editorial involvement. Yellow marigolds, mass AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Boston's mayoral primary 09/05/2025 07:29am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Boston voters will narrow the field of candidates for mayor on Tuesday in a municipal primary that pits incumbent Michelle Wu against a deep-pocketed challenger with one of the most famous last names in New England. Wu seeks a second term as President Donald Trump has threatened AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Virginia's special congressional election 09/05/2025 07:12am • FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) ��� Voters in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington will choose a replacement Tuesday for the late Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly, who died in May after battling cancer. Control of the U.S. House doesn't hang in the balance in the special congressional election, but it could Lynx quartet: Moore and Fowles joining former Lynx teammates Whalen, Augustus in the Hall of Fame 09/05/2025 06:00am • Maya Moore and Sylvia Fowles were cornerstones of the Minnesota Lynx when the franchise won four WNBA titles in seven years. So were Lindsay Whalen and Seimone Augustus. Now Moore and Fowles will join their former teammates in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend when they are A look at where Thailand's cannabis laws stand 09/05/2025 05:55am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Thailand became the first Asian country to decriminalize cannabis in 2022. The policy has faced backlash, and seen a lot of changes, since being enacted. It is now more strictly regulated for medical purposes, but its future is unclear. Cannabis decriminalized An amendment to the N Australia and US fighting for last quarterfinal spot at Women's Rugby World Cup 09/05/2025 05:50am • LONDON (AP) ��� Every quarterfinal ticket at the Women���s Rugby World Cup has been punched except one. It's a shootout between Australia and the United States on Saturday. They are in this predicament because last weekend they drew 31-31 in York. Australia blew a nine-point lead with 13 minutes to Defending champion Eagles edge Cowboys 24-20 in wild, lightning-delayed NFL season opener 09/05/2025 02:13am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Jalen Hurts shrugged on a TD celebration and did his best to be like Mike. Through spit and rain, a ceremony and a setback, Hurts and the Super Bowl champion Eagles weathered the storm and showed why they're again a favorite to hoist a second straight Lombardi Trophy. Hurts rus Promise and peril drive the fascination with rain in the parched deserts of the United Arab Emirates 09/05/2025 02:01am • MASAFI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Outside of a mountain village in the northern outskirts of the United Arab Emirates, clouds on a recent weekend suddenly crowded out the white-hot sun that bakes this desert nation in the summer months. Fierce winds blew over planters and pushed a dumpster down Julia Roberts, Anna Wintour, Ralph Lauren and more pay tribute to Giorgio Armani 09/05/2025 01:15am • Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani's work spanned the worlds of celebrity, fashion and power. His death announced Thursday at age 91 has elicited an outpouring of tributes. Ralph Lauren ���I have always had the deepest respect and admiration for Giorgio Armani, not only as a designer who never Wallabies seek Rugby Championship redemption after last year's record loss in Argentina 09/05/2025 01:14am • BRISBANE, Australia (AP) ��� An embarrassing loss a year ago in Santa Fe inspired a resurgence in the Wallabies that will be only truly assessed in a rematch against Argentina on a steamy Saturday afternoon in Australia's tropical north. ���It hurts. It still stings,��� Wallabies head coach Joe Schm Fox News thrives two years after court settlement, but 2020 election coverage fight goes on 09/05/2025 12:08am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Twice recently, the people who run Fox News were reminded of their biggest nightmare. The conservative network Newsmax's $67 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over false claims after the 2020 election recalled Fox's own $787.5 million deal with the same company more t Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin makes surprise departure ahead of a risky court ruling 09/05/2025 12:04am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Thailand���s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra made a sudden and surprising departure from the country Thursday, just five days before a court ruling that could open him up to a new prison sentence. His exit came a week after the Constitutional Court removed his daughter, Pae Operation Warp Speed was one of Trump's biggest achievements. Then came RFK Jr. and vaccine skeptics 09/05/2025 12:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump launched Operation Warp Speed in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, an effort he has credited with saving tens of millions of lives. During a Cabinet meeting last week, he likened it to ���one of the greatest achievements ever.��� Sitting at the table as The Latest: Trump holds dinner for tech and AI leaders 09/04/2025 10:22pm • President Donald Trump hosted a high-powered group of tech executives at the White House on Thursday as he showcased research on artificial intelligence and boasted of investments that companies are making around the United States. Trump has exulted in the attention from some of the world���s most s