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Most US students are recovering from pandemic-era setbacks, but millions are making up little ground 06/02/2024 12:44am • ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) ��� On one side of the classroom, students circled teacher Maria Fletcher and practiced vowel sounds. In another corner, children read together from a book. Scattered elsewhere, students sat at laptop computers and got reading help from online tutors. For the third graders at Mo After scrambling from Reno to New York, Slade Cecconi starts for Diamondbacks 06/01/2024 09:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Slade Cecconi was having a great round at Red Hawk Golf and Resort in Reno, Nevada, when he got a call on the 13th hole. His round ended and his journey began. After a flight to San Francisco and a connecting flight to New York, the 24-year-old right-hander started for the Arizona NASCAR Craftsman Truck Toyota 200 Results 06/01/2024 09:36pm • Saturday At World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway Madison, Ill. Lap length: 1.25 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (9) Corey Heim, Toyota, 160 laps, 52 points. 2. (2) Christian Eckes, Chevrolet, 160, 53. 3. (3) Nicholas Sanchez, Chevrolet, 160, 50. 4. (1) Ty Majeski, Ford, 160, 53. 5. (17) Slingsby rallies to stay alive while Scott has Britain in the lead in Canada Sail Grand Prix 06/01/2024 09:00pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� Three-time defending SailGP champion Tom Slingsby of Team Australia rebounded from two poor performances to win the third fleet race and stay in contention in the inaugural ROCKWOOL Canada Sail Grand Prix Halifax on Saturday. The Aussies are sixth overall in the 10-boat fleet of i Champions League final: Real Madrid seals 15th European Cup after 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund 06/01/2024 08:30pm • LONDON (AP) ��� In an explosion of gold and silver confetti, Real Madrid held aloft the Champions League trophy for a record-extending 15th time on Saturday. The most familiar sight in European club soccer���s greatest competition felt as fresh as ever after a 2-0 win against Borussia Dortmund in t Brodzinski in for Rangers for Game 6 against Florida, Rempe out 06/01/2024 08:11pm • SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) ��� The New York Rangers put Jonny Brodzinski back into their lineup for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final against the Florida Panthers on Saturday night, taking the spot of little-used Matt Rempe. Brodzinski appeared in only two of New York's first 15 games in this postseaso NASCAR-Xfinity Pacific Office Automation 147 Results 06/01/2024 08:08pm • Saturday At Portland International Raceway Portland, Ore. Lap length: 1.97 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (2) Shane Van Gisbergen, Chevrolet, 75 laps, 46 points. 2. (5) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 75, 55. 3. (9) Sammy Smith, Chevrolet, 75, 39. 4. (10) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 75, 33. 5. Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer Ron Edmonds dies. His images of Reagan shooting are indelible 06/01/2024 06:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Newly assigned to cover the Reagan White House, Associated Press photographer Ron Edmonds knew the most important part of the job was to keep watch on the president ���at all times.��� He did that for 28 years. But there was never a day like March 30, 1981. That was when Edmonds, The ANC party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses its 30-year majority in landmark election 06/01/2024 06:27pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� The African National Congress party lost its majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago. With more than 99% of votes counted, the onc WHO member countries approve steps to bolster health regulations to better brace for pandemics 06/01/2024 06:08pm • GENEVA (AP) ��� The World Health Organization said member countries on Saturday approved new steps to improve global preparedness for and response to pandemics like COVID-19 and mpox, and set a new deadline for agreeing on a broader treaty. Countries agreed by consensus to amend the International He After South Africa's historic election, what now for its global role on issues like the war in Gaza? 06/01/2024 05:44pm • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) ��� It was a historic day for South Africa. The political party that ended the racially divisive era of apartheid and sent global hopes soaring with a vibrant new democracy has lost its three-decade grip on power, according to election results Saturday. For the first tim Israeli leader Netanyahu faces growing pressure at home after Biden's Gaza proposal 06/01/2024 05:38pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� Israel���s prime minister faced growing pressure Saturday after U.S. President Joe Biden announced a proposed agreement to end the fighting in Gaza, with many Israelis urging Benjamin Netanyahu to embrace the deal but far-right allies threatening to collapse his government Chad Daybell sentenced to death for killing wife and girlfriend���s 2 children in jury decision 06/01/2024 05:20pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) ��� A jury in Idaho unanimously agreed Saturday that convicted killer Chad Daybell deserves the death penalty for the gruesome murders of his wife and his girlfriend���s two youngest children, ending a grim case that began in 2019 with a search for two missing children. The 55-yea McDowell wins third pole of NASCAR Cup season, his first since announcing plans to change teams 06/01/2024 03:52pm • MADISON, Ill. (AP) ��� Michael McDowell ran a lap at 138.598 mph Saturday to take the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway. It���s the third pole for McDowell���s No. 34 Ford in 15 races this year, but the first since he announced he will leave Front Row Motorsports a Stewart-Haas drivers adjusting to uncertain future with NASCAR team planning to fold 06/01/2024 03:49pm • MADISON, Ill. (AP) ��� As he���s trying to race his way into the NASCAR Cup series playoffs, Chase Briscoe now faces a fresh challenge with the potential for his Stewart-Haas Racing team to deteriorate around him. Owners Tony Stewart and Gene Haas announced this week that the four-team garage would