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Many kids are struggling in school. Do their parents know? 03/06/2023 12:17pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� Evena Joseph was unaware how much her 10-year-old son was struggling in school. She found out only with help from somebody who knows the Boston school system better than she does. Her son, J. Ryan Mathurin, wasn't always comfortable pronouncing words in English. But Joseph, a Hait UN-backed panel calls on China to improve basic human rights 03/06/2023 12:05pm • GENEVA (AP) ��� U.N.-backed experts Monday urged China to improve its courts' independence, share data on COVID-19, suspend construction of coal-fired power plants and ���immediately" end human rights violations in its western Xinjiang region. The call came among an array of recommendations to encou Daniel Harding pilots to new post as music director in Rome 03/06/2023 10:43am • MILAN (AP) ��� When conductor Daniel Harding lands in Rome to take over the role of music director at one of the world's oldest music institutions, there is a chance he could be piloting the plane. The 47-year-old British conductor has a second career as an Air France pilot, earning his private and Altria invests $2.75B in rival startup NJOY after Juul exit 03/06/2023 10:21am • Days after exiting its stake in troubled electronic cigarette maker Juul, Altria announced a $2.75 billion investment in rival electronic cigarette startup NJOY. The Marlboro maker gets full ownership of NJOY���s e-vapor product portfolio, the Virginia company said Monday, including its pod-based Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 12-18 03/06/2023 09:30am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 12-18: March 12: Actor Barbara Feldon (���Get Smart���) is 90. Actor-singer Liza Minnelli is 77. Singer-songwriter James Taylor is 75. Singer Bill Payne of Little Feat is 74. Actor Jon Provost (TV: ���Lassie���) is 73. Bassist Steve Harris of Iron Maiden is Deciding when to start kindergarten 03/06/2023 04:51am • The transition into kindergarten has always been a big one for kids. And as this first year of elementary school has become increasingly academic, some parents wonder whether it's best to enroll children as soon as they're eligible, or wait an additional year until they're more mature. Considerat Most Fairfax Co. parents oppose coed sex education lessons, survey finds 03/06/2023 04:43am • About 85% of people who responded to a Fairfax County Public Schools survey oppose proposed changes that would put boys and girls in the same classroom for certain sex education lessons. The results, shared with part of the committee reviewing the recommendations, were disclosed in December. Texas Tech suspends Adams over racially insensitive comment 03/05/2023 08:16pm • LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) ��� Texas Tech suspended coach Mark Adams on Sunday over ���an inappropriate, unacceptable, and racially insensitive comment��� he made to a player. Athletic director Kirby Hocutt said he was made aware of the incident Friday and issued a written reprimand before deciding to sus How to Find the Right K-12 School for Your Child 03/05/2023 07:00pm • With her extensive background in education, Kiran Bhai is the person friends and family often turn to for help when it comes to choosing a school for their child. Bhai has worked in both public and charter schools and is the program director for schools and parenting at Making Caring Common, a proje Judy Heumann, disability rights activist, dies at age 75 03/05/2023 06:07pm • Judy Heumann, a renowned activist who helped secure legislation protecting the rights of disabled people, has died at age 75. News of her death Saturday in Washington, D.C., was posted on her website and social media accounts and confirmed by her youngest brother, Rick Heumann. He said she had bee Crisis over suspected Iran schoolgirl poisonings escalates 03/05/2023 12:52pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� A crisis over suspected poisonings targeting Iranian schoolgirls escalated Sunday as authorities acknowledged over 50 schools were struck in a wave of possible cases. The poisonings have spread further fear among parents as Iran has faced months of unrest. It re A generation of Venezuelan children know only struggles 03/05/2023 11:58am • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ��� Valerie Torres��� mother has tried to shield her from the worst of Venezuela���s protracted crisis ��� the deadly protests, the sick people begging for help, the malnourished children with protruding ribs. At school, her teachers don���t even broach the subject. But just DC's first Disability Services director Judy Heumann; disability rights activist, dead at 75 03/05/2023 10:20am • Revered "Mother of the Disability Rights movement," Judith "Judy" Heumann, died Saturday afternoon in D.C., after decades of activism and federal service. She was 75 years old. The disability rights activist, podcaster and author of "Being Heumman" and its young adult counterpart "Rolling Warrior 'Tonight Show' host Jimmy Fallon on being an 'outlet of joy' 03/05/2023 10:03am • ▶ Watch Video: "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon It's not an act. Jimmy Fallon really loves music, so much so, he's got a whole room in his house dedicated to his vinyl collection. It's there where he dutifully dusts his LPs ("There's definitely fingerprints on here. This looks like the Miami faith community strains to help new exiles, migrants 03/05/2023 09:03am • HIALEAH, Florida (AP) ��� A few days after selling all she had to flee Cuba with her three children on a crowded boat, Daneilis Tamayo raised her hand in praise and sang the rousing opening hymn at Sunday worship in this Miami suburb. ���The only thing that gave me strength is the Lord. I���m not go