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Hakimi's 'Panenka' penalty advances Morocco at World Cup 12/06/2022 04:50pm • AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) ��� The sheer audacity. The simple execution. And then ��� delirium. Achraf Hakimi converted the decisive spot kick for Morocco with a little dink of a shot known as a ���Panenka��� in a penalty shootout win over Spain to make his team the first Arab country ever to reach the W Iowa school district agrees to deal with racial harassment 12/06/2022 03:03pm • OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) ��� A southeast Iowa school district failed to protect a Black student from pervasive racial harassment and now must take steps to help the student and ensure it responds appropriately to any future racist actions, according to the U.S. Department of Education. The department anno After GI illness outbreak at Fairfax Co. elementary school, health officials urge vigilance 12/06/2022 02:46pm • The health department in Fairfax County, Virginia, is urging students and parents to remain vigilant and stay home when sick in the aftermath of what it's calling a gastrointestinal illness outbreak at an elementary school last month. In a Nov. 15 email to the Fairfax County School Board, obtaine BuzzFeed cuts 12% of staff citing worsening econ conditions 12/06/2022 02:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Digital media company BuzzFeed is cutting 12% of its workforce, citing worsening economic conditions. The New York company, which made the announcement in a regulatory filing on Tuesday, did not disclose how many workers it was letting go. According to the data firm FactSet, BuzzF Astros' Pe��a helps kids access sports in wake of MVP win 12/06/2022 02:05pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Jeremy Pe��a has long been passionate about helping children with limited resources have access to sports. In the wake of winning World Series MVP by leading the Houston Astros to their second championship this season, the rookie is using his newfound fame to help do more for those Biden's efforts to protect abortion access hit roadblocks 12/06/2022 12:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Biden administration is still actively searching for ways to safeguard abortion access for millions of women, even as it bumps up against a complex web of strict new state laws enacted in the months after the Supreme Court stripped the constitutional right. Looking to seize Meta oversight board urges changes to VIP moderation system 12/06/2022 11:20am • LONDON (AP) ��� Facebook parent Meta's quasi-independent oversight board said Tuesday that an internal system that exempted high-profile users, including former U.S. President Donald Trump, from some or all of its content moderation rules needs a major overhaul. The report by the Oversight Board, wh Review: 'Spoiler Alert' ��� You're gonna need those Kleenex 12/06/2022 10:51am • In one of the more effective moments of ���Spoiler Alert,��� the camera does something unexpected and wise: it leaves the room. At the very moment a dining-table conversation becomes unbearably painful, the viewer is moved outside, where we can only watch the characters in shadows through a window, Ex-Miami US Rep. David Rivera arrested in Venezuela probe 12/06/2022 10:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A former Miami congressman who signed a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela���s socialist government was arrested Monday on charges of money laundering and representing a foreign government without registering. David Rivera, a Republican who has been marred by scandals French Nobel Laureate says men must change attitudes now 12/06/2022 09:53am • STOCKHOLM (AP) ��� French author Annie Ernaux who won this year's Nobel Prize for literature, said Tuesday that men need to change their attitudes now, before women attain full equality with them. ���Because if men do not become aware of their body, their way of life, their way of behaving and what Foundations, major donors tackle nation���s nursing shortage 12/06/2022 09:23am • As more nurses leave their jobs in hospitals and health-care centers, foundations are pouring millions of dollars into efforts to ensure that more stay in the profession and get more out of the job than just the applause and pats on the back they got during the bleakest days of the pandemic. Phil Youngkin's early shine faces test as he eyes White House bid 12/06/2022 09:10am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Glenn Youngkin swept into office as a Republican sensation with a fresh formula for victory as the GOP contemplated its future beyond Donald Trump. But one year after Youngkin became the first Republican in more than a decade to win the Virginia governorship, some in his part Many kids are struggling. Is special education the answer? 12/06/2022 08:15am • The COVID-19 pandemic sent Heidi Whitney���s daughter into a tailspin. Suddenly the San Diego middle schooler was sleeping all day and awake all night. When in-person classes resumed, she was so anxious at times that she begged to come home early, telling the nurse her stomach hurt. Whitney tried t Ransomware group targeted dozens of schools in 2022, new report finds 12/06/2022 06:03am • ▶ Watch Video: Cybersecurity report warns ransomware group is targeting schools More than 40 educational organizations, including 15 in the United States, suffered ransomware attacks launched by the cybercriminal group known as Vice Society, researchers at cyberse Va. clergy, police and hospitals pitch for change in mental health treatment 12/06/2022 12:10am • Religious leaders have joined with law enforcement and hospital representatives calling on the Virginia General Assembly to do more for people in mental health crises. The group Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement is calling on state legislators to provide $58 million in fund