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New Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools 10/15/2025 04:36pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� Oklahoma���s new public schools superintendent announced Wednesday he is rescinding a mandate from his predecessor that forced schools to place Bibles in classrooms and incorporate the book into lesson plans for students. Superintendent Lindel Fields said in a statement he has In Va.'s House District 22, candidates tackle data centers, rising costs in race for legislature���s future 10/15/2025 04:25pm • Republican state Del. Ian Lovejoy wants to continue his work in the Virginia House of Delegates representing voters in part of Prince William County, and is facing a challenge from Democrat and former state lawmaker Elizabeth Guzman. Both have different views on how to address data centers, reproduc Four myths that could keep your child from learning to read 10/15/2025 04:25pm • This content is sponsored by McLean School. If your child is struggling to learn to read, you are not alone. Only about 30 percent of students in the United States are reading proficiently, a decline from 2019, before the pandemic disrupted learning everywhere. Alarmingly low reading rates rev In 'Mr. Scorsese,' fitting a filmmaking titan into the frame 10/15/2025 01:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The first time the filmmaker Rebecca Miller met Martin Scorsese was on the set of 2002's ���Gangs of New York.��� Miller���s husband, Daniel Day-Lewis, was starring in it. There, Miller found an anxious Scorsese on the precipice of the film���s enormous fight scene, shot on a spraw This family visit to a military base ended with ICE deporting a Marine's dad 10/15/2025 01:42pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� Parents of a U.S. Marine were detained by federal immigration officials and one of them was later deported after visiting family members at a California military base, a case that has drawn attention to how the government���s immigration crackdown is touching military families. St Movie Review: Josh O���Connor plays an artless thief in the artful ���Mastermind��� 10/15/2025 01:33pm • Not far into Kelly Reichardt���s ���The Mastermind,��� a very different kind of art heist film starring Josh O���Connor, the title���s irony becomes painfully clear. Because whatever one can say about J.B. Mooney, the mediocre art thief played by O���Connor with a brooding, hangdog sort of anti-ener The 2026-27 FAFSA application is live. Here's what to know 10/15/2025 11:07am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the 2026-27 school year has officially opened. Despite the U.S. government shutdown, the Education Department will continue to process the FAFSA. If you plan to attend college next year, Jill Desjean, director of policy analysis at 4 Downs with the Commanders: Turnovers tell the tale 10/15/2025 06:35am • Give it to the Chicago Bears: Even though they're not a division foe, you could argue that they've given the Washington Commanders some of their more memorable games this decade-although not always for the right reasons. The 2022 meeting (a 12-7 Washington win) was an assault on the football and An ancient tradition is helping girls in Zimbabwe fight child marriages 10/15/2025 12:16am • SHAMVA, Zimbabwe (AP) ��� Inside a white tent with a wooden fireplace in the middle, about two dozen African girls slipped off their shoes, sat on mattresses and prepared to pour their hearts out. They held hands and their chants of ���it's so nice to be here��� echoed through the tent before they s Trump's approval on immigration drops among AAPI adults, new AAPI Data/AP-NORC poll finds 10/15/2025 12:04am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� After months of aggressive immigration enforcement measures from the Trump administration, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults are more likely to hold a negative view of President Donald Trump's handling of immigration, a new AAPI Data/AP-NORC poll finds. Dallin H. Oaks, former Utah Supreme Court justice, is selected to lead Mormon church 10/14/2025 09:58pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� Dallin H. Oaks, a former Utah Supreme Court justice, was named Tuesday as the new president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its more than 17 million members worldwide. Oaks' selection to lead what is widely known as the Mormon church follows the recent The Latest: Trump awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom 10/14/2025 09:00pm • President Donald Trump awarded the nation���s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, posthumously to Charlie Kirk on Tuesday. Kirk was an activist who inspired a generation of young conservatives and helped push the nation���s politics further to the right; he was killed last mon 7 Best International Stock Funds to Buy for 2025 10/14/2025 08:00pm • Investment analysts use a variety of fundamental metrics to gauge whether the U.S. stock market is overvalued. One of the most widely cited is the cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings (CAPE) ratio, also known as the Shiller P/E, named after Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller. The CAPE rat 8 Best Stocks to Buy Now With $1,000 10/14/2025 08:00pm • If you have an extra $1,000 sitting in a savings or checking account, one of the best ways to earn a return on that money is to invest in the stock market. If you're new to investing, buying a low-cost, diversified S&P 500 exchange-traded fund, such as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (ticker: SPY 11 Signs Your Aging Parent Needs Senior Care 10/14/2025 08:00pm • Aging is a fact of life, and many older adults may reach a point when they can no longer look after themselves. Often, this leaves their adult children wondering if and when it's time to step in and care for their parents. These can be challenging questions to answer, especially if your family dynam