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By ARIEL GILREATH of The Hechinger Report CHICAGO (AP) — In July, in a packed classroom in downtown Chicago, a group composed mostly of early elementary teachers and child care workers read a story about “Wendi,” a fictional preschool teacher who loves reading but struggles in math. Even though Wendi was drawn to early education,

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Just one new case of Legionnaires’ disease has been reported in southeast Poland in an area close to the Ukraine border, an indication the spread of the disease has been curbed following chlorine disinfection of the water system. The latest fatality was registered on Friday, bringing to 19 the death toll

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has replaced the name India with a Sanskrit word in dinner invitations sent to guests attending this week’s Group of 20 summit, in a move that reflects his Hindu nationalist party’s efforts to eliminate what it sees as colonial-era names. Indian

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may travel to Russia for a summit with President Vladimir Putin, a U.S. official said, in a trip that would underscore deepening cooperation as the two isolated leaders are locked in separate confrontations with the U.S.

LONDON (AP) — TikTok says operations have started at the first of its three European data centers, part of the popular Chinese owned app’s project to ease Western fears about privacy risks. The video sharing app said Tuesday it started migrating European user data to the data center in Dublin. Two more data centers, one

By HOGIR AL ABDO Associated Press DEIR EL-ZOUR, Syria (AP) — Syria’s U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led forces are pushing deeper into the last stronghold of Arab tribesmen who have taken up arms against them in eastern Syria. A spokesperson said on Tuesday that they hope to end the dayslong clashes in the “next 24 hours.” The

By TRISHA AHMED and JIM SALTER Associated Press GOODHUE, Minn. (AP) — America is in the midst of a police officer shortage. Agencies of all sizes are struggling to fill open positions. Many in law enforcement blame on the twofold morale hit of 2020. First, the coronavirus pandemic. Then criticism of police boiled over after

By CHANELLE BESSETTE of NerdWallet Freelancers, service workers, people who work seasonal jobs and those who earn money based on tips, royalties or commissions often experience fluctuating income during a month, season or year. These kinds of workers can adjust their budget for leaner times as well as create a robust savings plan for current

By JERRY HARMER Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s new government has officially taken office, almost four months after the country’s general election. New Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin led the 34 members of his Cabinet to take their oaths of office in front of King Maha Vajiralongkorn. Srettha, representing the Pheu Thai party, was named

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. food agency says it is forced to drop another 2 million hungry people from food assistance in Afghanistan in September due to a massive funding shortfall. The move announced Tuesday means 10 million people have been cut off from World Food Programme support this year

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for orchestrating a failed plot to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost the 2020 election, capping the case with the stiffest punishment that has

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The South African government says a retired judge will lead an official inquiry into last week’s deadly fire at a derelict building in downtown Johannesburg. At least 76 people died in the fire at a five-story building that had been abandoned by city authorities

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has resumed direct commercial flights to Sudan for the first time since a devastating war broke out between Sudan’s rival generals nearly five months ago. A flight operated by Egypt’s national carrier EgyptAir arrived Tuesday in the Sudanese coastal city of Port Sudan. Egypt’s consul general

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The suspect in a 2019 arson attack at an animation studio in Japan has gone on trial, pleading guilty to the murder of 36 people. The trial for the deadliest crime in decades in the country opened on Tuesday at the Kyoto District Court. It had been

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The end of Labor Day weekend would typically mark the start of a furious sprint to the Iowa caucuses as candidates battle for their party’s presidential nomination. But as the 2024 campaign comes into greater focus, the usual frenzy is yielding to a sense

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — After parents in a rural and staunchly conservative Wyoming county joined nationwide pressure on librarians to pull books they considered harmful to youngsters, the local library board obliged with new policies making such books a higher priority for removal — and keeping out of collections. But

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A leading member of Poland’s conservative government has sharply criticized a film that explores the humanitarian disaster affecting migrants along the Poland-Belarus border. “Green Border,” which premiered Tuesday at the Venice Film Festival, is by Polish director Agnieszka Holland and plays in competition at the festival.

By CARA ANNA and EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The host of the first Africa Climate Summit says climate change is “relentlessly eating away” at Africa’s economic progress and it’s time to have a global conversation about a carbon tax on polluters. Kenya’s president says the continent of more than 1.3 billion

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two executives of a Swedish oil exploration and production company have gone on trial in Stockholm for securing the company’s operations in Sudan through their alleged complicity in war crimes 20 years ago. Swedish prosecutors claim that former Lundin Oil Chairman Ian Lundin and the company’s former CEO, Alex Schneiter, supported the