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Some New York City middle school students in grades six through eight will return to classrooms on February 25, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday. About 62,000 middle school students who opted for in-person learning will return that day, said NYC Department of Education deputy press secretary Danielle Filson. Teachers and staff will return the

Click here for updates on this story     MOLINE, IL (Quad-City Times ) — The mass exodus by department heads in Moline in recent years was attributable by some as the result of “micromanagement” by elected officials. But those officials now say it appears there was another reason: Bad development deals could have cost the city

Click here for updates on this story     RACINE, Wisconsin (The Journal Times) — While bookstores around the country are closing as more people are reading online and on devices such as Kindles and Nooks, Wisconsin still has a number of them. In Black History Month 2021, there continue to be only a few Black-owned bookstores

Click here for updates on this story     PLATTEVILLE, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal ) — Some people use clocks and calendars to track time. Evan Larson and Christopher Underwood use trees. Across a valley, they can recognize the contorted, reaching branches that distinguish an old oak from the more plentiful variety that sprung up around 1850

Click here for updates on this story     TOSTON, Montana (Independent Record) — It’s Thursday afternoon at The Bunkhouse Bar & Grill near Toston and a few folks are trickling in for lunch, where the daily special this particular day is a jalapeno burger and fries for about $11. Larissa Tatum breaks into an easy grin

Longtime ESPN reporter Pedro Gomez died “unexpectedly” Sunday at the age of 58, according to a statement from ESPN and Sports Content Chairman James Pitaro. “Pedro was an elite journalist at the highest level and his professional accomplishments are universally recognized,” Pitaro said. “More importantly, Pedro was a kind, dear friend to us all.” A

At least 171 people are missing and 26 have died in northern India after part of a Himalayan glacier fell into a river sending a devastating avalanche of water, dust and rocks down a mountain gorge, and crashing though a dam. Rescue teams worked through the night to find survivors trapped under the debris. Most

New team, no offseason to prepare, no problem. Tom Brady has taken things to another level not seen before: Winning a Super Bowl at age 43, in his first year with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and making history by being part of the first team to appear in a Super Bowl in its home stadium

Eunice Hunton Carter was a social worker and prosecutor whose investigative work in New York City in the 1930s led to what was then the largest prosecution of organized crime in US history. When notorious mob boss Charles “Lucky” Luciano met his downfall, the credit went to the young prosecutor Thomas Dewey, who eventually ran