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More schools are adopting 4-day weeks. For parents, the challenge is day 5
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) - Hundreds of school systems around the country have adopted four-day weeks in recent years, mostly in rural and western parts of the U.S. Districts cite cost savings and advant...
Jody Heemstra Sep 25, 2023
Communities can't recycle or trash disposable e-cigarettes. So what happens to them?
WASHINGTON (AP) - Communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to get rid of millions of disposable e-cigarettes that are considered hazardous waste. The devices contain nicot...
Jody Heemstra Oct 21, 2023 Vaping360 / CC
A nurse's fatal last visit to patient's home renews calls for better safety measures
WILLIMANTIC, Conn. (AP) - The killing of a visiting nurse in Connecticut is sparking renewed calls to better protect health care workers from what has been a rise in violence across the country. Joyce...
Jody Heemstra Dec 07, 2023
South Dakota Community Foundation reveals first round of 2021 Community Innovation Grant recipients
Round 1 of the South Dakota Community Foundation 2021 Community Innovation Grant program has been completed. Fourteen South Dakota nonprofits will receive grant awards. Offered in partnership with the...
Jody Heemstra Jun 07, 2021
From marching bands to megastars, the Super Bowl halftime show emerges as a major sports spectacle
LOS ANGELES (AP) - When the Super Bowl halftime show was born, college marching bands were the main on-field attraction. But over the years, the intermission during the NFL's annual championship game ...
Jody Heemstra Feb 03, 2024
Miniature poodle named Sage wins Westminster Kennel Club dog show
MAY 15, 2024: NEW YORK (AP) - A miniature poodle named Sage has won the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show. Sage bested six other finalists to claim the best in show award Tuesday night...
Jody Heemstra May 15, 2024
Sunrise gatherings, dances and speeches mark celebration of culture on Indigenous Peoples Day
OCTOBER 10, 2023: ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Native Americans are celebrating their histories and cultures with events across the country marking Indigenous Peoples Day. The ceremonies, dances and speec...
Jody Heemstra Oct 10, 2023
Long-vacant storefront that once housed part of the Stonewall Inn reclaims place in LGBTQ+ history
NEW YORK (AP) - It was once half of the Stonewall Inn, the dive bar where a police raid exploded into a landmark moment for LGBTQ+ rights movement. Yet for much of the 55 years since, there has been l...
Jody Heemstra Jun 26, 2024
Acting Secret Service director says he's 'ashamed' after the Trump assassination attempt
JULY 30, 2024, UPDATE: WASHINGTON (AP) - The Secret Service's acting director says he considers it indefensible that the Pennsylvania roof used by the gunman in the attempted assassination of former P...
Jody Heemstra Jul 30, 2024
'She just wants a friend': Families push for full school days for children with disabilities
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Advocates say schools across the U.S. are removing students with disabilities from the classroom, often in response to challenging behavior, by sending them home or cutting ba...
Jody Heemstra Jun 21, 2023 j.sanna / CC