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Though regular classes in the La Center School District have made a move to remote lessons amid the COVID-19 pandemic, signs of bigger and better opportunities when buildings reopen for students were seen with the beginning of construction of a new district middle school last week. Clad in more protection than usual on the job …

Phones that freeze. PCs that suddenly restart. And the dreaded rainbow wheel of death. Don’t you just hate being let down by technology? Then again, can you imagine getting more than a billion requests every single week? Are we not asking too much of technology? Playing on this, KitKat launched a campaign showcasing the people …

Students and teachers at Roosevelt, Toll and Wilson middle schools are receiving free Chromebooks with a four-year data plan through the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program. In addition to free internet access in the classroom and at home, teachers have access to a technology-based curriculum and professional development. Although the teaching standards are not changing, …

Credit: Bernadette Barone Students from Franklin D. Roosevelt Middle School in Bristol Township received a visit from Arizona State University (ASU) representatives last week as part of a program that supports educators using technology. ASU representatives Kimberly Reynolds and Nicholas Matula visited Franklin D. Roosevelt Middle School in Bristol Township last Thursday and Friday to show teachers …

What to Know A Long Island middle school is relocating Thursday due to environment health concerns Students at Northport Middle School will move to four other schools in the area just as the state health department expands its cancer investigation to the entire district The investigation started in March 2019 when it was reported that …

The Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said al Said, died on Friday at the age of 79 after a recent battle with health problems, according to Oman state media. The New York Times reported that Qaboos had championed an independent and non-alignment foreign policy agenda, which “gave Oman a role akin to a Middle Eastern …

President Rodrigo Duterte. (Photo from the Presidential Communications Operations Operations Office) MANILA, Philippines—President Rodrigo Duterte will side with the United States if Filipinos in the Middle East were “harmed” due to the escalating tension between the country’s military ally and Iran, Malacañang said Tuesday. “Hindi tayo magiging neutral. (We will not be neutral.) The President …

WASHINGTON — The United States is sending approximately 3,000 soldiers to the Middle East after thousands of people stormed the compound of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, three U.S. defense officials and one U.S. military official confirmed to NBC News on Friday. The news came hours after an American airstrike killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the …

The Pentagon has denied a report that the United States was weighing sending up to 14,000 more troops to the Middle East in the face of a perceived threat from Iran. The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday reported the possible deployment would include “dozens” more ships and double the number of troops added to the …

The far-right activists who jeered Donald Trump Jr off a stage in California on Sunday are part of a bloc of white nationalists who embraced Trump’s father on his ascent to the White House but are now causing multiple headaches for the president’s friends, allies and family as his campaign for re-election gathers pace. The …