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Madrid derby draw yields drama, Man United misery, more: Marcotti recaps the weekend
The weekend's big game -- Atlético 1-1 Real Madrid -- was notorious for fan unrest and not on-field excellence, while Man United lost heavily to Spurs and Bayern Munich 'won' Saturday's draw with Leverkusen.
Kenyan President William Ruto has pledged that the police deployment to Haiti would be completed by January, bringing the total personnel to 2,500
Haiti security mission extended for one year as WFP sounds alarm. The UN Security Council extended on Monday its authorization of the multinational policing mission in crime-ravaged Haiti, but without any call to transform it into a UN peacekeeping mission, as floated by Port-au-Prince.
Iran says will not send forces to confront Israel
Israel threatens 'all means' against Hezbollah after Nasrallah killing. Israel warned Monday it would use all its might to hit Hezbollah even after the killing of its leader, as the Iran-backed group said its fighters were ready to face any ground offensive in Lebanon.
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Why Slaveholders Restricted Free Speech
In the years before the Civil War, slaveholders were the greatest threat to free speech in the United States. White Southerners used state laws, a congressional gag rule, suppression of the mail, and physical violence to silence abolitionist speech because they believed it was dangerous. In 1830, for example, Louisiana...
Education’s Bottom Line: Schools Embrace Business Principles to Measure Performance
As most public schools struggle to recover the profound learning loss tied to the pandemic, students in Colorado’s Boulder Valley School District are racing ahead, leaving the dark days of COVID behind. Boulder Valley’s notable 2024 test scores, which easily surpassed its math and reading marks in 2019, are...
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