The week brought a lockdown, board member apologies, new accountability grades and a fresh instructional model aimed at turning around low-performing campuses.
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Star-Telegram staff. Produced with AI assistance,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Aug. 2026
Melvin then tried walking out of the door, crouching down to continue his apologies in the frame.
Idaho allows exemptions for medical, religious or other reasons, and medical justifications account for very few of those exemptions, according to data from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
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Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
21 Aug. 2026
At the center lies carceral safety politics—logics that turn fears of violence into justifications for punitive responses.
Such a move would mark a significant expansion of Moscow and Pyongyang’s military cooperation and comes as Ukraine is running painfully short of air defenses.
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Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
21 Aug. 2026
The United States has about 28,500 forces stationed in South Korea to bolster the country's defenses — a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War that ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty.
Taking the jury back in time Each day of the trial has required explanations for how the world was different in 1996, a reminder for the older jurors and a remedial education for the younger ones.
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Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2026
Plant-specific physics explanations could also appear during training sessions.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Aug. 2026
In May 2026, oral arguments were held before the Fouth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Aug. 2026
Opening arguments started last week in the landmark trial against Meta that’s being co-led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the AGs from Colorado, New Jersey and Kentucky.
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