Schools in the path of April’s total solar eclipse prepare for a natural teaching moment

Schools in the path of April’s total solar eclipse prepare for a natural teaching moment

CLEVELAND (AP) — Seventh-grade student Henry Cohen bounced side to side in time to the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” playing in teacher Nancy Morris’ classroom, swinging his arms open and closed across the planets pictured on his T-shirt.Henry and other classmates at Cleveland’s Riverside School were on their feet, dancing during a session of

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Nobelist Daniel Kahneman, a pioneer of behavioral economics, is dead at 90

Nobelist Daniel Kahneman, a pioneer of behavioral economics, is dead at 90

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won a Nobel Prize in economics for his insights into how ingrained neurological biases influence decision making, died Wednesday at the age of 90.Kahneman and his longtime collaborator Amos Tversky reshaped the field of economics, which prior to their work mostly assumed that people were “rational

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TikTok na udaru američkih vlasti zbog sumnje u zaštitu podataka korisnika

TikTok na udaru američkih vlasti zbog sumnje u zaštitu podataka korisnika

Tehnologija | Izvor: Beta-AP | 27.03.2024 | access_time 22:05 Američka Federalna komisija za trgovinu je počela istragu društvene mreže TikTok zbog sumnje u njenu zaštitu podataka korisnika što bi moglo dovesti i do sudskog postupka protiv te kompanije.Komisija proverava da li deo federalnog zakona SAD o zaštiti potrošača koji zabranjuje “nepoštenu i obmanjujuću” poslovnu praksu TikTok krši time što

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Netanyahu downplays concerns over a possible Israeli ground invasion of Rafah | AP News

Netanyahu downplays concerns over a possible Israeli ground invasion of Rafah | AP News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has downplayed concerns from the Biden administration over an Israeli ground invasion into Gaza’s southernmost town, saying civilians will be able to flee the fighting. (Mar. 27) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has downplayed concerns from the Biden administration over an Israeli ground invasion into Gaza’s southernmost town, saying civilians

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Young football players and residents in Kyiv react after Ukraine qualifies for Euro 2024 | AP News

Young football players and residents in Kyiv react after Ukraine qualifies for Euro 2024 | AP News

The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. More than half the world’s population sees AP journalism every

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Security in Congo’s mineral-rich east is deteriorating with rebel group expanding territory, UN says

Security in Congo’s mineral-rich east is deteriorating with rebel group expanding territory, UN says

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Security in Congo’s mineral-rich east has deteriorated since recent elections, with a rebel group allegedly linked to neighboring Rwanda making “significant advances and expanding its territory,” the U.N. special envoy for the conflict-wracked African nation said Wednesday.Bintou Keita told the U.N. Security Council this has created “an even more disastrous humanitarian

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The Latest | Ship was undergoing engine maintenance before it crashed into bridge, Coast Guard says

The Latest | Ship was undergoing engine maintenance before it crashed into bridge, Coast Guard says

The Latest on the ship crash that collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore (all times local):The ship that crashed into a bridge in Baltimore was undergoing “routine engine maintenance” in the port beforehand, the Coast Guard said.U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Shannon Gilreath said at a news conference on Wednesday that authorities had

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