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Fact-checking Trump and Hegseth's claims of U.S. 'victory' in the Iran war
Based on available information, the U.S. and its military partner, Israel, achieved significant battlefield wins, experts said. However, they said that calling it a "total victory" overlooks significant strategic setbacks for the U.S.
Questioning the Science Experts: Is It Even Permitted?
If you’re trying to do ID science, it’s a little bit easier to be intellectually honest, because you have to work harder to make the case for your claim.
How Colorado Prioritizes Public Health Data Modernization
The Pew Charitable Trusts recently spoke to Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment’s (CDPHE’s) state epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy and COVID-19 surveillance program manager Alicia Cronquist, MPH, about how updates to the state’s public health data reporting policies will help the agency’s efforts to protect Coloradans from communicable diseases, such as flu, salmonella, measles, and HIV.
Sling TV Launches Sling Essentials – An Unbeatable Price for ESPN, Family Entertainment, & More
Exceptional Value: The new Sling Essentials delivers top-tier sports, family programming, and classic TV favorites for just $19.99 per month.An Unbeatable Price for ESPN: Sling Essentials offers the most cost-effective way to live stream ESPN and ESPN2.Ultimate Flexibility: Subscribers can bundle Sling Essentials with Sling Select for a comprehensive sports and entertainment combo starting at $34.99/month. ENGLEWOOD, Colo., April 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sling TV, the most flexible TV stream
Secretary of State warns Montana businesses of deceptive mailing
Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen warned business owners Wednesday of a company engaging in “a new deceptive mailing."
Video shows suspect using crowbar to steal checks from Upstate business
Detectives are asking the public for help identifying a suspect who broke into a drop box and stole checks from a local business.
How the Navy's retail business is working to pull off a turnaround
Sales have fallen at the Navy Exchange, the government-owned department store chain that provides tax-free products to enlisted servicemembers and veterans. Its stores are an important benefit to military families stationed across the world, and its profits directly improve the welfare of Navy sailors. The company is working to revamp its fleet of stores with a planned investment of around $100 million to better compete with major e-commerce players like Walmart and Amazon.
Lakefront Brewery closes Public Brewing Company in Kenosha
Lakefront Brewery closed Public Brewing Company in Kenosha, citing industry challenges and profitability issues. Employees can apply for jobs in Milwaukee.
Fifth Champions League spot secured for Premier League
The Premier League will have at least five teams in the Champions League next season after securing a European Performance Spot for the second straight year. The extra place was confirmed on Tuesday as Arsenal beat Sporting 1-0 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie. Uefa awards an additional place to the two leagues with the best overall performance across the three European competitions.
500 Million Windows PCs Are About to Become Unsafe—Now There's a Free Upgrade to Keep Them Running
Microsoft left Windows 10 users with older hardware behind. Google has a free and convenient fix.
Leostream Demonstrates High-Performance Remote and Hybrid Media and Entertainment Workloads at NAB Show 2026
Leostream Corporation, creator of the world-leading Leostream® Remote Desktop Access Platform, will show broadcast/entertainment professionals how its platfo...
Big Ten doing college sports better than anyone. They just win more
Big Ten is first conference since 2007 to have national champions in football and men's and women's basketball in the same year.
‘Seismic change’: how election wins for nationalists in Celtic nations could reshape UK
With polls suggesting Plaid Cymru, the SNP and Sinn Féin could be in power after May vote, constitutional challenges may lie ahead
Even in politics, honesty matters
If the words “honesty” and “politics” are used in the same sentence, many may laugh or even think the comparison is crazy and only appropriate in fantasyland.
Could Raiders still deal Maxx Crosby?
The rumors still persist, but are they viable?
Sol Rodriguez Signs With Strand Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE)
Actress Sol Rodriguez has signed with Strand Entertainment for management, Deadline can report exclusively.
Lawmakers propose $10M for Barren County sports complex
House Bill 900 allocates the money for the 2027–2028 fiscal year through the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account.
UCLA leads final USA TODAY Sports women's college basketball poll Top 25 ranking
UCLA was crowned national champions of women's basketball for the first time and the Bruins lead the fina USA TODAY Sports poll of the season.
Healey emphasizes efforts to drive down state's energy costs to business group
The governor’s comments come after signing a recent executive order calling on state agencies to increase power.
Lehigh Business in Top 100 for Research
Faculty members in the College of Business have had 32 papers in top-tier journals over the past two years.
USG leaders present on upcoming elections, votes on proctoring, mental health initiative
Undergraduate Student Government (USG) leaders presented on the spring election cycle, the Mental Health Committee's 'One Too Many' initiative, and the upcoming faculty vote on proctoring at Sunday's Senate meeting.
Who won MOP of NCAA Women's Tournament? UCLA's Lauren Betts wins award
UCLA women's basketball center Lauren Betts was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Women's NCAA Tournament on Sunday after the Bruins beat South Carolina.
It’s-a hit! Mario movie leads Easter weekend box office
“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” scored the biggest opening of the year for a Hollywood movie.
Is The Tesla Diner A Flop? (Review)
It’s cool to hate the Tesla Diner. Not because it’s a failure (it’s not) but because Elon Musk is associated with it.
Commentary: Summer Is too important for politics to steal
If you can get your mind off the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, if you can stop checking your 401(K), which seems to have taken off for the
Satellite mirror plans could disrupt sleep and ecosystems worldwide, scientists say
Letters to US agency raise concerns over tech firm’s plans to use reflective satellites and expand numbers in low Earth orbit
Politics: Iowa Senate Republicans release FY2027 budget proposal
Iowa Senate Republicans last week announced their proposed budget for the coming fiscal year; it comes in at about $100 million below Gov. Kim Reynolds’ budget, which was released at
Every Alabama player drafted by the Golden State Warriors
Let's take a look at every player who has been drafted by the Warriors out of Alabama.
Chris Cagle brings country hits to Hard Rock Tulsa May 8
TULSA – Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa will welcome the electrifying country music artist Chris Cagle at 8 p.m., Friday, May 8, at Hard Rock Live inside the casino.
Does athletic tape really work? Here's what experts say
Kinesiology tape, worn by athletes like Serena Williams, Olympians and the rest of us, may have more of a placebo effect than a performance benefit, new research finds.
NHL games today: Schedule, odds, how to watch for April 4
Here's the full NHL schedule, for April 4, including game times, TV channels, scores, odds and how to stream.
Final Four 2026: Low-scoring semifinals were 'not pretty in any way, shape or form.' Will NCAA championship be any different?
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for April 4, 2026, puzzle No. 558
Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.
BREAKING: AJ Ferrari will not return to Nebraska next season
Nebraska heavyweight AJ Ferrari will not return to the Huskers next season and is expected to enter the transfer portal, first reported by HuskerOnline.
Former Bluefield economic developer completes first year with Small Business Administration
A longtime southern West Virginia economic developer has completed his first year working for the federal government.
Downed fighter jet punctures Trump’s and Hegseth’s claims of air invulnerability
An Iran war that was already proving quite unpopular with the American people has entered a new, more problematic phase for President Donald Trump.
Don't gift children chicks, ducklings for Easter. Here's why
Oregon health officials warn against gifting live poultry for Easter due to Salmonella risk, especially for young children.
President Trump expected to deliver new executive order attempting to regulate college sports: Sources
Sources: President Trump expected to deliver new executive order attempting to regulate college sports
Gemma 4 and what makes an open model succeed
Having written a lot of model release blog posts, there’s something much harder about reviewing open models when they drop relative to closed models, especially in 2026. In recent years, there were so few open models, so when Llama 3 was released most people were still doing research on Llama 2 and super happy to get an update. When Qwen 3 was released, the Llama 4 fiasco had just gone down, and a whole research community was emerging to study RL on Qwen 2.5 — it was a no brainer to upgrade. Today, when an open model releases, it’s competing with Qwen 3.5, Kimi K2.5, GLM 5, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-OSS, Arcee Large, Nemotron 3, Olmo 3, and others. The space is populated, but still feels full of hidden opportunity. The potential of open models feels like a dark matter, a potential we know is huge, but few clear recipes and examples for how to unlock it are out there. Agentic AI, OpenClaw, and everything brewing in that space is going to spur mass experimentation in open models to complement the likes of Claude and Codex, not replace them. Especially with open models, the benchmarks at release are an extremely incomplete story. In some ways this is exciting, as new open models have a much higher variance and ability to surprise, but it also points at some structural reasons that make building businesses and great AI experiences around open models harder than the closed alternatives. When a new Claude Opus or GPT drops, spending a few hours with them in my agentic workflows is genuinely a good vibe test. For open models, putting them through this test is a category error. Something else to be said about open models in the era of agents is that they get out of the debate of integration, harnesses, and tools and let us see close to the ground on what exactly is the ability of just a model. Of course, we can’t test some things like search abilities without some tool, but being able to measure exactly the pace of progress of the model alone is a welcome simplification to a systematically opaque AI space. Share The list of factors I’d use to assess a new open-weight model I’m considering investing in includes: Model performance (and size) — how this model performs on benchmarks I care about and how it compares to other models of a similar size. Country of origin — some businesses care deeply about provenance, and if a model was built in China or not. Model license — if a model needs legal approval for use, uptake will be slower at mid-sized and large companies. Tooling at release — many models release with half-broken, or at least substantially slower, implementations in popular software like vLLM, Transformers, SGLANG, etc due to pushing the envelope of architectures or tools. Model fine-tunability — how easy or hard it is to modify the given model to your use-case when you actually try and use it. The core problem is that some of these are immediately available at release, e.g. general performance, license, origin, etc. but others such as tooling take day(s) to week(s) to stabilize, and others are open research questions — with no group systematically monitoring fine-tunability. In the early era of open models, the days of Llama 2 or 3 and Qwen pre v3.5, the architectures were fairly simple and the models tended to work out of the box. Some of this was due to the extremely hard work of the Llama, Qwen, Mistral, etc. developer teams. Some is due to the new models being genuinely harder to work with. When it comes to something like Qwen 3.5 or Nemotron 3, with hybrid models (either gated delta net or mamba layers), the tooling is very rough at release. Things you would expect to “just work” often don’t. I’ve been following this area closely since we released Olmo Hybrid with a similar architecture, and Qwen 3.5 is just starting to work well in the various open-source tools that need to all play nice together for RL research. That’s 1.5 months after the release date! This is just to start really investing more into understanding the behavior of the models. Of course, others started working on these models sooner by investing more engineering resources or relying on partially closed software. The fully open and distributed ecosystem takes a long time to get going on some new models. All of this is lead-in for the most important question for open models — how easy is it to adapt to specific use-cases? This is a different problem for different model sizes. Large MoE open-weight models may be used by entities like Cursor who need complex capabilities in their domain, e.g. Composer 2 trained on Kimi K2.5. Other applications can be built on much smaller models, such as Chroma’s Context-1 model for agentic search, built on GPT-OSS 20B. The question of “which models are fine-tunable” is largely background knowledge known by engineers across the industry. There should be a thriving research area here to support the open ecosystem model. The first step is to understand characteristics of different base and post-trained models to understand what they look like. The second step is to tune pretraining recipes for open models so they’re more flexible. Interconnects AI is a reader-supported publication. Consider becoming a subscriber. Subscribe For The ATOM Project and other Interconnects endeavors, we’ve put in substantial effort to measuring adoption trends in the open ecosystem. Everything takes a long time to unfold after a model is first publicly available — and adaptability is why. What we know for sure now, when Qwen has been going from strength to strength with its releases, is that technical staff across the industry has gotten comfortable working with Qwen models. Countless research methods and datasets were made to work with Qwen. It’ll take patience for any other model family to get to this point — a patience I’m not sure many open model builders have. This takes us to Gemma 4, Google’s latest open models. Gemma 3 was released more than a year ago, in March of 2025, and is a bit underrated. Gemma 4 comes in 4 sizes for now, with a bigger, MoE model of over 100B total parameters rumored but not released yet. The models we have today come in sizes of ~5B dense, 8B dense, 26B total 4B active MoE, and 31B dense. I’m most excited that they’re finally adopting a standard Apache 2.0 open source license. This’ll massively boost adoption. The standard of better licenses for strong open-weight LLMs was set by mostly Chinese open model labs in the last 1-2 years, and now U.S. companies are following suit. I will personally be so happy if the horrible Llama licenses and Gemma terms of service were an ~18-month transient dynamic of the industry being nervous about releasing strong open models. The Gemma 4 scores look very solid, the small models have incredible benchmark scores (especially in general domains like LMArena) and the 31B model rivals the recent Qwen 3.5 27B, which is the leading member of that class. The ~30B size range is an important one, as it’s accessible both to researchers and to enterprises looking to deploy the model in real use-cases. Where the 7B model scale is the default for tinkering and research, a 30B model is the default for seeing if an open model can unlock substantial value in your specific workflow — a good mix of intelligence, low price, tractability for downstream training, etc. This takes us back to the above adoption criteria I mentioned for open models and the bigger question — do I think Gemma 4 will be an overwhelming success? Previous Gemma models have been plagued by tooling issues and poorer performance when being finetuned. Gemma 4’s success is going to be entirely determined by ease of use, to a point where a 5-10% swing on benchmarks wouldn’t matter at all. It’s strong enough, small enough, with the right license, and from the U.S., so many companies are going to slot it in. I’m cautiously optimistic that Gemma 4 is going to work better here. Winds are shifting for open models built in America. We saw GPT-OSS go through a bumpy launch to become an overwhelming success. There’s a collective energy around the likes of Reflection, Arcee, Nemotron, Gemma, Olmo, and peers that show substantial demand for building new stacks around open models. There’s capital to be spent on AI stacks across the economy by those who want more ownership of everything, including the model. After launching The ATOM Project 240 days ago, the conversation is shifting into the next stage. Summer of 2025 was a crisis moment where the U.S. AI scene realized it can’t wait and figure out open models after building AGI. The two markets will capture different areas and proceed in parallel. Now that more companies in the U.S. are releasing strong models, we need to improve the ecosystem so that these models are easy to use, understand, and build value around. It’s the hard work to build another inflection point in these adoption plots I’ve been updating consistently, but that’s the work to be done. Join me in it. More data coming soon! Here’s a sneak peek:
UCLA vs Texas Final Four picks, bold predictions for women's March Madness
Our March Madness experts analyze the Final Four matchup between No. 1 UCLA vs No. 1 Texas in the 2026 NCAA Tournament on April 3.
2026 Best & Brightest Business Major: Stephanie Ramos, University of Iowa (Tippie)
Stephanie Ramos, a 2026 graduate of the University of Iowa, has been named a Poets&Quants Best & Brightest Business Major of 2026
Madness in the city: Indy's dominance as Final Four host took 40 years, basketball magic
As the Final Four comes to Indy for the ninth time, look back at the moments that secured the city's place as premier host for basketball's big stage.
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for April 3, 2026, puzzle No. 557
Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.
Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) Stock Is Up, What You Need To Know
Shares of content production and distribution company Sphere Entertainment (NYSE:SPHR) jumped 4.2% in the afternoon session after Guggenheim raised its price target on the stock to $160 from $150 while keeping a Buy rating.
Judge tosses Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims against Justin Baldoni one month before trial
A federal judge tossed out all of Blake Lively’s legal claims against her “It Ends With Us” director Justin Baldoni, leaving only three claims against other defendants to be addressed at the upcoming trial.
Business owner spends nearly five decades ‘multi-tasking’ in Auburn
Connie Dorsch, 79, provides services related to upholstery, quilting, floor coverings, engravings and more. She started this business with her husband in 1977.
WME keeps shrinking, selling sports agency for $500 million
In its latest move to shrink its portfolio of companies, WME is selling its sports agency 160over90. French company Publicis Groupe will acquire it for $500 million.
Pistons give update on health of star Cade Cunningham
The Detroit Pistons announced on Thursday that Cade Cunningham is making progress in his recovery.
Masked suspect shoots, wounds customer while robbing business, police say
Police said a masked male robbed a local establishment and shot a customer in the lower extremity.
Small Business Sales Grew Steadily in March as Higher Ticket Sizes Offset Softer Foot Traffic, Fiserv Data Shows
Fiserv Small Business Index rises to 144; year-over-year sales grew +1.3% MILWAUKEE, April 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology, has published the Fiserv Small Business Index for March 2026, indicating that
India in Zimbabwe 2026
Fixtures for India's brief tour of Zimbabwe, featuring three Twenty20 internationals.
Sphere Entertainment (SPHR): Buy, Sell, or Hold Post Q4 Earnings?
The past six months have been a windfall for Sphere Entertainment’s shareholders. The company’s stock price has jumped 82.8%, hitting $116.50 per share. This was partly due to its solid quarterly results, and the performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
‘The White Lotus’ Announced The Season 4 Cast — And Some Stars You Probably Already Know And Love
Helena Bonham Carter, Rosie Perez and more are headed to France to film the new season of the hit HBO show.
Pictures: Vehicle hit brick pillar outside business on Sawmill Road
A vehicle hit a building at 6591 Sawmill Road in Dublin.There were no injuries, despite structural damage at the scene.Police are investigating the incident. T
Wisconsin state government will look vastly different after wave of retirements
A Wisconsin political scientist says next year will be a 'fundamentally new reality in the Capitol.'
US on brink of major crypto breakthrough despite bank pushback
Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal joins 'Mornings with Maria' to discuss the race in Washington to finalize the Clarity Act, mounting pushback from big banks and how looming crypto regulations could reshape investing for Americans.
Why do we have chins? Researchers may finally know
Humans are the only species that has chins. A recent study sheds light on how that came to be and why evolution doesn’t always follow the rules
Green Room Theatre at F&M to undergo renovations, become James Lapine Theater
The Franklin & Marshall College stage that once held performances by famous alumni, from actor Roy Scheider of “Jaws” to the late Oscar-winning director Franklin Schaffner, will earn a new
Odell Beckham Jr., Giants appear to share mutual interest: How sides can make reunion happen
The New York Giants and Odell Beckham Jr. have a chance to reunite under John Harbaugh.
Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Announcements
Beall Aces Mingo Bottom Larry Beall, of Mineral Wells, recorded his fourth career hole-in-one on Tuesday at Mingo Bottom Golf Club. Beall used a gap wedge to ace the par-3, 122-yard, No. 8 hole. Witnessing the feat were Billy Dotson and Terry Jones. *** Stephens Gets Hole-In-One at Lakeside Larry Stephens recorded a hole-in-one at […]
Mayor Mamdani announces return of social media app for NYC government
The city will now allow agencies to start posting again on the short-form social media site.
Polaris, Callaway Golf Company, Compass, Sphere Entertainment, and Viking Shares Skyrocket, What You Need To Know
What Happened? A number of stocks jumped in the morning session after investors priced in a potential de-escalation of the conflict in Iran alongside reassur...
Trump-voting pastor denies he’s masquerading as a Dem in Senate race; Dems think he’s a GOP plant
January 6 protesters seek millions in court for ‘physical and emotional injuries’
Several people who were at the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021, insurrection are suing the police agencies that worked to defend the building that day, asking a federal court to award them millions of dollars in damages for the “physical and emotional injuries” they say were inflicted on them by law enforcement.
Sean McVay reveals Rams had Davante Adams trade talks: Why they didn't trade him, and where he could have gone
Adams led the NFL with 14 touchdown catches in 2025.
May elections come at time of war on two fronts, Starmer says
At campaign launch, PM acknowledges concern over events in Ukraine and Iran as well as over rising cost of living
2026 Flathead Valley Spring Sports Preview
As the madness of March comes to a close, Flathead Valley athletes are dusting off their cleats and spikes and preparing for the final months of high school competition. The 2026 spring sports season will feature four area teams looking to defend state titles, while several other valley teams hope to rise above the pack […]
'It's politics, baby': Has picking RI's judges become too political?
Court reformers see signs of ethical backsliding when it comes to picking the state's judges.
Sports driving tourism along Western Slope
The Grand Junction tourism industry had a booming year in 2025, according to data released by the city of Grand Junction.
Stay Work Play NH announces the 2026 Rising Stars Leadership Cohort
Stay Work Play New Hampshire is proud to announce the 2026 Rising Stars Leadership Program Cohort, spotlighting some of New Hampshire’s most promising young professionals across industries, including health care,
Georgia State Senate candidate to resume campaigning after life-threatening health event
Georgia Senate candidate Lanny Thomas shared an update on his condition and plans to continue campaigning on Sunday.
Dover man charged with 5th business burglary within a week
After being released on bail following 4 break-ins last weekend, a 41-year-old Dover man allegedly couldn't keep himself from committing another burglary.
One in five UK hospitality businesses fear collapse as costs surge
Exclusive: Pubs, restaurants and hotels warn of mounting pressure days before rates rises and higher wage bills take effect
Vingegaard holds on for Volta a Catalunya victory
Danish two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard continues his good start to 2026 with Volta a Catalunya win.
McDonald’s breaking ground soon, city officials say
A McDonald’s restaurant will soon be breaking ground in Herculaneum and is expected to be opening in December 2025
Psychedelic therapies are becoming mainstream. Deutsche Bank thinks this drug developer could triple
This biopharma play with two key drugs for treatment-resistant depression could see its stock rise by more than 230%, according to a Deutsche Bank analyst.
Hingham Schools Eye Business Curriculum Expansion as Class Size Concerns Mount
HINGHAM - March 23, 2026 - The Hingham School Committee moved to modernize its high school offerings Monday night, reviewing a comprehensive plan to expand the “small but mighty” Business Department while simultaneously grappling with data that places Hingham as an outlier in elementary class sizes. Director of Social Studies Andy Hoey presented a two-year program review that highlighted the department’s success in community partnerships but warned that high student demand is testing current staffing limits. Meanwhile, committee Chair Jen Benham presented independent research showing Hingham is the only benchmark district with second-grade classes hitting a 25-student cap, sparking a directive for the Policy Subcommittee to review class-size standards. Editors note: South Shore News is going paid in April, subscribe now to make sure you don’t miss a story. Reach out for group or organizational pricing. Subscribe The Full Story The meeting opened with a look into the future of Hingham High School’s (HHS) curriculum. Andy Hoey, who oversees the Business Department, presented the first formal program review for the department since 2009. [15:09] Hoey characterized the department as a vital elective hub that currently serves between 14% and 27% of the HHS student body in any given year. [31:31] “We are very proud of our business department here at Hingham High School... while we’re very proud of it, we are always striving to make improvements and enhancements.” [15:55] — Andy Hoey, Director of Social Studies A key highlight of the presentation was the announcement of a new AP Business with Personal Finance course launching next year, pending enrollment. [20:08] The review team found that while the program is “well-aligned” to national standards, it remains a high-school-only offering. Hoey outlined an action plan to explore “vertical articulation,” potentially introducing business or financial literacy units at the middle school level to fill a “gap” identified between fifth and eighth grade. [41:48] However, the department faces “smoke and mirrors” regarding student GPA, according to Hoey. Currently, most business courses are “unleveled” and do not count toward a student’s GPA, which survey data suggests may deter some students from enrolling. [28:15] The committee discussed the possibility of offering Honors or College Prep (CP) credit for advanced courses, such as investing or marketing, to better reflect their academic rigor. [38:27] The discussion took a sharp turn toward elementary education during an enrollment update. Superintendent Dr. Katie Roberts noted a net gain of four students mid-year, but it was Jen Benham’s “rabbit hole” data analysis that caught the committee’s attention. [50:35] Benham researched 13 benchmark towns—representing 34 elementary schools—and found that Hingham was the only district with a second-grade section reaching 25 students this year. [51:36] Benham’s findings suggested that while many districts lack formal class-size policies, Hingham’s current cap of 25 for second grade may be too high. “I think if we could at least have 23 at a cap for grade two,” Benham suggested, noting the importance of that grade level for literacy development. [53:09], [54:55] Dr. Roberts cautioned that smaller classes require more staff, which is a significant hurdle following a budget season where nine general education positions were cut across the district. [55:56] The committee also finalized the 2025 Town Report, which was updated to be more “student-centered” and highlight staff early in the document. [11:12] Additionally, a series of food service policies were approved to align with Massachusetts’ universal free school meal mandate, including new protocols for meal modifications due to allergies or religious needs. [59:23] Share Why It Matters The meeting underscored a tension between Hingham’s desire to offer elite, specialized programming and the foundational pressure of class sizes. The expansion of the Business Department—including potential Microsoft certifications and AP courses—aims to prepare students for a “real world” where credit scores and financial literacy are paramount. [46:20] However, the revelation that Hingham’s second-grade classes are larger than those in all neighboring benchmark towns suggests a potential strain on early education that could impact long-term student performance if not addressed by the Policy Subcommittee. Official Minutes & Data Key Motions & Votes Motion: To approve the Hingham Public Schools 2025 Town Report. [13:16] Vote: Unanimous (7-0) ([01:13:28]) Motion: To approve the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for summer counselor work regarding course placement. [57:33] Vote: Unanimous (7-0) ([57:50]) Motion: To approve Policy EFBA (School Food and Nutrition/Meal Modifications). [01:00:32] Vote: Unanimous (7-0) ([01:00:44]) Motion: To approve Policy EFC (Universal Free School Meals). [01:00:54] Vote: Unanimous (7-0) ([01:01:07]) Public Comment No members of the public spoke during the meeting or via the remote link. [01:02:30] What’s Next The Policy Subcommittee will take up the review of elementary class-size caps over the next year to determine if the Grade 2 limit should be lowered from 25 to 23. [52:18] The Business Department will monitor enrollment for the new AP Business course and continue exploring dual-enrollment partnerships with Quincy College. [38:13] Source Video: Harbor Media South Shore News is a reader-supported publication. 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Belgium thrash USA 5-2; Mexico vs Portugal ends 0-0 in football friendlies
A man died after falling from the stands at Azteca Stadium, where Mexico hosted Portugal with Ronaldo missing the match.
Politics: Iowa governor signs tax hike on HMOs into law
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Thursday signed into law House File 2739, which will increase taxes on health maintenance organizations — both those under the state’s Managed Care Organizations and
Phil Weiser wins top spot in Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary at party’s state assembly
Local business Hurling Hatchet closes its doors
Local business Hurling Hatchet celebrated its last day on Saturday before closing its doors. Co-owners Paul Farmer and Mark Mayfield say they loved their time on the corner of Second
Riverhounds unveil USL championship banner, top Sporting Club Jacksonville in home opener
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RESA Elementary Science Olympiad set for April 10
Berrien RESA is preparing to host its 2026 Annual Elementary Science Olympiad, bringing hands-on science learning to students across the county. The event will take place Friday, April 10 from 10 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. at Lake
Stunner! Wisconsin’s huge rally denies Michigan State Frozen Four
Michigan State lost in its bid to make the Frozen Four for the first time since its NCAA championship season of 2007.
How The Story Is Shifting For Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) After Analyst Target Cuts
Analysts have trimmed their price targets on Alliance Entertainment Holding by $2, while the stated fair value estimate of $9.0 remains effectively unchanged. This shift is being framed as a recalibration of risk and earnings reliability, with bulls viewing it as fine tuning and bears treating it as a signal to be more cautious. As you read on, you will see how to interpret these updates and track the evolving story around the stock. Stay updated as the Fair Value for Alliance Entertainment...
Steve Bannon tells CPAC that Iran war is just beginning.
Former White House adviser Steve Bannon teased that the Iran war may only be beginning.
NHL games today: Schedule, odds, how to watch for March 28
Here's the full NHL schedule, for March 28, including game times, TV channels, scores, odds and how to stream.
'The best of both worlds': New prostate cancer treatment arrives in Pittsburgh
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What history reveals about Trump’s move to limit birthright citizenship
President Trump isn't the first to try to limit birthright citizenship. Here's what history tells us about past efforts.
Kansas Senate passes bill to create sports authority for future Chiefs stadium
The Kansas Senate passed a bill to create a sports authority, a board that would oversee a new stadium in Kansas City, Kansas, and a team headquarters in Olathe.
The Science Behind Being One of a Kind
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'Beyond frustrating' - fans react to Struber sacking
BBC Sport gets the views of Bristol City supporters after their club sack head coach Gerhard Struber in favour of former England manager Roy Hodgson.
Sony hikes PS5 prices by up to $150 citing 'pressures' in global economy
Sony, like other console makers, is contending with surging memory chip prices which have forced the company to raise prices.
SpringFest brings egg hunts, entertainment
PALMDALE — Spring is in full bloom, and the City of Palmdale is ready to celebrate with its annual Children’s SpringFest and Egg Hunt from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.