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Court Allows New York to Prohibit Guns in Sensitive Places
8Dec By adminNo Comments
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Court Allows New York to Prohibit Guns in Sensitive Places

A federal appeals court in New York ruled Friday that the state can prohibit permitted gun owners from carrying concealed weapons into theaters, bars, public parks and other public spaces.The ruling is the first from a federal appeals court to broadly consider where legally licensed gun owners have a right to go armed since the Supreme Court last year announced a broader interpretation of the Second Amendment that called a range of gun regulations into question.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Activist Nuns, With Stake in Smith & Wesson, Sue Gun Maker Over AR-15 Rifles
5Dec By adminNo Comments
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Activist Nuns, With Stake in Smith & Wesson, Sue Gun Maker Over AR-15 Rifles

Updated Dec. 5, 2023 3:49 pm ETA group of activist nuns filed an unusual shareholder lawsuit to pressure gun maker Smith & Wesson to drastically change the way it markets, makes and sells its popular version of the AR-15 rifle.The so-called shareholder derivative action, which the nuns filed in Nevada state court Tuesday against publicly traded Smith & Wesson, alleges that company leaders are putting shareholders at risk. They argue the leaders are exposing the company to liability by the way they have made and sold the rifle, which has been used in several mass shootings in recent years.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Pandemic Learning Loss Hit the U.S. Hard. It’s as Bad or Worse Across the World.
5Dec By adminNo Comments
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Pandemic Learning Loss Hit the U.S. Hard. It’s as Bad or Worse Across the World.

The most comprehensive global look at test scores since the pandemic shows learning loss is a stubborn worldwide problem, with American 15-year-olds experiencing similar or slightly less severe setbacks compared with peers in other countries. Economically developed nations saw substantial drops in reading and math on international exams, according to new data released Tuesday. U.S. scores also declined sharply in math but held roughly steady in reading.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Trump Gag Order Reinstated in New York Fraud Case
30Nov By adminNo Comments
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Trump Gag Order Reinstated in New York Fraud Case

Nov. 30, 2023 12:42 pm ETA New York appeals court Thursday reimposed a gag order forbidding Donald Trump from making public comments about the law clerk advising the judge in the former president’s civil fraud trial.State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron in October first commanded Trump to stop speaking publicly about the judge’s staff after the former president posted a disparaging social-media post about his clerk, Allison Greenfield, a Democrat who has sat directly next to Engoron throughout Trump’s trial.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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The Law That Brought to Light a Flurry of Sexual-Assault Allegations
29Nov By adminNo Comments
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The Law That Brought to Light a Flurry of Sexual-Assault Allegations

A window expired Nov. 24 to file sexual-assault claims under New York’s Adult Survivors Act no matter how long ago the conduct occurred, prompting a flurry of court filings at the deadline. The filings led to headlines about allegations against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, rapper Sean Combs and others.Here’s what you need to know:Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Home Prices Rose to Record in September
28Nov By adminNo Comments
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Home Prices Rose to Record in September

Updated Nov. 28, 2023 9:19 am ETHome prices hit a new record in September due to a shortage of homes for sale, even as high interest rates made home purchases less affordable.The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index, which measures home prices across the nation, rose 3.9% from a year earlier in September, compared with a 2.5% annual increase the prior month. The September level was the highest since the index began in 1987.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Buybuy Baby Is Back—and Opening Stores Again  
27Nov By adminNo Comments
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Buybuy Baby Is Back—and Opening Stores Again  

Updated Nov. 27, 2023 11:55 am ETWEST HARTFORD, Conn.—The new owners of Buybuy Baby recently reopened 11 stores, betting that many expectant parents still prefer to shop for strollers, cribs and car seats in person. Those stores had been closed for roughly three months after former parent company Bed Bath & Beyond’s bankruptcy. The baby-products retailer plans to open more than 100 new U.S. stores over the next three years, the company said, and eventually expand internationally. That number would put the company’s store footprint on par with where it was before the chapter 11 filing. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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To Shrink Learning Gap, This District Offers Classes Separated by Race
26Nov By adminNo Comments
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To Shrink Learning Gap, This District Offers Classes Separated by Race

Listen to article(2 minutes)EVANSTON, Ill.— School leaders in this college town just north of Chicago have been battling a sizable academic achievement gap between Black, Latino and white students for decades. So a few years ago, the school district decided to try something new at the high school: classrooms voluntarily separated by race.Nearly 200 Black and Latino students at Evanston Township High School signed up this year for math classes and a writing seminar intended for students of the same race, taught by a teacher of color. These optional so-called affinity classes are designed to address the achievement gap by making students feel more comfortable in class, district leaders have said, particularly in Advanced Placement courses that historically have enrolled few Black and Latino...
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Cursive Is Coming Back, Now That Kids Can’t Read Grandma’s Letters
26Nov By adminNo Comments
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Cursive Is Coming Back, Now That Kids Can’t Read Grandma’s Letters

Listen to article(1 minute)COMPTON, Calif.—In a classroom at Anderson Elementary on a recent Thursday, third-graders lined up to have their pencils sharpened to a crisp point before beginning a cursive lesson. The students put graphite to paper, copying sample sentences like: Do you want to jump into this pile of leaves?Music played lightly in the background of the otherwise pindrop-silent room. Teacher Bertha Robles said she hears chatter during other independent lessons, like math, but focus reigns during cursive. “They’re very into it,” she said. “It’s something new to them.”Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Rudy Giuliani, Hard Up for Cash, Lands a New Georgia Lawyer
24Nov By adminNo Comments
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Rudy Giuliani, Hard Up for Cash, Lands a New Georgia Lawyer

Nov. 24, 2023 11:00 am ETATLANTA—After nearly two months without legal representation amid dwindling finances, Rudy Giuliani has a lawyer in Georgia. L. Allyn Stockton Jr., who made his first court appearance for Giuliani last week, isn’t well-known outside of North Georgia. Perhaps his biggest claim to fame was a 2015 appearance before a congressional panel looking into a bear-hunting sting carried out by authorities along the Georgia-North Carolina border. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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