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Tulsa public schools have averted a takeover for now. But threats from top education official aren’t over

Tulsa Public Schools held on to its accreditation last week after a monthslong battle with the state superintendent, who has been promising “dramatic change” to Oklahoma’s largest school district.

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Idalia Threatens to Stir Up Lake Okeechobee’s Toxic Algae Blooms

Cyanobacteria have overrun this lake an hour outside West Palm Beach, and excessive rain could spread that algae to nearby waterways.

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Idalia Threatens to Stir Up Lake Okeechobee’s Toxic Algae Blooms

Cyanobacteria have overrun this lake an hour outside West Palm Beach, and excessive rain could spread that algae to nearby waterways.

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As war losses mount, Ukraine honors a veteran jet fighter pilot who died in collision

Andrii Pilshchykov, known as “Juice,” died in a training flight Friday. He was a veteran of early combat missions during Russia’s invasion and later advocated for Western countries to donate F-16s. (Image credit: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Suspends 2024 GOP Presidential Campaign

(MIAMI) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez on Tuesday suspended his bid for the presidency, dropping out of the 2024 race after failing to qualify for the first Republican debate. The two-term mayor became the first candidate to drop out of

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Israeli media is also to blame for neglecting crime on Arab streets

Major TV channels are quick to go with the assumption that all victims are criminals, and Arab reporters and commentators are severely underrepresented

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Natural gas royalties jump 23%, top NIS 1 billion in first half of year

Israel expects to collect a total of NIS 2 billion from gas and other natural resources royalties in 2023 as additional exports to Egypt okayed

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Memorial held for Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin

Bereaved invited to cemetery in St. Petersburg to say farewell to mercenary leader killed in plane crash, months after challenging Putin’s rule

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University of North Carolina graduate student charged with murder of faculty member

The shooting sparked fear at the state’s flagship public university, just a week after students returned for the start of the fall semester.

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Judge denies request to halt Missouri’s gender-affirming medical care ban

The new law in Missouri prohibits healthcare providers from prescribing or administering hormones or puberty-blockers to patients under 18 unless they were already receiving said treatment prior to Aug. 28.

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