Comment The Oklahoma State Board of Education voted this week to downgrade the accreditation of Tulsa Public Schools after a teacher reportedly complained that the school district’s teaching materials “sham white people.” The board voted 4-2 to downgrade Tulsa Public Schools’ status to “accredited with warning” Thursday after the State Department of Education found that an indirect bias training for teachers in August 2021 violated House Bill 1775 . The law, which limits discussions of race and gender in public schools, is widely seen as targeting critical race theory....

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says it appears the iPhone 14’s rear lenses have caused problems at a supplier, forcing Apple to adjust its component orders until the manufacturing issue is resolved. Recently, Ming-Chi Kuo reported that some iPhone 14 display and RAM manufacturers “experienced supply issues,” but Apple managed to shift orders to alternatives. Now he says a problem with lens manufacturing has seen a similar solution, with Apple temporarily shifting its component order to another company....

Putin zückt die Schweizer Uhr Schweizer Uhren von Blancpain und IWC zierten einst das Handgelenk von Kreml-Führer Wladimir Putin. Jetzt trägt er plötzlich eine russische Nachbildung. Der russische Präsident Wladimir Putin (69) fördert offenbar die heimische Wirtschaft extravagant: Laut Medienberichten trägt Wladimir Putin seit Kurzem eine Armbanduhr aus russischer Fertigung statt einer Uhr aus der Schweiz. Es scheint seine Antwort auf Sanktionen zu sein, die der Westen, darunter auch die Schweiz, verhängt hat....

Rückkehrer aus der Ukraine: “Das Wichtigste ist, dass ich bei meinem Freund bin” Ukrainische Frauen kehren in ihre Heimat zurück. Die Sehnsucht nach Familie ist größer als die Angst vor Bomben. 1/5 Nach etwa fünf Monaten kehren ukrainische Frauen zunehmend mit ihren Kindern in ihre Heimat zurück. Reuters Einige der Ukrainer kehren aus der Ukraine zurück. Sie gehen nach Hause, um Dokumente oder Kleidung zu holen. Es gibt aber auch solche, die in der Ukraine bleiben und deshalb auf den S-Schutzstatus in der Schweiz verzichten....

Kelowna RCMP is trying to discourage vigilante groups from forming in the city after the launch of a new Facebook group ‘Take Back Kelowna.’ “Honestly, I’ve tried to reach out to them, but they won’t even accept me in their Facebook group,” said RCMP spokesperson Const. Mike Della-Paolera. The new group’s mission statement says, “we are merely a group of concerned citizens working with other local groups getting stolen items back as well as reporting areas of concern....

27 Verletzte im Europapark Rust Ein Streit im Europa-Park in Rust ist am Donnerstag so eskaliert, dass 27 Menschen verletzt wurden. Das liegt daran, dass ein Mann sein Pfefferspray versprüht hat. Bei einer Schlägerei im Europapark sind am Donnerstagnachmittag 27 Menschen verletzt worden. Wie „Focus“ berichtet, kam es in der Lobby eines Hotels zu einem Streit zwischen mehreren Männern. Dann zückte einer von ihnen ein Pfefferspray. Die Gaswolke hatte den Eingang passiert....

Mr Kwarteng told LBC: “He said the tax cuts were, I think, a fairy tale. That was the word he used. He also implied that he was big because he was just going to continue the status quo of raising taxes. “Belatedly, I am very pleased to see that he has changed his mind and that the VAT cut he is proposing today is the same cut he opposed when he was chancellor just three weeks ago....

Manchester City don’t. Pep Guardiola was unfazed by the loss of this first Community Shield held in July, but he can scrutinize how Erling Haaland was virtually anonymous throughout as this, despite the manager’s protests after the defeat, interrupted team pace. The No 9’s unique moment came when he sparked the run that led to Julian Álvarez’s equalizer – and his first in City colors – and finished with the kind of gaping, glaring miss that can haunt, bursting out when it was easier to he scores....

«Wir haben diverse Fälle von Institutionen beziehungsweise Firmen, die zwar nicht direkt auf der Sanktionsliste sind, aber in Verbindung mit einer sanktionierten Person stehen und uns um Hilfe bitten, weil sie weiterarbeiten wollen, aber blockiert sind», sagt der Zuger Finanzdirektor, Heinz Tännler. Der SVP-Politiker kritisiere die Umsetzung der Sanktionen. «Wir melden dies zuerst beim Seco, was einen langwierigen Prozess auslöst.» Nach drei oder vier Wochen käme dann ein Entscheid, was für eine Firma jedoch bereits zu spät sein könnte....

Bei Affen hat der neue Antikörper therapeutische Wirksamkeit und vollständigen Schutz gezeigt, wenn er prophylaktisch eingesetzt wird, sagte Chuv in einer Erklärung. Diese in der Zeitschrift Nature Microbiology veröffentlichten Ergebnisse bieten neue Perspektiven für den Schutz von Risikopersonen, insbesondere von Personen mit Immunschwäche. Der Antikörper namens P2G3 wurde von einem infizierten und zweimal geimpften Spender isoliert. Es zeigte eine sehr starke neutralisierende Aktivität gegen alle besorgniserregenden Corona-Varianten, einschließlich Omicron....

• À lire aussi : Hockey Canada : interdit s’il refuse de coopérer • À lire aussi : Hockey Canada : une autre agression sexuelle de gang aurait eu lieu en 2003 Aujourd’hui, un associé corporatif nommé par Hockey Canada pour enquêter sur les allégations témoigne. La partenaire de l’entreprise, Danielle Robitaille, a souligné que 10 joueurs avaient accepté de participer au sondage initial, alors que sept joueurs avaient refusé de le faire....

In the greater St. Louis area, about 6-10 inches of rain fell between midnight and 6 a.m., according to the weather service. 911 calls in St. Louis County came in for “multiple people who were stuck” in floodwaters, the county’s emergency management office said “We urge everyone to avoid travel!” the office posted on Twitter, adding that central parts of the county were most affected. Vehicles were reported submerged or stuck on flooded roads in various parts of the St....

A five-time Emmy-nominated cameraman was sentenced Thursday to six months of house arrest for making death threats against Matt Gaetz and his Florida family. Eugene Huelsman, 59, called Gaetz’s congressional office on Jan. 9, 2021, and left a profanity-laced voicemail threatening the GOP representative, according to the Justice Department. He pleaded guilty in April to one count of interstate menacing, according to court documents seen by Insider. “Say [Matt Gaetz] to watch his back, tell him to watch his children, tell him to watch everybody....

The Republican-controlled Senate voted 26-20 after about three hours of debate, passing it with the minimum 26 votes needed to send it to the House. The bill would ban abortions once a fertilized egg implants in the uterus. Exceptions would be allowed in cases of rape and incest, but a patient seeking an abortion for any reason would have to sign a notarized affidavit of assault. Indiana is one of the first Republican-controlled states to discuss tougher abortion laws after the US Supreme Court last month overturned precedent establishing a national right to abortion....

Comment Year after year, for more than two decades, proposals that would have allowed the government to negotiate lower prices from drug companies for Medicare recipients have died in Congress, defeated by the powerful pharmaceutical industry and its allies. Now the Washington drug lobby is on the brink of a rare political loss. After winning the support of Sen. Joe Manchin III (DW.Va.), Senate Democrats say they will pass a sweeping bill as early as next week that, along with climate and deficit reduction measures, would give in Medicare powers to negotiate prices pick numbers from the most expensive drugs for the first time since Congress approved the prescription drug benefit for seniors in 2003....

As part of its investigation, the Justice Department is looking into a scheme to name fake presidential ballots for Trump in key battleground states he lost in the 2020 presidential election. The Justice Department is also looking into the actions surrounding the Jan. 6 attack, when a mob of the former president’s supporters, many of them armed, breached the Capitol building to prevent Congress from counting the state’s electoral votes and confirming President Biden’s victory....

The Ever After festival, a three-day event, is scheduled to kick off on Aug. 12 with thousands of people anticipating its long-awaited return. Due for its sixth edition this year after a two-year hiatus as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival announced in March that it had moved venue locations from Bingemans in Kitchener, Ont., to Burl’s Creek Event Grounds in Oro-Medonte, a township north of Barrie. But last week, township council said it will not be issuing a special event permit due to concerns around operational planning of the music festival....

Prosecutors questioning witnesses before a grand jury — including two top aides to Vice President Mike Pence — have asked in recent days about conversations with Trump, his lawyers and others in his inner circle that sought to replace Trump allies with certified voters from some say Joe Biden won, according to two people familiar with the matter. Both spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation. Prosecutors filed hours of detailed questions about meetings Trump had in December 2020 and January 2021....

The increase in the so-called personal consumption price index exceeded Wall Street forecasts. Economists had predicted a rise of 0.9%. A narrower measure of inflation that omits volatile food and energy costs, known as core PCE, rose 0.6 percent. That was above Wall Street forecasts of 0.5%. The rate of inflation last year rose to 6.8% from 6.3% the previous month — the highest rate since January 1982. Core inflation rose to 4....

In one of its last moves before the general election campaign, Vancouver city council decided to waive a $500,000 deposit paid by the promoter of the canceled Montreal-based electric car race and festival, on the condition that it use the money to refund ticket buyers, suppliers and/or sponsors. Officially known as Canadian E-Fest, the event was scheduled for June 30-July 2 and would include a Nickelback concert, an environmental conference and the ABB Formula E World Championship race....