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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s Department of Education announced Thursday that it will close 283 schools this summer following a sharp drop in enrollment amid the island’s long economic slump and the continued departure of families after Hurricane Maria. Education Secretary Julia Keleher said there would be no layoffs, with teachers and other...

The science behind the grain that feeds half the world may have taken a big leap forward.  Scientists are reporting the biggest improvements in rice productivity in decades. If the results hold up in further tests, it could greatly increase supplies of a critical food staple at a time when the global population is growing rapidlyResearchers found a version of a gene that increased the number of branches in the flowering part of the plant.  The team used conventional breeding to introduce this gene version into five rice varieties. Читать дальше...

Twitter's complicated relationship with developers is about to get a whole lot worse. 

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The designer of a waterslide at a Kansas waterpark where a 10-year-old boy was decapitated is on his way from Texas to Kansas for his first court appearance. John Schooley, who designed the Verruckt slide for the Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas City, Kansas, is charged with second-degree murder in the 2016 death of Caleb Schwab. The Kansas City Star reports he was released from a Texas jail Friday and was on his way to Wyandotte County, Kansas. His attorney, J. Justin Johnston... Читать дальше...

At the UFC 223 weigh-ins, all 20 fighters taking part in Saturday night’s UFC 223 fights will step on the scale Friday, and we’ll have the live video here at MMA Fighting.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Central American migrants are heading to Mexico City to give thanks to the Virgin of Guadalupe, the last stop for many on a caravan that drew criticism from President Donald Trump. The caravan itself never intended to reach the U.S. border. But Mexico has given many participants transit or humanitarian visas which could allow some to reach the border. Some plan to ask for asylum in the United States, others plan to stay in Mexico. Still others split off from the caravan last week to try their luck at crossing on their own. Читать дальше...

U.S. policy in the Middle East is being guided by Trump's doctrine of incoherent chaos. And it's only getting worse.

The master-planned community of Summerlin has long been known as one of the best places to live in Las Vegas with scores of neighborhoods featuring homes in all prices ranges and an abundance of amenities throughout its 22,500 acres. A new trend to move the workplace closer to home is driving the relocation of many businesses, large and small, to the community, simultaneously fueling home sales in Summerlin, ranked in 2017 by RCLCO as the nation’s fourth best-selling master-planned community.

TAYLORSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say they found the body of a south central Indiana man who disappeared while kayaking. Indiana conservation officers say the body of 26-year-old Keygan Matlock was located Friday afternoon by search and rescue personnel. The body was about 100 yards from where his kayak was located hours earlier on the Driftwood River near Columbus. Officials said Matlock of Taylorsville last had communication with friends and family Wednesday morning when he spoke of kayaking the Driftwood or Flatrock rivers. Читать дальше...

In an extremely personal essay for The New Yorker, actress Molly Ringwald wrote about revisiting her teen classic The Breakfast Club with her daughter, and about how we reexamine stories in the post #MeToo era.

The public has recourse to demand a review of Sunday's emergency School Board meeting as differing opinions swirl about whether a violation occurred.

The next “Terminator” film has traveled into the future — slightly — with the sequel-cum-reboot now landing in theaters November 22, 2019.

Paramount and Skydance have pushed the new “Terminator” movie to be released on November 22, 2019, the studio announced.

Turkey international hopes to become a ‘true Evertonian’ by getting a goal in his first Merseyside derbyCenk Tosun lived, worked and prospered in Istanbul before joining Everton in January. In other words, he did not require the schooling on the importance or volatility of a derby that he has received from one tutor in particular in the buildup to the 231st Merseyside version. That man is Everton’s first-team coach Duncan Ferguson. Tosun wisely kept his counsel and listened.“I heard he head-butted a few. Читать дальше...

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• The US slapped new sanctions Friday on 24 wealthy Russians and government officials, as well as over a dozen Russian-controlled entities.
• The sanctions cast a wide net by targeting some of the Kremlin's top allies, and they are likely to anger Russian President Vladimir Putin.
• "The US sanctions list on Putin cronies hits the bullseye of the Putin regime," wrote Bill Browder, a banker turned human-rights activist and fierce Putin critic. "Since he values money more than human life... Читать дальше...

Emily Blunt made one big choice before stepping into iconic shoes for the upcoming Mary Poppins Returns: she steered clear Julie Andrews’ take on the character in the 1964 original.

Vermont sports scores and schedule for April 6-7, 2018, as reported to the Burlington Free Press sports department.

The big worry expressed by several Democratic insiders who otherwise support Pritzker is that the nominee may not be tough enough.

There soon will be activity in the long-vacant Pythian Castle as renovations to the historic downtown building are set to resume this week.

A woman suffered burns on her face and arms in Sausalito on Friday after the boat she lives on caught fire in Richardson Bay, officials said. Emergency dispatchers received a 7:45 a.m. report that a boat anchored in the bay some 200 yards from the Schoonmocker Marina had caught fire, said Captain Mike Martinez of the Southern Marin Fire Protection District. The victim, a 37-year-old woman, was taken to Marin General Hospital with 10 to 20 percent of her body burned, Martinez said. Читать дальше...

Giving birth is a feat of endurance for any woman. But aggressive treatment at the hands of medical staff, as well as corruption, make it even harder in Ukraine. RU

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger would not be drawn on whether the club are interested in signing Aleksandr Golovin from CSKA Moscow. The 21 year old scored from a free kick to level the score at 1-1 in the Europa League tie last night, but before the match, the Frenchman was asked about the attacking midfielder, and he had this to say: “You can understand that if I speak to you about respect, that I do not want to come out and speak about transfers of some CSKA Moscow players to Arsenal.... Читать дальше...

Additional surveillance videos released by the NYPD on Friday show passers-by fleeing in terror from a mentally ill man who was fatally shot by cops while pointing a metal object that resembled a handgun. The two-minute compilation video starts with footage of an unidentified man ducking and scrambling out of a Brooklyn crosswalk as Saheed...