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The move was widely expected, according to the Associated Press, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pushed for the ban. He appeared by video at the start of the school board members’ meeting to urge them to approve the measure. “Some of this stuff is, I think, really toxic,” DeSantis said about critical race theory in the video. “I think it’s going to cause a lot of divisions. I think it’ll cause people to think of themselves more as a member of a particular race based on skin color rather than based on the content of their character and based on their hard work and what they’re trying to accomplish in life....

Headed by tabletop gaming veteran Ivan Van Norman, with Matthew Mercer serving as creative advisor, Darrington Press is expected to publish its first work, Uk’otoa, in the first quarter of 2021. The flagship game is a semi-cooperative tactical card game in which factions of sailors try to stay alive while their ship is being pulled under by a monstrous sea creature. RELATED: Dungeons and Dragons - DnD Beyond Adds Three Spooky Halloween Discount Codes...

Aunque Rusia excedió las expectativas de su Copa Mundial, Croacia se quedó con el boleto para las semifinales con una victoria 4-3 en una definición por penales el sábado tras un empate 2-2. Los anfitriones, el equipo con el ranking más bajo en el torneo como el 70 en el escalafón de la FIFA, intentó acceder a una semifinal mundialista por primera vez desde que la Unión Soviética quedó en el cuarto lugar en la edición de 1966 en Inglaterra....

Both sides are tied on one point in the bottom half of Group D and will aim to pick up their first win of the competition. Croatia stumbled into the Euros as they suffered an opening-game 1-0 defeat at the hands of England. The 2018 World Cup runners-up failed to move on from that result as they played out a 1-1 draw against the Czech Republic last time out....

The Supreme Court is not as likely as the lower court to re-examine factual findings. That means Judge Jackson’s telling of the story, which casts Microsoft as an aggressive monopoly, would go unquestioned. And Microsoft assails the judge’s findings as “nothing more than sweeping, conclusory assertions.” Antitrust experts predict the appeals court would lean to Microsoft by four votes to three. As for the Supreme Court, Justices Rehnquist, Scalia and Thomas presumably would side with Microsoft, and Justice Stevens with the Feds....

Belgium international Courtois had the chance to be the Premier League champions’ hero between the posts in the traditional season curtain raiser after Arsenal newboy Sead Kolasinac cancelled out Victor Moses’ opener to secure a 1-1 draw. Get EPL title odds But he stepped forward to face down opposite number Petr Cech from 12 yards, blazing horribly over the bar, and, with Chelsea’s record signing Alvaro Morata also off target from the spot, Arsenal prevailed 4-1....

After a difficult 18-month spell with Barcelona, Coutinho completed a season-long loan move to Bayern on Monday, with the German champions able to make the switch permanent for €120million. Bayern have been undertaking something of a rebuild in recent months, with various older players being moved on or retiring. Chief among those are Franck Ribery and Robben, with the latter opting to hang up his boots after a 10-year spell at the club that saw him win 20 trophies....

One of the amazing things about technology is that it has the power to widen access to whatever domain to which it is applied. As the gatekeepers to higher knowledge, higher education’s reluctance to adopt technology in a timely manner has had the inverse effect of restricting access for many people. While the outside world has quickly evolved, for the last several hundred years, higher education has entailed almost exclusively traditional, paid, in-class education....

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple variants of the virus have developed. One of these variants is P.1, which was discovered in four travelers from Brazil as they were screened at an airport in Japan in January 2021. Where Gamma Has Spread The P.1 variant, also known as the Gamma variant, has now spread to at least 68 countries worldwide, including the United States. It is the dominant strain of COVID-19 in Brazil....

During the first six months of 2021, 71 law enforcement officials in the U.S. died from COVID-19 compared to 76 in the same time period in 2020, according to data compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. The total figure for coronavirus-related deaths in 2020 was 241, which makes the virus the major reason for fatalities among law enforcement. As of Monday, 132 members of law enforcement agencies are known to have died of COVID-19 this year, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page....

The hospitality industry was decimated in the early days of the health crisis as establishments received orders from local officials to shut down in-person dining and switch to takeout or delivery services. As restaurants resumed service, they made major changes to keep customers safe—such as getting rid of physical menus, providing sanitizers, expanding outdoor seating and more. Now, more states are shifting to an endemic approach as coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths are on a downward trend....

A newly formed federal “surge response team” began arriving to help suppress the outbreak in the Springfield area that has been hit hard. Ashley Kimberling Casad, vice president of clinical services at Cox South, said she had been hopeful the number of cases would decrease, but nearly all of the virus samples the hospital has sent to be tested are the Delta variant. Casad also said she believed it would be manageable as she prepared to come back from maternity leave as she looked at the case numbers from May....

Researchers analyzed the menstrual cycle data of 1,556 unvaccinated participants and 2,403 vaccinated, including: 55% of whom received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine35% who received Moderna7% who received Johnson & Johnson They found that participants experienced a 0.71-day increase in menstrual cycle length following a single COVID-19 dose when compared with menstrual cycles prior to vaccination. Participants who received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine during the same cycle experienced a change of about two days....

The Cowboys worked out a handful of free-agent quarterbacks Tuesday but opted against signing any of them. Instead, they agreed to a trade with the Bills for Matt Cassel. MORE: Cassel’s done this before, and succeeded | Power Rankings The Cowboys sent a 2017 fifth-round pick to the Bills for Cassel and a 2017 seventh-round pick, the Dallas Morning News reported. Romo was placed on injured reserve with the designation to return after breaking his left collarbone in Sunday’s win over the Eagles....

Morning on the American Great Plains, 1850? No, Langenwetzendorf in eastern Germany, a sleepy town in the forests south of Berlin. The buffalo comes from a breeder in Nuremberg (yes, it’s been tested for BSE), and 15 port-a-pots stand ready in a meadow. As for the thousand residents of the tepee village, not one claims a drop of American blood. Instead, these half-naked “natives” are lawyers from Leipzig, doctors from Hamburg and office workers from Oberhausen....

Of course, in the rush to get players in your lineups to capitalize on the Thursday night excitement, you might be overlooking guys you’re better off sitting. That’s where we can help with Vinnie Iyer’s breakdown of every key Cowboy and Buccaneer in action on Thursday. We also have some DraftKings and FanDuel single-game recommendations for the DFS crowd. MORE WEEK 1: Complete Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em advice | Sleepers to consider | Busts to avoid...

But it’s a new year, and this is a new Dallas offense with fewer playmakers. And it showed. Even before quarterback Dak Prescott left in the fourth quarter with a hand injury, the Cowboys looked anemic on offense. A first-quarter field goal was their only scoring in a 19-3 Week 1 loss to Tampa Bay. It was clear early that this game was not going to be the offensive tour de force that many believed it might be....

Cooper, who was recently acquired from the Raiders for a first-round pick, put the Cowboys up 7-0 early on and finished with five catches for 58 yards. But Tennessee held Dallas scoreless in the second half, and quarterback Marcus Mariota led the Titans to the win with three touchdowns. MORE: Byard celebrates INT with pose on Cowboys’ midfield star The Titans broke a three-game losing streak and seemingly got their offense back on track....

Massachusetts is home to the Eastern Coyote, a medium-sized predator and opportunistic feeder, according to MassWildlife. Reportedly, officials estimate there are around 11,500 coyotes in the state, as per 2021. Cohasset, a town in Massachusetts, saw two different attacks in just one day on August 27, police told local media in a release. In just a few hours, two dogs were attacked outside a home by a group of seven coyotes while a man was also bitten during an attack on his two dogs....

It has been a difficult season for the Knight Riders who have struggled for consistency, but they have made the knockout stages and they go into the business end of the tournament with a win thanks to the bowling of Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine and batting of Brendon McCullum and Denesh Ramdin. Bravo is the leading wicket taker in the history of Twenty20 cricket, and that ability to dismiss batsmen in this form of the game was on show as soon as he came into the attack at the Central Broward Stadium....