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How social-emotional learning became a front line in the battle against CRT

Nationwide, community members are protesting the teaching of social-emotional learning – largely because conservatives have linked it with another flashpoint in public education: critical race theory.

This combination photo shows Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at separate movie events in September 2019. A new court filing from Angelina Jolie alleges that on a 2016 flight, Brad Pitt grabbed her by the head and shook her then choked one of their children and struck another when they tried to defend her.

Brad Pitt choked and hit his children, Angelina Jolie says in a court filing

Jolie alleges that on a 2016 flight, Pitt hit and poured alcohol on both her and their children. She filed for divorce soon after, and the couple is still battling over assets and custody of the kids.

A commuter wearing a protective face mask looks at her mobile phone in a train arriving at the Central Train Station in Brussels in May 2020. Belgium's new rule addresses the ever-blurry line between work and personal life in the pandemic.

In Belgium, government workers no longer have to answer the boss's emails after hours

Thousands of federal civil servants will no longer have to answer calls or emails from their bosses outside of working hours. The law aims to address burnout exacerbated by the pandemic.

Former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao (left to right) are set to go on trial in federal court charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights.

A jury has been seated in the civil rights trial in George Floyd's death

J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao are accused of violating Floyd's civil rights by failing to provide him with medical aid during the May 2020 arrest in Minneapolis.

The five turbines of America's first offshore wind farm, owned by the Danish company, Orsted, stand off the coast of Block Island, R.I., in this, Oct. 17, 2022.

Sale jumpstarts floating, offshore wind power in US waters

Tuesday marks the first-ever U.S. auction for leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms in the deep waters off the West Coast.

In this aerial image, the river is still high around the homes in Breathitt County, Ky., on Saturday. Recovery has begun in many of the narrow hollers after historic rains flooded many areas of Eastern Kentucky.

More rain hits Kentucky while the death toll from flooding grows

At least 37 have been confirmed killed in flooding and hundreds remain unaccounted for. The governor warned that high winds could create the danger of falling trees and utility poles.

From left: Julien Xavier Neals, nominee to be U.S. district judge for the District of New Jersey; Zahid Quraishi, nominee to be judge for the District of New Jersey; and Regina Rodriguez, nominee to be judge for the District of Colorado are sworn in during an April 28 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Quraishi has become the first Muslim American federal judge.

Biden had a productive year picking federal judges. The job could get tougher in 2022

President Biden has gotten a diverse group of 40 federal judges confirmed in 2021, the most for a new president since the Reagan era.

In this Dec. 12, 2016, photo, a person searches the internet for sales, in Miami. Days after flocking to stores on Black Friday, consumers are turning online for Cyber Monday to score more discounts on gifts and other items that have ballooned in price because of high inflation.

Cyber Monday deals lure in consumers amid high inflation

Days after flocking to stores on Black Friday, consumers are turning online for Cyber Monday to score more discounts on gifts and other items that have ballooned in price because of high inflation.

The warehouse at the Maricopa County Elections Department is seen on Sept. 8. The Maricopa sheriff says he's stepped up security around ballot drop boxes after a series of incidents involving people keeping watch on the boxes.

Monitors at Arizona ballot drop boxes draw complaints of voter intimidation

Arizona's secretary of state has referred at least six potential voter intimidation complaints near ballot drop boxes to law enforcement.

A Florida woman has filed a class action lawsuit accusing Kraft Heinz of misleading advertising, saying its Velveeta microwavable mac and cheese takes longer to prepare than the 3 1/2 minutes on the label.

A woman sues Kraft, claiming Velveeta macaroni preparation time is misleading

Kraft Heinz says its Velveeta Shells & Cheese cups are "ready in 3 1/2 minutes." The proposed class action lawsuit counters that microwaving is one of several steps and seeks $5 million in damages.

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