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Prince George’s Co. Schools to use AI, ‘next emerging technology’ in classrooms

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:01 GMT

Can artificial intelligence be used to boost natural knowledge?That’s what the new Prince George’s County Public Schools superintendent is pushing this upcoming school year.Millard House II told Good Morning America Saturday morning that the school district is embracing what he believes is the next emerging technology.The superintendent said the school district recently announced a three-year partnership with aiEDU, a nonprofit that aims to create equitable experiences with artificial intelligence.House said the program is fully funded by a three-year, $1 million grant from the Pull Up Fund.“This can actually be a game changer for some of the most marginalized students out there,” aiEDU CEO Alex Kotran told the show.Like a lot of new technology that is introduced into schools, advancement comes with both improvements and challenges — the latter of which Kotran’s organization says it is working to address. “[AI] can improve accessibility, but there...

'Missing in Colorado' event provides hope for dozens of Colorado families

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:01 GMT

DENVER, (KDVR) -- Across the state of Colorado, 1,282 people are considered missing. People like Felicia Martinez, who disappeared in Aurora two years ago last week. Her cell phone and bank account haven't been used since, according to her family, leaving them with more questions than answers."Some days I'll have a lot of hope, and other days it will come to me that she's been missing for two years," her daughter, Maddie Martinez, said.Saturday, Maddie and dozens of others gathered inside a Denver convention center for a "Missing in Colorado" event hosted by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Investigative Analyst Audrey Simkins said her team called every single family of those 1,282 missing persons and invited them to the event. Hydroponics bringing the farm to Denver with new market "It’s really just kind of illustrating that we leave no stone unturned when we’re looking for these folks and wanting to get answers for their families,” said Simkins. Simkins ...

Man found dead after plane crash near Falcon

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:01 GMT

(EL PASO COUNTY, Colo.) — The El Paso County Sheriff's Office (EPSO) said a man believed to be the pilot of a crashed aircraft was found dead at the scene Saturday afternoon, Aug. 5.Courtesy of FOX21 Photojournalist, Sean ScottCourtesy of FOX21 Photojournalist, Sean ScottCourtesy of FOX21 Photojournalist, Sean ScottShortly after 12 p.m., EPSO received multiple reports of a plane crash near Meadowlake Airport near Falcon in unincorporated El Paso County.Arriving authorities found a man believed to be the pilot dead on scene. The crashed aircraft was a small, single-engine plane, according to EPSO.The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will be the lead investigating agency for this incident. 

2nd victim dies in Cessna crash at North Perry Airport amid FAA, NTSB probe

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:01 GMT

A second person has died a day after a small plane took a plunge at North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines, federal officials said.The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed the second death in Friday’s crash during a news conference held Saturday afternoon.According to fire rescue officials, the problems with the Cessna 172 began during takeoff, at around noon.“We’re going to abort takeoff,” said an air traffic controller. “There was a problem with that airplane.”It would crash just east of a runway.“Caller advised North Perry Airport, airplane crashed in the field at the end of the runway,” said a dispatcher over Broadcastify police scanner.First responders pulled two of the victims from the plane and transported them to an area hospital with critical injuries.The body of the third victim was pulled from the aircraft hours after the crash.Investigators said one of the two victims who were transported to the hospital succumbed to their injuries.The plane’s tail n...

5.5-magnitude earthquake shakes eastern China, no immediate reports of injuries or damage

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:01 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — An earthquake shook eastern China early Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.The 5.5-magnitude quake occurred near the city of Dezhou, about 300 kilometers (185 miles) south of Beijing, the Chinese capital, at 2:33 a.m. (1833 GMT), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. The U.S. Geological Survey put its strength at magnitude 5.4.The official China News Service said firefighters and other emergency services were mobilized for possible relief work but no injuries or damage were immediately reported. CNS said train lines were being inspected for possible damage.Dezhou and the surrounding area administered by the city have about 5.6 million people, according to the city government website.The quake was centered about 10 kilometers (six miles) below the surface, according to the CENC.“The closer to the surface the earthquake is, the stronger you are going to feel it,” said Abreu Paris, a geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey’s...

Massachusetts State Police wrong in punishing troopers over COVID-19 vaccine, arbitrator rules

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:01 GMT

A group of state troopers suspended without pay for not receiving the COVID-19 vaccine due to religious beliefs can return to work, an independent arbitrator has ruled.Massachusetts State Police did not have the right to claim it couldn’t accommodate the request of eight troopers who sought religious exemptions to the vaccine mandate because of “undue hardship,” Arbitrator Bonnie J. McSpiritt determined in a ruling Friday.Seven of the eight troopers have been suspended since October 2021, when former Gov. Charlie Baker’s COVID vax requirement for state employees went into effect. One trooper had already returned to his position upon receiving the vaccination before McSpiritt announced her stance.State Police Association of Massachusetts President Patrick McNamara, in a statement, said he alerted his seven union members on Friday that they can return to work. They will receive full back pay and earned seniority, he said.Trooper First Class Luke Bonin, the lone officer to have been va...

CM’s Ryan Higgins A Shot For Life boys champion in impressive fashion

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:01 GMT

HANOVER — Ever since his childhood days, the court at Catholic Memorial has served as a sanctuary for Ryan Higgins and his father, Bruce. If you were to stroll into the West Roxbury gymnasium, chances are you would find the two, always striving to improve on their games.On Saturday, years of hard work paid off. Ryan Higgins would go on to convert 87.56% of his shot attempts, winning the 2023 A Shot For Life boys basketball championship at Starland Sportsplex and Fun Park in the process.For Higgins, capturing the title for his dad was an ultimate goal. During the last few years, his father has courageously battled melanoma. Yet in spite of everything, he has always been there, rebounding for his son as a mentor.“The link between him having cancer and this being a fundraiser for cancer, it means a lot,” Higgins said. “Because he’s had cancer for a while now. It’s been off and on. For (us) to win it, it feels great.”Higgins beat out numerous stars for the crown, including the likes of ...

Somerville building housing displaced students from shuttered school closes summer programming early

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:01 GMT

The Somerville building that will house students from a school shuttered due to rotting infrastructure has closed its summer programming early due to the “increasing disruption caused by the construction work currently underway there,” district officials said in a letter Friday.Workers preparing the Edgerly administrative building for students and staffers from the tired Winter Hill Community Innovation School removed asbestos in window caulking, prompting concerns from staffers and parents.Officials said they met with staff and families Friday to “assure them that the building was and remains safe to occupy” before they ultimately decided to cancel the remainder of summer school, which was slated to conclude Wednesday.Relocating Winter Hill students to the Edgerly necessitated improvements to the administrative building’s roofing, masonry and window caulking to keep it “watertight,” officials said. The asbestos removed in the window caulking was described as a type that does not af...

Seven vote centers open for District Four primary election

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:01 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Registered voters in San Diego’s Fourth Supervisorial District can cast their ballot at any one of seven vote centers starting Saturday, Aug. 5.This comes 10 days ahead of the special election primary -- set for Aug. 15 -- to fill the vacant District Four seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.According to the County of San Diego Communications Office, the vote centers will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Monday, Aug. 14 at the locations below: Meet the candidates in the special election for District 4 Supervisor Cuyamaca CollegePerforming Arts Center900 Rancho San Diego Pkwy., Lot 1El Cajon, 92019Encanto VFW Post #15126873 Federal Blvd.Lemon Grove, 91945North Park Recreation CenterMeeting Room4044 Idaho St.San Diego, 92104Columbus Club of San DiegoAssembly Hall4425 Home Ave.San Diego, 92105Father Junipero Serra Hall2540 San Diego Ave.San Diego, 92110North Clairemont Recreation CenterMeeting Room 24421 Bannock Ave.San Diego, 92117Skyline Hills B...

Oregon extends crab fishing restrictions to protect whales from getting caught in trap ropes

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:01 GMT

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has extended rules restricting the state’s lucrative Dungeness crab fishery in order to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in ropes attached to crab traps, the state’s fish and wildlife department has announced.Humpbacks, which migrate off Oregon’s coast, and other whales can get caught in the vertical ropes connected to the heavy traps and drag them around for months, leaving the mammals injured, starved or so exhausted that they can drown. Oregon’s Dungeness crab fishery is one of the backbones of the Pacific Northwest’s fishing industry, but crabbers fear that overregulation will harm the industry. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted late Friday to extend, with no sunset date, measures that were originally supposed to end after this season, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a statement. The measures include limiting the number of crab traps in the water and how deep they can be placed in the months when...