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The 'one chatbot per child' model for AI in classrooms conflicts with what research shows: Learning is a social process
(THE CONVERSATION) In the Star Trek universe, the audience occasionally gets a glimpse inside schools on the planet Vulcan. Young children stand alone in pods surrounded by 360-degree digital screens. Adults wander among the pods but do not talk to the students. Instead, each child interacts only with a sophisticated artificial inte ... (full story)
Local
Tariffs 101: What they are, who pays them, and why they matter now
(THE CONVERSATION) The U.S. Supreme Court is currently reviewing a case to determine whether President Donald Trump's global tariffs are legal.
Until recently, tariffs rarely made headlines. Yet today, they play a major role in U.S. economic policy, affecting the prices of everything from groceriesto autosto holiday gifts, as we ... (full story)
Sports
How the Mariachi Rams band turned the NFL game day into a personal Los Angeles soundtrack
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Crystal Hernández steadies her violin and scans the crowd from the sixth floor of SoFi Stadium as 70,000 fans stream into a Los Angeles Rams home game. Below her, blue-and-gold jerseys mix with charro suits and sombreros, and the low rumble of pregame noise swells into the opening notes of the late Oz ... (full story)
Might this be your cycling adventure for 2026
Across the years I’ve mentioned how I get jazzed every November-December - precisely because it’s when I start concocting my adventure “hit list” for the upcoming year.
Now most of this occurs as the weather’s turning bitter and I’m comfortably sequestered in my warm little adventure-themed m ... (full story)
AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Danny Ramirez's entrance into Hollywood began on the soccer field
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Danny Ramirez looks back at the starting point of his acting career, it feels as if the universe, in its own unique way, had chosen a soccer field to mark the end of one chapter and the beginning of the next.
"I always say that the universe is the best writer, the most efficient writer," s ... (full story)
State
Without affirmative action, elite colleges are prioritizing economic diversity in admissions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the country's most prestigious colleges are enrolling record numbers of low-income students — a growing admissions priority in the absence of affirmative action.
America's top campuses remain crowded with wealth, but some universities have accelerated efforts to reach a wider swath of the co ... (full story)
House passes defense bill to raise troop pay and overhaul weapons purchases
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted to pass a sweeping defense policy bill recently that authorizes $900 billion in military programs, including a pay raise for troops and an overhaul of how the Department of Defense buys weapons.
The bill's passage on a 312-112 vote comes at a time of increasing friction between the Republi ... (full story)
Trump's crackdown on immigration is taking a toll on child care workers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Not long after President Donald Trump took office in January, staff at CentroNía bilingual preschool began rehearsing what to do if Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials came to the door. As ICE became a regular presence in their historically Latino neighborhood this summer, teachers stopped ta ... (full story)