The recent surge in COVID-19 cases has states across the country voicing their own varying opinions on how to handle the upcoming school year, while also dealing with the fact of whether or not high school football will be played, delayed or canceled altogether. It’s a decision already made by some states, like New Mexico and Virginia, that have already declared there will be no sports this fall. Pennsylvania has suspended sports through the fall....

Christian attends Hillsdale Elementary in Meridian, Idaho. At the end of the school year, he invited his classmates to his birthday party due to take place June 4. He passed out invitations to the class, but the family only got one response. He asked again at the end-of-the-school-year picnic, but only one student said she’d attend. The rest refused or just ignored him — as did some of the parents at the picnic....

Charlene is 18, but her soft features make her look younger. She is still a kid, but she’s also the single mother of a 1-year-old daughter, Ashley. As the other students push through the main I entrance, Charlene lugs Ashley and all her gear through a separate side entrance into a huge, toy-filled room on the ground floor. Ashley will spend the day here at First Steps, the school’s day-care center and the heart of Rindge and Latin’s seven-year-old Adolescent Parenting Program....

“Girl Scouts leads in developing programming designed to engage girls specifically in the way they like to learn and lead,” Sylvia Acevedo, CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA, told Newsweek via email on July 21. “During this important inflection point in our country’s history, we are proud to offer badges that provide a path for girls to shape our future, make bold decisions, and show leadership in key areas such as civics, STEM, and entrepreneurship....

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said the child was left traumatized after witnessing the officers repeatedly kick her father while trying to detain him in the Russian town of Apsheronsk. In their ruling, the ECHR said the police did not attempt to prevent the girl from witnessing the violent arrest, which amounted to ill-treatment. The girl was later diagnosed with a neurological disorder, enuresis and post-traumatic stress disorder....

Giuliani delivered emphatic remarks about alleged voter fraud and manipulated ballots during an afternoon press conference, which saw him target electronic tabulation software and, in turn, companies Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems. The vocal Trump ally appeared at the conference alongside others representing the Trump campaign’s remaining election lawsuits, seeking to challenge Joe Biden’s projected presidential victory through a number of varied accusations. After two separate legal teams withdrew from Trump’s legal proceedings on Friday and Monday, Giuliani stepped in to help represent the campaign....

The Red Sox had won that game, 4-3, to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series but Victorino had gone 0-for-5, falling to 2-for-21 in the series. "You sit there and go 'Oh God,'" Victorino said on Thursday night in Detroit. "But you chalk it up today, and I might get a chance Saturday. That's the luxury of this game, is you might be the goat one night, but you can be the hero the next night....

Martin O’Neill’s side travel to Copenhagen for the first leg on Saturday night after securing their place in the playoffs courtesy of James McClean’s solitary strike against the Welsh in Cardiff last month. 5/2 for Denmark and Ireland draw Ireland’s most-capped goalkeeper believes that a similar result against Denmark would set the team up nicely ahead of the second leg in Dublin next Tuesday. “I think they’ve got to take the feel-good factor from the Welsh game which was only a few weeks ago,” Given told Goal....

In 2008, the average out-of-pocket bill for childbirth services was $3,069, rising to $4,569 by 2015. During this time, the cost of a vaginal birth rose from $2,910 to $4,314, and $3,364 to $5,161 for a c-section. Overall, the percentage of women paying out of pocket rose from 93.7 percent in 2008 to 98.2 percent in 2015. The authors of the research published in the journal Health Affairs said the spike was mostly due to increased costs among those with deductibles....

Is there something unhealthy about how hard these athletes drive themselves? [Star cyclist] Graeme Obree was pushing himself so hard he was spitting up blood. In ultramarathons, people run until they are hallucinating, puking, cramping. Have you met any athletes who enjoyed their successes? There are people I’ve written about who seemed perfectly content and happy, but they tended not to be champions. Why do these athletes need to push themselves so hard?...

If Simpson is found liable–the civil analogue to a verdict of ““guilty’’–many observers will draw the wrong conclusions. Some will say, ““See, the first jury must have been wrong.’’ They will not understand how the same defendant could have been found ““not guilty’’ at a criminal trial and ““liable’’ at a civil trial. As even some of my sophisticated friends have put it: ““Either he did it or he didn’t do it....

One of the leading startups in this new field is Xobni. The San Francisco firm hopes to capitalize on dissatisfaction with swelling IN boxes that make the eyes glaze over. “Google organized all the information on the Web,” says cofounder Matt Brezina. “Nobody’s really done that for your personal information.” In the spring, Xobni plans to release Insight, a product that allows users to organize their e-mail according to relationships....

Hong Kong’s youth have responded overwhelmingly to the message of Yan and his band–named LMF, or LazyMuthaF—a, whose disdain for authority and outrage at socal injustice have struck a nerve. LMF’s second album, “Lazy Clan,” has sold nearly 50,000 CDs since its release last year. It’s a big break from the slick, teeny-bopper “Cantopop” that dominates the music industry in Hong Kong. LMF’s gritty, angry ballads give voice to the darker side of life in this teeming city of 6....

“Joe is feeling GOOD!” she captioned the Instagram post, adding: “Pip is, too! GO JOE AND KAMALA!!!” In the five pictures, she poses with her dog and playfully throws her arms up in the air. Lots of fans agree that her Election Day Instagram is pretty perfect. “Glenn, you are the best!” one user gushed. “Your posts these past few days lift one’s spirits!!!!” another chimed in. Close was one of the many participants in the October 21 event Broadway for Biden, held by an “inclusive community of industry professionals and theater enthusiasts” who are united and dedicated to vote for Biden as the next president....

Youngkin last week promoted the email address as a tool for parents to report “inherently divisive practices” and other objectionable behavior in schools, prompting a backlash and calls for it to be overwhelmed with fake tips. Karl Frisch, a member of the Fairfax County School Board, addressed the tip line during a meeting on Thursday. “On Monday, we heard some chatter from Richmond that an email address has been set up to report supposedly divisive teachers to the government for some sort of list that’s being kept,” Frisch said, according to a video he posted on Twitter that has since gone viral....

In the past few weeks, daily triple-digit moves in the Dow Jones industrials have become unusually common. And the moves have not been in one direction. Instead, the roller-coaster ride has included a 4.1 percent fall between Nov. 13 and 23, followed by a 6.4 percent surge since then (as of Dec. 12). No wonder analysts have fluctuated between predicting prolonged market weakness and a sharp recovery. In trying to make sense of such market conditions, I employ a tool that I learned from Bill Gross, whom I will be joining shortly at Pimco....

Now Hachette Publications, Elle’s French parent corporation, is hoping that the readers who made Wile a hit are ready for a new creative arena–the home. With the debut of Elle Decor in March, Hachette entered the increasingly crowded home-design magazine field. This time Hachette’s guns are aimed not at Vogue and Glamour but at such well-established publications as Architectural Digest and Metropolitan Home. Despite this heavyweight competition, the people who run Elle Decor think they have a built-in audience....

Your symptoms might come on slowly or might appear suddenly, but they probably won’t include digestive symptoms that could indicate celiac disease. Gluten ataxia can be defined as an autoimmune disorder where gluten ingestion damages the cerebellum, which controls gait and muscle coordination, and comprimises fine control of voluntary movements. Researchers have identified specific antibodies used to aid in the diagnosis of gluten ataxia, however the tests to identify them may not be widely available....

The new GM entered the season with high hopes going as far as telling the rest of the NL East to “come get us” back in January. Van Wagenen backtracked those comments Friday, saying, “They came and got us.” While Van Wagenen declared the Mets aren’t giving up on this season, he said his franchise has changed its approach to the trade deadline. “As we look to the future, the trade deadline is coming up,” he said (via USA Today)....

The 24-year-old, who joined Spurs from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015, reached the landmark with two goals in his side’s clash against Watford. Kante: I’m not one of the world’s best! The landmark goal came just before half-time against the Hornets and he added a second mid-way through the second period. The double means that he has scored in three consecutive games, following strikes against Swansea and Burnley. Son has now hit the back of the net 15 times in total in the Premier League since joining Spurs and Saturday’s goal brings his total in all competitions this season to 18 goals in 39 appearances....