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Serbia's striking students set off on 2-day march north as their protest movement widens

Jan. 30, 2025 12:24 PM EST

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — They packed up food, water and extra clothes and set off. Hundreds of Serbian university students on Thursday started an 80-kilometer (50-mile) march toward the northern city of Novi Sad, the latest endeavor in their widening protest movement over a deadly...

Trump's orders take aim at critical race theory and antisemitism on college campuses

Jan. 30, 2025 12:10 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is ordering U.S. schools to stop teaching what he views as “critical race theory” and other material dealing with race and sexuality or risk losing their federal money. A separate plan announced Wednesday calls for aggressive action to...

Columbia and Harvard meet in conference showdown

Jan. 30, 2025 03:33 AM EST

Harvard Crimson (6-11, 1-3 Ivy League) at Columbia Lions (11-6, 0-4 Ivy League) New York; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Chandler Pigge and Harvard visit Geronimo Rubio De La Rosa and Columbia on Friday. The Lions have gone 8-2 at home. Columbia ranks...

US children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam

Jan. 29, 2025 19:27 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made little improvement in math, according to the latest results of an exam known as the nation’s report card. The findings are yet another setback...