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9+ min ago (923+ words) President Trump's education secretary, Linda McMahon, spoke Friday at a public school in Colts Neck, N.J., during the first week of a national civics tour that has drawn sharp criticism from parents concerned that the lessons have been crafted by overtly partisan and religious organizations. On Friday morning, a small group of protesters holding handwritten signs " "Propaganda is not educational," one read " stood outside Cedar Drive Middle School as parents dropped off their children before 8 a.m. One driver rolled down his car window to shout at the protesters. "Venezuela " move there!" he yelled. The education secretary's visit began with a meeting of the Colts Neck Board of Education that was closed to the public and most members of the media, followed by a schoolwide assembly featuring an address by Ms. McMahon and a game-show style history quiz. "I chose to visit here…...

1+ hour, 40+ min ago (309+ words) FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. " Ryan Silverfield had a second stop to make Thursday after his first press conference since being hired as Arkansas football coach. He had to face the people he needs to win over, the ones the Razorbacks need to increase their spending so they can compete with the SEC's power programs. Silverfield signed a five-year, $33.5 million deal to take over in Arkansas earlier in the week. He had coached Memphis since the 2020 season, plus a single game with the Tigers as interim head coach in 2019. Memphis qualified for a bowl in every season with Silverfield at the helm and peaked in 2024 with an 11-2 record. The Tigers hold an 8-4 record ahead of a likely bowl game. Those kinds of results at Arkansas would be a boon. The Razorbacks' season concluded Saturday with a loss to Missouri. That ended a 2-10 season…...

3+ hour, 30+ min ago (330+ words) Background: The 200 block of North Lakeview Drive in Waco, Texas, where Merquez Bershawn James allegedly left a baby on the front porch of a home (Google Maps). Inset: Merquez Bershawn James (McLennan County Sheriff's Office/KWTX) A Texas man is accused of abandoning a 1-month-old baby on the front porch of the child's mother's house " and police officers say they have the security footage to prove it. Merquez Bershawn James, 35, is facing a felony charge of abandoning or endangering a child with no intent to return, Waco CBS affiliate KWTX reported. According to the station, police were called to a home in the 200 block of North Lakeview Drive at around 2 p.m. on Nov. 28, after the child's mother told officers that James had called to say he was dropping off the child. The child's mother had apparently told James she wasn't home,…...

3+ hour, 46+ min ago (202+ words) BENTONVILLE -- Motorists in Bentonville will be among the first in the state to see new anti-litter displays being installed along Arkansas highways, starting next week. The Arkansas Department of Transportation announced in a news release Friday it will first install the displays in two locations -- Exit 91 along Interstate 49 in Bentonville and Exit 42 along Interstate 555 in Jonesboro. The displays will be in place for approximately one month, then rotate to new locations around the state. "The average taxpayer may not know how much ARDOT spends each year picking up litter from our highways," said Steve Frisbee, the department's assistant chief engineer for maintenance. "Our goal is to raise awareness for all Arkansans and travelers in our state." Jared Wiley, director of the transportation department, said he hopes the displays "resonate with the traveling public" and spur positive changes in the amount…...

4+ hour, 24+ min ago (239+ words) Atlas Lithium (NASDAQ: ATLX) priced a $10.0 million registered direct offering of 2,500,000 common shares at $4.00 per share with two new U.S. institutional investors. The company expects closing on or about December 8, 2025, subject to customary conditions. Atlas Lithium said net proceeds will be used to advance the Neves Lithium Project toward production and for working capital and general corporate purposes. A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners is sole placement agent. Registered direct raise of $10 million ups liquidity and funds near-term project advancement. Atlas Lithium executed a registered direct offering of 2,500,000 shares at $4.00 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $10 million, with closing expected on or about Dec 8, 2025. The financing uses an existing effective shelf (Form S-3 declared effective Sep 3, 2025) and involves two new long'term U.S. institutional investors and A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners as placement agent. Concrete items to watch are the actual closing on Dec 8, 2025, the final net proceeds…...

4+ hour, 28+ min ago (234+ words) Five-member country-rock-punk fusion band Treaty Oak Revival, headlining a 2026 U.S. tour in support of their just-released album "West Texas Degenerate," performs at 7 p.m. Friday, March 13, at North Little Rock's Simmons Bank Arena, with opening acts William Clark Green and Gannon Fremin & CCREV. Treaty Oak Revival sets North Little Rock stop on 2026 U.S. tour Five-member country-rock-punk fusion band Treaty Oak Revival, headlining a 2026 U.S. tour in support of their just-released album "West Texas Degenerate," performs at 7 p.m. Friday, March 13, at North Little Rock's Simmons Bank Arena, with opening acts William Clark Green and Gannon Fremin & CCREV. Tickets -- prices to be announced -- go on sale at noon Dec. 12 at Ticketmaster.com. The 25-city tour kicks off Feb. 5 in Worcester, Mass., and includes shows in Baltimore; Seattle; Portland, Ore.; Nashville; and the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colo. See the full list at treatyoakrevival.com. "West Texas Degenerate,…...

7+ hour, 9+ min ago (229+ words) Dec 5, 2025 | 10:15 AM EST Syndication: The Commercial Appeal Memphis football head coach Ryan Silverfield listens as he is asked a question by Dave Woloshin during the Tigers on Tour event at Rotolos Craft & Crust in Collierville, Tenn., on Thursday, May 9, 2024. Memphis , EDITORIAL USE ONLY PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxONLY Copyright: xChrisxDay/ThexCommercialxAppealx USATSI_23231356 Ryan Silverfield isn't wasting any time putting his stamp on Arkansas. The newly hired Razorbacks head coach is making moves to bring familiar faces from Memphis to Fayetteville." He has started with two key coordinators who will shape both sides of the ball. According to CBS Sports, Arkansas is expected to hire Larry Smith as wide receivers coach. Ryan Silverfield knows Smith well from their time together at Memphis. Smith, a former starting quarterback at Vanderbilt, has been coaching receivers for the Tigers and has produced first-team all-conference wideouts in each of the…...

7+ hour, 35+ min ago (233+ words) A 65-year-old farmer was critically injured after being attacked by a bear while collecting fodder near the Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) in West Champaran district on Thursday evening, officials said. The victim, Janak Sah, a resident of Harpur Ghota village in Gaunaha block, was gathering fodder for his livestock on the outskirts of the village around 6pm when the incident occurred. "A sloth bear attacked the farmer in the Manguraha range," said Dr Nesamani K, Conservation and Wildlife Director, Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR). According to people familiar with the matter, the bear suddenly emerged from a field and pounced on Sah, leaving him with serious injuries, particularly on his thigh. The animal fled into a nearby sugarcane field after Sah's granddaughter raised an alarm and villagers rushed to his aid. Sah sustained deep wounds on his arms and thigh and required…...

7+ hour, 44+ min ago (360+ words) Georgia "perpetuated cruel and unusual punishment" by banning gender-affirming care for inmates, attorney Emily Early says. In a massive legal victory, a Georgia law restricting access to gender-affirming care for transgender inmates has been struck down. Judge Victoria M. Calvert issued a permanent injunction Wednesday against SB 185, signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in May and enforced as of July, finding that it violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. "By banning treatment of gender dysphoria, the Georgia Department of Corrections and the private contractor Centurion are banning care that medical providers have determined to be medically necessary, and the Constitution requires that even prisons must provide minimally adequate care to individuals that it holds within its custody," Early says. SB 185 prohibited the use of state funds or resources for gender-affirming surgeries, hormone replacement therapy, cosmetic procedures, and…...

7+ hour, 44+ min ago (360+ words) Georgia "perpetuated cruel and unusual punishment" by banning gender-affirming care for inmates, attorney Emily Early says. In a massive legal victory, a Georgia law restricting access to gender-affirming care for transgender inmates has been struck down. Judge Victoria M. Calvert issued a permanent injunction Wednesday against SB 185, signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in May and enforced as of July, finding that it violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. "By banning treatment of gender dysphoria, the Georgia Department of Corrections and the private contractor Centurion are banning care that medical providers have determined to be medically necessary, and the Constitution requires that even prisons must provide minimally adequate care to individuals that it holds within its custody," Early says. SB 185 prohibited the use of state funds or resources for gender-affirming surgeries, hormone replacement therapy, cosmetic procedures, and…...