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(AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court plans to hear arguments from attorneys July 18 on whether a new school funding law complies with the state constitution. The court ruled in March that the state's $4 billion a year in education funding is inadequate under the state constitution.

The U.S. Education Department announced Monday that year-round Pell Grants will be available starting July 1, allowing students to take summer classes and graduate sooner. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says the decision "is about empowering students and giving them the flexibility and support needed to achieve their goals."

(AP) — Louisiana's public colleges and universities will only have limited authority to ask applying students about their criminal histories to determine admission. After granting admission, colleges also will be able to ask about criminal convictions for a variety of reasons, including to determine if they'll limit participation in campus programs, financial aid and housing.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two top House Democrats are questioning whether Michael Flynn failed to report a 2015 trip to the Middle East to federal security clearance investigators, a potential omission that could add to the legal jeopardy President Donald Trump's former national security adviser faces over the truthfulness of his statements to authorities and on government documents. The letter from Cummings, the ranking Democrat on the House oversight committee, and Engel, the ranking Democrat on the House foreign affairs committee... Читать дальше...

“Fantastic Four” star Teller took to Twitter on Monday to deny reports that he was arrested on a drunk in public charge in San Diego early Sunday, stating that he was merely detained. “Don’t believe everything you read, especially from a third party entertainment news source trying to get clicks,” the actor added. Following Teller’s Twitter pronouncement, a spokesman for the department re-affirmed to TheWrap, “Miles Teller was arrested and booked for drunk in public into San Diego Central Jail.” According to police... Читать дальше...

1 Paris attack: A car exploded as it crashed into a police vehicle on Paris’ famed Champs Elysees on Monday in what authorities called a possible terrorist attack. The driver was killed, but no police officers or passersby were hurt, authorities said. Police are treating the incident as a deliberate attack, and the Paris prosecutor opened an antiterror investigation. In late April, before the first round of voting in France’s presidential elections, there was a similar incident on the Champs Elysees... Читать дальше...

Time Warner will invest $100 million in producing TV-like shows and advertising on Snap Inc. over the next two years, in a push by the the media giant to reach young audiences on the social network, according to a person familiar with the matter. The deal will see Time Warner make shows for Snapchat in a range of genres, including scripted dramas, comedies and documentaries, according to both companies. Time Warner’s properties like HBO, Turner and Warner Bros. will also invest in advertising on Snapchat. Читать дальше...

[...] the Senate's Republican leaders say they want to see any renewal of the policy include help for charter schools, such as a higher cap on the number of charters allowed in New York City. If mayoral oversight were to lapse, control of city schools would revert to a single board of education and many local districts within the city. Senate Leader John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, has said he supports mayoral control but that it's imperative to support charter schools as an alternative to traditional public schools. Читать дальше...

Seattle police are investigating the fatal shooting by two officers of a woman family members say was pregnant and struggling with mental health issues. The officers went to the apartment — where several children were present — after a call Sunday morning about a burglary, police said. 2 Deadly arson fire: A woman was recorded on cell phone video pouring what appears to be gasoline through the window of a Milwaukee home and setting it on fire. The video shows a woman pouring the contents of a gas can through a window. Читать дальше...

Blue Apron readies for IPO; Coke’s goof; fantasy merger woes Coca-Cola had some well-intentioned marketing efforts during the weekend’s heat wave in Pittsburgh, sending out a tweet Sunday that said, Today’s forecast in Pittsburgh: Record heat, followed by an ice-cold wave of ahhhhhhh. #ShareaCoke. In an amended prospectus, Blue Apron said it plans on pricing its shares between $15 and $17. Federal regulators are challenging the planned merger of FanDuel and DraftKings, saying the combination... Читать дальше...

Attorney General Peter Kilmartin announced Monday that a Providence jury found Matthew Sheridan guilty of first-degree sexual assault. State police had concluded that the assault wasn't connected to Sheridan's role as a teacher.

CINCINNATI — Otto Warmbier, an American college student who was released by North Korea in a coma last week, died Monday. The family thanked the University of Cincinnati Medical Center for treating him but said, “Unfortunately, the awful torturous mistreatment our son received at the hands of the North Koreans ensured that no other outcome was possible beyond the sad one we experienced today.” Warmbier was sentenced to 15 years in prison with hard labor in North Korea, convicted of subversion after... Читать дальше...

Coppola's Civil War South is all mossy woods, buttoned-up dresses and gated plantations, realized in immaculate detail. While Coppola broadens the story's female characters beyond the stereotypes shown in 1971, she leaves the soldier's motives less clear, which makes his life-altering transgression harder to understand. Despite the war raging right outside her property, Ms. Farnsworth (Nicole Kidman) has continued to run her Seminary for Young Ladies, with a single teacher, Edwina (Kirsten Dunst), and five students. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is calling North Korea a "brutal regime" following the death of American college student Otto Warmbier (WARM'-beer). Warmbier was sentenced to 15 years in prison with hard labor in North Korea, convicted of subversion after he tearfully confessed he had tried to steal a propaganda banner.

[...] it's not uncommon for either party to draft bills or resolve stubborn final hurdles behind closed doors, foregoing the step-by-step, civics-book version of how Congress works. While Democrats reached out to Republicans, held scores of committee hearings and staged many days of debate on that legislation in 2009 and 2010, they also resorted to private meetings to reach agreements that clinched its approval. Lacking the votes to block this year's GOP effort, Democrats are looking to score political... Читать дальше...

While the game show’s “Southern Charm” week originally aired in March, the image apparently didn’t capture viewers’ attention until last week, when a Twitter user identified as Joshua Itiola tweeted, “Someone please tell me why @WheelofFortune has slaves in their ‘Southern Charm Week’ images?” An individual familiar with the situation told TheWrap that the image in question was a screen grab taken from footage shot on location in 2005 for a New Orleans “Wheel of Fortune” remote. A spokesperson for the restaurant and inn told Fox News that... Читать дальше...

In a White House full of loud voices, the powerful senior adviser and son-in-law to President Donald Trump tends to keep his mouth shut. The slim, stylish former real estate executive addressed the crowd in a soft but confident tenor, revealing the New York influences around his vowels. While his public speaking has been limited at best, Kushner has been busy with an expansive policy portfolio, charged with modernizing government and leading an effort to broker a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. Читать дальше...

Director Ava DuVernay and musician Stevie Wonder have been added to the lineup for Creative Artists Agency’s Amplify event for multicultural artists and leaders from entertainment, sports, media, corporate brand marketing, and technology, the agency announced Monday. Other participants include director, writer, and producer J.J. Abrams; Chairman and CEO, Endemol Shine North America Cris Abrego, President of public policy organization Demos and its action arm Demos Action Heather C. McGhee; Founder... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation that would hit Russia with economic sanctions and limit President Donald Trump's authority to lift the penalties faces an uncertain future in the House despite the bill's heavily bipartisan backing in the Senate. Instead of moving for a quick vote to build on the burst of momentum created in the Senate, where the measure won 98 votes last week, the Republican leadership in the House has sent the sweeping sanctions package to the Foreign Affairs Committee for a review. Читать дальше...

Amazon Studios is adapting Jay McInerney’s “Brightness Falls” book trilogy into a television series, a source close to the streaming service has confirmed. Throughout the couple’s life, events test their strength, whether it’s the drama and romance of New York finance and publishing, or the moments that defined the city. Burr Steers (“Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”) is attached to direct, and will also executive produce. Netflix, Amazon, Disney Join Forces to Combat Piracy With New Alliance

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump on Warmbier death: 'Bad things' happened in 'brutal' North Korea but at least American died at home with parents.

Apple CEO Tim Cook and Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google parent company Alphabet, were among those attending an afternoon of working groups on issues like technology infrastructure, cybersecurity and visas for foreign workers. Jared Kushner, senior adviser and son-in-law to Trump, welcomed the technology executives, calling them “a very impressive group of leaders from the private sector” being put to work “on some of the country’s biggest challenges that will make a very meaningful difference... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a closely watched challenge to partisan gerrymandering in Wisconsin and decide whether it is unconstitutional for party leaders to entrench themselves in power with carefully drawn electoral maps. After Republicans won big in the 2010 midterm elections, Wisconsin’s Republican leaders drew a statewide map that allowed the GOP to retain a super-majority in the Assembly even in years when most of the voters cast ballots for Democrats. Several... Читать дальше...

A decades-long lawsuit to make Chevron Corp. pay for cleaning up oil-field pollution in Ecuador suffered another blow Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in the case, which has been closely watched worldwide. The justices let stand a U.S. District Court ruling that a $19 billion judgment against Chevron in an Ecuadoran court in 2011 was the result of an elaborate fraud orchestrated by an American attorney, Steven Donziger. “The facts of the Ecuadoran judicial extortion... Читать дальше...

Kids around Oakland who are getting good grades in school have earned themselves a free haircut, thanks to incoming Raiders running back and East Bay local Marshawn Lynch.