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☆ Texas Bluebonnet curriculum: Officials to vote on state lessons that emphasize Christian Bible lessons
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Officials in Texas are set to vote Tuesday on a new public school curriculum that incorporates lessons from the Bible as early as kindergarten, that provoked criticism from advocacy groups and families across the state. The state Board of Education will vote on revisions to its K-5 reading and English language arts materials, part of Bluebonnet Learning, the Texas Education Agency-developed open education resources. We don’t leave Texans behind.”Ghani also argued that Texas public school teachers are already “overburdened” with the amount of material they’re expected to teach. “But inserting faith-based lessons into public school classrooms, which sounds like what is intended here, is not the study of history or literature. The legislature has also pushed to require that public school classrooms display the Ten Commandments.

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☆ Craig Melvin will replace Hoda Kotb as co-anchor of the 'TODAY' show
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Craig Melvin will replace Hoda Kotb after the beloved co-anchor announced in September that she was leaving “TODAY” after nearly two decades. Melvin, a news anchor of “TODAY” and a co-host of the 3rd hour of “TODAY,” made the announcement on the show Thursday morning. He will co-anchor alongside Savannah Guthrie for the 7 and 8 a.m. hours beginning Jan. 13. “You are the right person for it.”Kotb will remain as co-anchor until Jan. 10, calling it a "party day." Melvin went on to call Kotb and Guthrie his "sisters."

Persons: Craig Melvin, Hoda, Melvin, ”, Savannah Guthrie, “, “ I’ve, ” Kotb, Kotb, Guthrie, Al Roker, I’ve, ” Melvin, “ You’ve, ’ ” Libby Leist, Craig, Sheinelle Jones, Dylan Dreyer Organizations: Savannah, Zoom, “, Jenna, NBC News, Bowl Locations: Roker

☆ Reggie Jackson, on live TV from Rickwood Field, shares stark stories of racism
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( C. Trent Rosecrans | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Reggie Jackson played in Birmingham when he was in the minor leagues back in 1967. In his return to Rickwood Field, he shared his experience with racism and discrimination. Jackson played there just four years after four girls were killed in a bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church. The Giants wore the uniform of the San Francisco Sea Lions, a Negro Leagues team that folded after its only season in 1946. Giants manager Bob Melvin played at Rickwood Field in parts of three seasons in the early 1980s as a minor-leaguer.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants are hoping a recent division rival can turn them back into a contender. Bob Melvin, a Bay Area native and former Giants player who also managed a decade in Oakland, was formally announced as San Francisco's new manager Wednesday. That completed a whirlwind few days in which the Giants received permission to interview him from the division rival San Diego Padres, where the veteran skipper had one more year on his contract. “I could not be more excited to come back to the Bay Area and manage this great organization,” Melvin said in a statement. “Bob Melvin is one of the most well-respected managers and people in baseball today,” said Giants President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi.

Persons: Bob Melvin, “, ” Melvin, Greg Johnson, Farhan Zaidi, Larry Baer, Melvin, Gabe Kapler, Kapler, ”, Bob, I’m Organizations: FRANCISCO, San Francisco Giants, Area, Giants, San Diego Padres, Padres, University of California, hometown Giants, Dodgers, NL, of Baseball Locations: Oakland, Bay, Arizona, Seattle, San Diego, Palo Alto , California, Berkeley

☆ With Nothing Left to Lose, the Mets and the Padres Get Desperate
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Scott Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

San Diego’s All-Star closer, Josh Hader, had worked on Monday and Tuesday and had not pitched on three consecutive days since 2021. Sensitive to overuse after his years in Milwaukee, he had declined an opportunity to do it in San Francisco last month. Yet with the Padres leading by 5-3 in the ninth inning on Wednesday, here came Hader. “He’s got a sense of where we are as a team,” Melvin explained afterward. In the long run, if I can’t provide for the team later because of injury, then it’s no use.”Though the Padres’ rotation led the N.L.

Persons: Bob Melvin, Diego’s, Josh Hader, “ He’s, ” Melvin, “, ” Hader, Manny Machado, Juan Soto, Xander Bogaerts, Fernando Tatis Jr Organizations: Padres, Angels, Mets, Oakland, Kansas City Locations: Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, San Francisco, Kansas, Detroit

☆ Gunman fires at Russian draft office amid anger over Ukraine mobilization
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Yuliya-Talmazan-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Yuliya Talmazan | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

A gunman opened fire at a draft office in Russia’s Siberian region of Irkutsk on Monday amid a growing backlash against President Vladimir Putin’s chaotic efforts to mobilize more people to boost his troops in Ukraine. A video circulating online, confirmed by NBC News to have been shot in the draft office, showed people inside running for cover and screaming as the gunman fired. But Melvin said it's further evidence of Russia's disorganized mobilization drive. The unrest throughout Russia comes against the backdrop of a voting process underway in four Moscow-occupied regions of Ukraine. Meanwhile, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church has said that Russian soldiers who die in the war against Ukraine will be cleansed of their sins.

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