iStock/skynesher (PORTLAND, Ore.) — After a full school year during the COVID-19 pandemic, elementary and middle school students are heading into the fall with lower rates of achievement gains in reading and math than they would have during a typical school year, new research shows. The researchers say the results were worse in high-poverty areas …
iStock/Hector Pertuz (NEW YORK) — Vaccine lotteries and other incentives designed to encourage COVID-19 vaccination after the rate steeply declined didn’t consistently raise numbers as many public health officials had hoped. Now, officials are turning to community partnerships and other means of engagement to drive vaccinations — and the personal approach appears promising. Vaccinations peaked …
Fred Lee/Getty Images (TOKYO) — Following “further medical evaluation,” American gymnastics superstar Simone Biles has withdrawn from Thursday’s final individual all-around competition at the Tokyo Olympics “to focus on her mental health,” USA Gymnastics announced. “Simone will continue to be evaluated daily to determine whether or not to participate in next week’s individual event finals,” …
Tommaso Boddi/WireImage Bob Odenkirk has reportedly been hospitalized after suffering a medical emergency while filming Better Call Saul. The Hollywood Reporter confirms that the 58-year-old actor is still undergoing treatment after collapsing on the show’s set on Tuesday. Sources tell the outlet that crew members immediately surrounded the fallen actor and summoned an ambulance. Sources were unable to say if …
Courtesy of S2BN Entertainment Pink Floyd‘s “Their Mortal Remains” exhibition, which debuted in London in 2017, originally was scheduled to make its U.S. debut on Tuesday, August 3, at Los Angeles’ new ?Vogue Multicultural Museum on Hollywood Boulevard, but the opening has now been delayed until September 3. According to a message on the museum’s …
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE St. Louis 4, Cleveland 2 Miami 7, Baltimore 3 Texas 5, Arizona 4 Colorado 12, LA Angels 3 San Diego 7, Oakland 4 AMERICAN LEAGUE Chi White Sox 5, Kansas City 3 NY Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 3 Detroit …
kuzma/iStock (POWESHIEK COUNTY, Iowa) — The lead agent who investigated the disappearance and murder of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts testified Tuesday that there was no doubt in his mind who killed her. “Cristhian Rivera murdered Mollie Tibbetts,” special agent Trent Vileta said in court. Vileta rejected a theory by Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s attorneys …
Ethan Miller/Getty Images; Paul Moscow Peter Frampton, Bad Company frontman Paul Rodgers and Guns N’ Roses‘ guitarist Slash are among the rockers sharing their support for Road Recovery, an organization that uses music to help teens battling addiction and other at-risk youth. Each musician filmed a video testimonial speaking about Road Recovery’s mission and how music …
Jean Catuffe/Getty Images (TOKYO) — Gymnasts have been showering support for the U.S. women’s gymnastics team after winning the silver medal in Tokyo — and particularly for Simone Biles and her decision to withdraw from the competition. Biles competed on the opening rotation of vault Tuesday in the team competition but decided not to compete …
US Marshals Service (NEW YORK) — The sole copy of Wu-Tang Clan’s “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,” owned by one-time hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli until he forfeited it following his securities fraud conviction, has been sold, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York, said Tuesday. The terms of the sale were confidential, as was …
