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US student who helped stop France terror attack arrives home

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – An American college student who along with two friends helped stop a terror attack on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris returned home to California. A relaxed Anthony Sadler, 23, walked off a commercial plane at Sacramento International Airport accompanied by his parents Tuesday. The Sacramento State University student, […]

New Walmart now open in Estero

ESTERO, Fla.- A new Walmart Supercenter opens in Estero today, more than 10 years in the making. This store was first talked about in 2003. The store is on the corner of Estero Parkway and U.S. 41 and is adding 300 jobs to the workforce, both full time and part time. The store is a […]

Judge will ask Florida Supreme Court to solve map flap

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – It looks like it’s going to be up to the Florida Supreme Court to sort out what happens next in the tussle over the state’s congressional districts. The court in July ordered the Florida Legislature to adopt a new map for the state’s 27 congressional districts. But the House and Senate […]

Florida still investigating cyberattack on school testing

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – It’s been nearly six months since Florida’s school testing system was the target of a cyberattack, but there’s been no public explanation of who was behind it or why it happened. A spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement would only say that the incident remained under investigation. State officials […]

Trump vows never to eat Oreos again, citing move to Mexico

NEW YORK (AP) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump repeated his claim Tuesday evening that he would stop eating Oreos, citing the cookie maker’s decision to close a plant in Chicago and move it to Mexico. “I’m never eating Oreos again,” Trump said, before adding that he would consider it if he could find some […]

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Authorities: Teacher calmed teen who held classmates hostage

PHILIPPI, W.Va. (AP) – With 29 terrified students looking on, a West Virginia high school teacher managed to calm a 14-year-old student who pointed a gun at her in her classroom, giving a police chief time to arrive and convince the boy to free his peers and surrender, authorities said. No one was hurt Tuesday […]

No improvement: ACT says college exam scores are stagnant

WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. high schools haven’t shown much improvement in the past four years when it comes to preparing college-ready graduates, according to the Iowa-based nonprofit group that administers the ACT college entrance exam. The group says only about 40 percent of graduating high school students who took the ACT exam this year show […]

Los Angeles projects $161 million surplus for Olympics

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Anxiety over taxpayer costs helped cripple Boston’s 2024 Olympic bid, but organizers in potential stand-in Los Angeles projected that they could stage events from Santa Monica Beach to the Hollywood Hills and bank a $161 million surplus. Los Angeles, which hosted the 1932 and 1984 Olympics, is viewed as the likely […]