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Local students performed better than their national peers in math than in reading. June 20, 2024, 10:45 a.m. (Central Daylight Time) | Update June 20, 2024, 10:48 a.m. (Central Daylight Time) ELMHURST, Ill. – Statistics show that eighth graders in Elmhurst tend to perform poorly on reading tests compared to their peers across the nation. Not so in mathematics. subscribeOn Tuesday, Elmhurst School District 205 board members noted a downward trend in reading achievement for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. In kindergarten, the average Elmhurst student performed at or above the performance of 87 percent of their peers nationwide.…
A man wanted in connection with three murders in Oklahoma and Alabama was arrested in Arkansas Thursday morning, authorities said.According to a statement from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, suspect Stacey Lee Drake, 50, “was located and arrested this morning in Arkansas by the Morrilton Police Department and Arkansas State Police.”The suspect, Stacey Lee Drake, 50, was last seen walking outside a motel in Morrilton, Arkansas, and is considered armed and dangerous.Arkansas Department of Public Safety”We would like to thank all of the agencies that assisted in the search for this individual,” the Oklahoma State Law Enforcement Agency added.…
Media personalities Michelle Andrews and Zara MacDonald have revealed the strange, inevitable events that happen to everyone in their late twenties. Michelle, 30, and Zara, 29, are co-hosts of the hit podcast Shameless And recently they revealed a new term they’ve coined. “We call it the late 20s switch, and we wanted to explore our thoughts about it,” Michelle said. Zara turns 30 next month and said everything feels “different” now. Michelle Andrews spoke about this phenomenon on her podcast. TikTok/Shameless Michelle said she feels like she embodies the lyrics of a Taylor Swift song. Florida”All my friends smell like…
Millions of people along the Texas coast continued to keep a weather watch on Thursday morning, as officials warned of dangerous storm surge, torrential rains and possible tornadoes as Tropical Storm Alberto weakened into a low pressure system over northern Mexico.The first named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season made landfall in Mexico early Thursday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm is about 95 miles west of Tampico and is moving west at 18 mph, according to an NHC alert issued at 10 a.m. CDT.With sustained winds of nearly 35 mph, the storm is forecast to…
The officer guarding Mr Sunak was first suspended by the Metropolitan police and then arrested on suspicion of official misconduct.Several allegations emerged Thursday involving bodyguards and aides to British Chancellor Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party for allegedly betting on the July 4 general election.The Metropolitan police first suspended the officer in charge of protecting Sunak and then arrested him on suspicion of official misconduct.Shortly afterwards, word leaked that the UK Gambling Commission was investigating several members of the ruling Conservative Party for allegedly betting on the timing of the election. Gambling is permitted in the UK, but bets made…
summary The 2024 trend for movies about imaginary friends has so far been disappointing. The upcoming Netflix film “The Imaginary” may actually be cashing in on this trend. “The Imaginary” offers a clearer, more emotional storyline and more complex themes. An upcoming Netflix animated movie follows one of the strangest and most disappointing movie trends of 2024, but this time it might actually be a success. Several movie trends have already been established in 2024, with varying degrees of success. With only half of the year left, we can expect to see more movies following these trends. Among them, perhaps…
Former Stanford coach David Shaw is returning to the NFL.The Denver Broncos announced Thursday that Shaw, 51, will become the team’s senior personnel director, his first NFL role in nearly two decades after leaving the team after the 2022 season.Shaw worked with Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton when he was coach of the Philadelphia Eagles in 1997. Payton was the team’s quarterbacks coach that season and Shaw was the quality control coach.After serving as the Ravens’ wide receivers coach in 2005, Shaw made the transition to the collegiate side, joining Jim Harbaugh’s staff in San Diego in 2006. After one…
The Election Commission of India has received 11 requests for memory verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs) from the recently concluded Lok Sabha and state assembly elections. These requests essentially involve re-collating votes cast in 5% of the EVMs in each constituency.This is the first such request to have been filed since the April 24 Supreme Court order allowing certification at the request of the runner-up in any election. According to a statement from the Election Commission, eight requests – three each from the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian National Congress -…
A three-alarm fire broke out early Thursday morning at a strip mall in Brockton, Massachusetts. Firefighters were called to the building at 880 Main Street just before 1:30 a.m. Upon arrival, firefighters encountered heavy smoke and flames, officials said. “I’ve spent more time here than I have in my own home. What does it feel like to come here and see everything go up in flames? It’s heartbreaking,” said owner Joan Alves. Alves and his brother Rudy opened Khalil’s Kitchen early in the COVID-19 pandemic. The restaurant was one of several businesses destroyed by fire, wiping out years of hard…
Srinagar, June 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi who arrived in Srinagar on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday said that preparations for the assembly elections have begun and that the Union territory will get back its statehood too.Addressing an event after laying foundation stone and inaugurating 84 developmental projects worth Rs 1,500 crore in Srinagar, Modi also said the central government has taken the recent terror attacks in the Union territory very seriously and the enemies of Jammu and Kashmir will be given a befitting reply.PM Modi who was welcomed with flowers and traditional Kashmiri songs also…