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Other voices: Schools should ban cellphones

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:41:49 GMT

Ask any parent about the time their kids spend on mobile devices, and you’ll likely hear the same refrain: It’s too much.Excessive use of smartphones and social media is linked to rising rates of teenage depression and self-harm, while also damaging students’ academic performance and exacerbating achievement gaps. At this point, the question isn’t whether phones should be banned from classrooms, but why more schools haven’t done so already.Evidence about the negative effects of mobile devices on learning is overwhelming. Large-scale international assessments have shown that anything beyond limited use of technology in the classroom harms academic performance. A 14-country study cited in a U.N. report this year found that merely being in proximity to smartphones disrupted learning for all ages, from preschool to college, with poorly performing students suffering the most.Prompted by findings like these — and common sense — the British governm...

St. Paul’s go-to playground designers take a big cue from the disabled

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:41:49 GMT

Jill Moore’s wheelchair doesn’t prevent her from exploring parks, playgrounds and other public spaces. In fact, as an inclusive play specialist for Minnesota-based playground designer Landscape Structures, she’s developed an expertise in noodling through landscapes that able-bodied people sometimes take for granted, searching for access opportunities and impediments designers might have overlooked, or as she puts it, “connecting the lived experience with the design.”On Friday, Moore was scheduled to accompany a deaf woman, a blind man, a man with autism and a powerchair user who is non-verbal on an “audit” of sorts through downtown Minneapolis, focusing on Nicollet Mall, Peavey Plaza and the Walker Sculpture Garden. Their goal was to make sure that disability access means more than just a ramp wide enough to carry Moore’s wheels.Undated courtesy rendering, circa October 2023. Dr. Bill McGuire’s family foundation plans a state-of-...

SCSO investigating fatal vehicle-pedestrian crash on Route 9

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:41:49 GMT

HALFMOON, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office announced they are investigating a fatal crash that occurred on Sunday morning in Halfmoon. The crash took place on Route 9. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! On October 29 at 5:01 a.m., police responded to the report of a personal injury vehicle crash on Route 9, just south of Sitterly Road. The preliminary investigation revealed that a box truck had been traveling northbound on Route 9 when it struck a pedestrian, who was identified as Michael Blackburn 41, of Clifton Park.Blackburn was transported to Samaritan Hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries. The crash remains under investigation. Stay with NEWS10 as this story continues to develop.

Colorado weather: Winter storm hits with more than 15 inches of snow in some areas, winding down Sunday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:41:49 GMT

Ice and snow are the name of the game Sunday, with Saturday’s winter storm winding down by noon, according to the National Weather Service.A winter storm warning remains in effect through noon Sunday, but forecasters at NWS said the metro area can expect about an inch of snow to add to their totals throughout the day.Additional Snowfall will be 1 to 3 inches, heaviest across portions of Lincoln county. #cowx pic.twitter.com/zLD2xVH4MF— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) October 29, 2023Overnight, Denver residents saw anywhere from 7 to 9 inches of snow, while the south metro area saw between 9 nd 11 inches, NWS meteorologist Paul Schlatter said.Up in the mountains, particularly in ski resort areas, snow accumulation ranged from 10 to 16 inches, and the foothills weren’t much better off with 10 to 13 inches of snow, Schlatter said. The eastern plains took a lighter hit of 3 to 6 inches of snow.Light snow and flurries will continue throughout Sunday, with most activity windin...

Keeler: Save Shedeur Sanders! CU Buffs QB will keep getting crushed if Coach Prime doesn’t start running the darn ball

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:41:49 GMT

PASADENA, Calif. — What good is a Louis Vuitton quarterback if his handles keep falling off?“It’s a struggle to run the ball,” CU football coach Deion Sanders said after a 28-16 loss to UCLA inside a Rose Bowl with thorns, the Buffs’ fourth defeat in five games. “And we’ve got to figure that out, because now you’re one-dimensional. And it’s easy to stop a team when they’re one-dimensional and that’s who we are at this point in time.”Shedeur Sanders, the coach’s son and the offense’s only hope, needed an injection for the pain at halftime, thanks to a bruising bunch of Bruins and seven sacks allowed. The kid wouldn’t need a shot if he wasn’t taking so dang many of them in the pocket, week after week.Run the darn ball, Coach Prime. For your son’s sake, if nothing else.From a play-calling front, the Buffs are too dang easy right now. CU’s playing checkers in a Pac-12 full of ches...

Travis Hunter provides silver lining in CU Buffs’ loss to UCLA: “He’s a special football player”

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:41:49 GMT

PASADENA, Calif. — Jimmy Smith, Chidobe Awuzie, Ahkello Witherspoon… Travis Hunter.How does the fourth belong with the latter three? Hunter, the Buffs’ two-way breakout star playing his first season of Division-I FBS, is on the fast-track to join those other names as a high-drafted cornerback out of CU.Hunter put on another eye-opening defensive performance Saturday in CU’s 28-16 loss to UCLA at the Rose Bowl, with two first-half interceptions that helped give the Buffs an early lead.The sophomore snuffed out the Bruins’ first drive of the game by intercepting Ethan Garbers to set CU up for a field goal that made it 6-0. On the 3rd-and-5 play, Hunter was in man, press coverage on Kam Brown at the line of scrimmage, but after jamming Brown, Hunter intuitively jumped off him and into space when he recognized Bruins slot receiver Logan Loya was running a short button-hook to the first-down line.Hunter dove and picked off Garbers’ pass, then popped up...

4 children found with 'lacerations' at Lancaster home; 2 dead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:41:49 GMT

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the deaths of two children and the hospitalizations of two others in Lancaster.According to an LASD release, deputies were dispatched to the 1800 block of East Avenue J-2 shortly before midnight on Saturday after a call came in alleging children were being harmed at the location. “Upon arrival, deputies contacted a female adult and conducted a check of the location,” the LASD release said. “Deputies found four children under the age of ten suffering from lacerations to their bodies.” According to an LASD release, deputies were dispatched to the 1800 block of East Avenue J-2 in Lancaster shortly before midnight on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023 after a call came in alleging children were being harmed at the location. (Luis Meza)The children were immediately transported to a local hospital where two of them were pronounced dead, authorities said. The other two children are said to be in stable condition with non-life...

Santa Ana winds prompt fire weather warning for L.A., Ventura counties

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:41:49 GMT

A Red Flag Warning is in effect for part of Southern California Sunday as potentially dangerous fire weather conditions develop with the arrival of Santa Ana winds.According to the National Weather Service, the warning affects Los Angeles and Ventura counties; consistent wind speeds of 40 to 60 miles per hour are forecast for Sunday, with an isolated chance of a 70 mile per hour burst. “Our first significant Santa Ana wind event of the season will likely bring critical Red Flag conditions to wind prone areas of Los Angeles and Ventura counties,” NWS said. “The onset of Santa Ana winds will bring rapid drying to the region late Saturday night, with widespread single digit humidities Sunday into Monday.”  Click here to view the forecast for your community In addition, a wind advisory is in effect for multiple communities across the L.A. area until 10 p.m. Monday. Included in the list of affected locations are Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Ventura, Camarillo, Topanga, Burbank, Universal...

Fire department says large structure fire west of city

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:41:49 GMT

(BCN) -- The Petaluma Fire Department said at 8:29 a.m. Sunday firefighters are on the scene of a large structure fire west of Petaluma. The department said, though there's smoke in Petaluma, there is no threat to the city. Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Newsom requires diversity reporting, but not for himself

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:41:49 GMT

(BCN) -- Coming soon to California: a diversity reporting mandate for venture capital firms. Not coming soon to California: a diversity reporting mandate for Gov. Gavin Newsom.As the bill signing period wrapped up earlier this month, Newsom approved a measure that will force venture capital firms operating in California to collect and disclose demographic data about the founders of the companies they invest in -- while on the very same day, he vetoed for the third time a similar transparency requirement for his own gubernatorial appointments.Senate Bill 54 by state Sen. Nancy Skinner, a Berkeley Democrat, was among nearly 900 measures that Newsom signed into law this year. It represents an effort to boost lagging venture capital investments in businesses founded by women, Latino and Black entrepreneurs. Fans, friends, co-stars react to Matthew Perry’s sudden death Under the law, venture capital firms must annually survey the founding teams of the companies they invested in during ...