At 1130 there will be voting whether to limit debate on the 2018 defense spending bill. Public funding runs out at midnight. Later the senate is expected to take up a six week extension. Live now to the floor of the senate. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain dr. Barry black will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, our lamp and light, we praise your holy name. Lord, you are our strength and shield, enabling us to be surefooted even when standing on mountain heights. Stay with our lawmakers, support them with your mighty hand, and keep their feet from slipping. Enable our senators to one day stand before your presence with great joy. Show them your greatness until the things of earth grow strangely dim in the light of your glory and grace. We pray in your majestic name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america,
Of the accusations actually happened. This physical confrontation they said in the Police Report didnt happen. Reporter head football coach john vogan has been suspended pending an investigation by the school which is now investigating all athletic programs. The tredyffrin east Town School District released a statement that reads in part the process will be designed to determine whether or not code of conduct violations occurred. The awareness and level of supervision by the Coaching Staff and what further measures can promote inclusive and respectful behavioral the three students are charged with assault conspiracy and other related charges. Their names have not been released because they were juveniles when these crimes happened. As for the victim, he is no longer a student here at Conestoga High School. Im live in berwyn, chad pradelli channel6 action news. Thanks very much. The three suspects in this are specifically not charged with hazing. At his News Conference today District At
Noon. Not that thats a really warm temperature for this time of year but its a big rise for those low temperatures that we have during the overnight hours. Its because of clear skies, low humidity and were going to see a breeze out of the northwest keeps things comfortable. Right now its a little bit chilly. 52 in leesburg and 56 in Downtown Washington. 48 degrees right now in culpeper and manassas. Well talk more about the warm up ahead coming up in the first alert seven day but right now time for timesaver traffic. Larry . We do have an issue that just popped up maybe about two or three minutes ago actually in fact. This taking place on powder mill road eastbound just after 95. Sky 9 is over the scene right now to show us whats going o. From early indications it may be a tractortrailer as well as several cars involved blocking the eastbound side. Police as well as emergency crews are on scene so you can see the picture there so that is the emergency crews. We believe that is one of t
Initially to limited success and then limited operations that had some success. But now over the last 72 hours theyve begun to make dramatic gains in iraq. In fact, they have overrun the secondlargest city. And there are expectations that they are on the way towards baghdad. The goal of this group is pretty straightforward to establish what would be known as an islamic caliphate. Basicallyings an islamic basically, an islamic fundamentalist, country, a terrorist government. And, by the way, this group doesnt necessarily respect any borders. They are looking to carve out pieces of land that they can use to train terrorists and to plan operations. And if we look at the situation in iraq are over the last 72 ho, we have legitimate concern that in fact that is what that they are on the verge of doing, if they have not done so already. When you aped the land they now control in when you add up the land they now control in syria and now in iraq. By the way, in many parts of the towns that th
Alexis Jones, a freshman at Cornell University. Elissa Nadworny/NPR
Almost exactly one year ago, the pandemic caused a cascade of school and university closures, sending 9 out of 10 students home as the coronavirus raced through the United States and the rest of the world.
By Labor Day, 62% of U.S. students were still learning virtually, according to the organization Burbio. That number dropped significantly during the fall and rose in the winter as COVID-19 surged. And today, just under 1 in 4 public school students attends a district that still hasn t held a single day of in-person learning.
Colleges have seen widespread disruption, too: In the fall, only about 20% of four-year colleges offered any classes in person. And while that number has come up a bit for the spring semester, most college students even if they live on campus are taking classes virtually.