Teacher morale dipped slightly across the country this year, after some improvement last year, according to the survey of 5,802 U.S. teachers. AdvertisementCalifornia teachers scored 16 on the Teacher Morale Index, which is based on three questions from the Education Week survey. Nearly half of California teachers who were surveyed plan to retire or quit in the next 10 years. A survey released in January by the California Teachers Assn. In 2025, the average starting salary for a California teacher was $58,409, and the average salary was $101,084, according to the NEA.

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Five wins, four draws, and only two defeats across their last eleven matches in all competitions make it clear that West Ham are moving firmly in the right direction. In normal time, and in extra time, we’ve been a team pushing.”His assessment feels spot on. Behind the scenes, assistant coach Paco Jémez appears to be playing a significant role in the team’s evolution. With momentum building, belief growing, and key figures stepping up both on and off the pitch, West Ham look like a side rediscovering their identity at exactly the right moment. This is a team beginning to trust itself again, and that alone makes the weeks ahead feel full of promise.

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Fox News apologized for airing old video of a hatless President Donald Trump during coverage Sunday of his attendance at the dignified transfer ceremony for U.S. soldiers killed in the Middle East war, insisting it was an honest mistake. The return of the bodies of six soldiers took place Saturday at Dover Air Force Base. But Fox News said archival footage of Trump at an earlier ceremony was inadvertently pulled up by a staff member and used on two Sunday morning telecasts. A spokeswoman noted the correct footage was used at other times, including on Saturday. “We regret the error and apologize for the incorrect footage,” Fox said in a statement.

On Monday, the NFL announced the awarding of compensatory picks for the 2026 NFL Draft. On Tuesday, they released the full 2026 NFL Draft order. The Detroit Lions have a total of eight selections, but they are expected to pick up a ninth pick when the David Montgomery trade becomes official. They’ll be picking up the Houston Texans’ fourth-round pick, which is expected to be the 128th overall pick. Here’s a look at the exact order of each of those picks:Detroit Lions 2026 NFL Draft picks:Under general manager Brad Holmes, the Lions have never made more than eight selections in the NFL Draft, so don’t be surprised to see some movement of these picks before or during draft weekend.

This chicken meatball soup is inspired by Thai cooking and specifically its amazing ability of balancing sweet, sour, salty and pungent flavors. In one pot, you will get a heap of very fragrant chicken meatballs. The result is similar to tom kha kai, which is a chicken galangal soup, but you get the sweet from the coconut milk, salty from fish sauce and sour from a squeeze of lime right at the end.

They sketched out plans for what they described as an “exciting treatment” for children with the condition — a decades-old drug, leucovorin, newly recast as a potential breakthrough. “Hundreds of thousands of kids, in my opinion, will benefit,” Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said at the time. FDA announced Tuesday that it will expand approval for leucovorin, but only for a separate condition that some people with autism also have — not for autism itself. This week, however, FDA officials said leucovorin does not face a shortage. Whether physicians will keep prescribing leucovorin off-label for children with autism remains uncertain.

Additionally, 37% of repeat traumatic brain injuries in the study were caused by football. The study also found that youth football players with TBIs face a higher risk of several consequences than other athletes. "After adjusting for age and sex, researchers found among those who played football, those with TBI had a 23% higher risk of chronic headaches compared to those without TBI, as well as a 5% higher risk of visual impairment, a 5% higher risk of anxiety, a 3% higher risk of depression and a 1% higher risk of substance use disorders. He described the steps that should be taken to decrease the dangers from youth football. "Our findings highlight youth football as a critical public health priority, suggesting that brain injuries sustained during key stages of development may reshape health later.

›A judge has rejected a request for a new trial for Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley in 2024. Ibarra's trial attorneys had asked the judge to delay the trial to allow a DNA expert more time to review evidence, but the judge denied this request. The players Jose Ibarra A 28-year-old Venezuelan man who was convicted of murdering Laken Riley in 2024. Laken Riley A 22-year-old nursing student at Augusta University College of Nursing who was killed on the University of Georgia campus in 2024. H. Patrick Haggard The Clarke County Superior Court judge who presided over Ibarra's trial and denied his motion for a new trial.

But their domination continued into Trump's term, when they rose to 88% of job growth. As I reported last month, the Supreme Court ended the prospect of $2,000 tariff dividend checks when it declared most of Trump's tariffs to be unconstitutional. A spike in oil prices, in any event, tends to affect some economic sectors more than others. If the Iran hostilities come to a prompt end, that would be a positive for the oil-dependent economy and stock prices. But as long as the economy remains in the hands of Donald Trump, the most accurate reply may be, "Ask again later."

Oh, and FYI – prices are accurate and items in stock as of time of publication. Yes, that’s right, Mother’s Day is indeed coming up, and fast. Don’t feel bad if you let it creep up and surprise you – it tends to do that. The good news is it’s definitely not too late to get your lovely ma the gift she deserves. I have put my cholesterol levels on the line (willingly, don’t worry) to try and test the very best gift-friendly boxes of chocolates so that you don’t have to.

Twelve days ago the U.S., a World Cup host country, launched a full-scale bombing campaign against Iran, a country that has qualified to play in the tournament. Five days later, that same World Cup host began military operations inside the borders of Ecuador, another World Cup qualifier, half a world away. Advertisement“It seems to me, for each passing day, it’s less and less likely that the World Cup can happen,” he said. AdvertisementThose three countries are World Cup qualifiers as well. But the need for unity is the very reason there’s a World Cup in the first place.

Rescuers race to save people trapped in Tehran high-riseRescuers raced to save people trapped in what state media said was a residential building in Tehran’s Resalat Square area on Monday. Footage released by the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) showed emergency workers climbing ladders inside the bombed out remains of a multi-story building while one of the rescuers says there are people trapped on the fifth floor.

Hailing rides to and from LAX could get more expensive under new proposalShare via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X LinkedIn Threads Reddit WhatsApp Copy Link URL Copied! PrintAt the top of the list of things people don’t like about LAX are the traffic in and out of the airport and the high cost of a ride. Now, airport officials are proposing a plan they hope will ease one of those problems, while increasing the other. On Tuesday morning, Los Angeles World Airports board members are expected to vote on whether to increase the access fees for private transportation companies that ferry travelers to and from Los Angeles International Airport, which includes ride app companies such as Uber and Lyft, along with taxi and limousine companies.