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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 6 California officials are considering a plan to make flag football a girls' high school sport amid soaring popularity of the game and a push to get more female athletes on the field. The federated council of the California Interscholastic Federation — the statewide body that governs high school athletics — is expected to vote Friday on the plan at a meeting in Long Beach. If the measure passes, flag football would be an official high school sport for girls in the nation's most populous state for the upcoming 2023-24 year. Paula Hart Rodas, president-elect of the CIF Southern Section’s council, said the goal is to get more girls involved in high school sports and tap into a widespread love of football by many who are loath to play tackle. Southern California schools spanning from Long Beach to Corona are hoping to start teams in the fall and an approval would allow … [Read more...] about California weighs making flag football a girls’ school sport

DANA POINT, Calif. — A driver was arrested after running into a bicyclist and then fatally stabbing him on a Southern California roadway, authorities said. Vanroy Evan Smith, 39, of Long Beach was taken into custody Wednesday on suspicion of murder for the attack Wednesday in Dana Point. He remained jailed without bail on Thursday. It wasn’t immediately clear whether he had an attorney to speak on his behalf. Michael John Mammone, 58, was in a bike lane on the Pacific Coast Highway at around 3 p.m. when he was struck from behind by a Lexus sedan in an intersection, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. The collision “launched him into the intersection,” sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Woodroof told NBC Los Angeles. “At that point, the suspect drove around the victim, exited his vehicle, went back to the victim and continued to assault the victim.” The driver stabbed Mammone, who was pronounced dead at a hospital, a sheriff’s department statement said Thursday. … [Read more...] about Bystanders hold driver accused of hitting and fatally stabbing a bike-riding doctor on a California highway

After the excitement of the holidays and before the anticipation of spring break , there is another highly awaited classroom observance that schools all over the country will be celebrating: the 100th day of school. The 100th day is an important milestone because it means students are more than halfway through the year, as most schools have 180 days in their calendar year. It is also a great occasion to highlight how much children have learned since their academic year began. Marking the 100th day is particularly popular in kindergarten to second-grade classrooms because teachers are still heavily focused on reinforcing basic math skills and numbers. "When we start the school year, I talk to the kids about celebrating 100 days, and they really can't grasp how many days that is," says teacher Sara Garcia of St. John Paul II Catholic School in Houston. "In my classroom, we count the days, and when the kids return from their holiday break in January, the excitement begins because … [Read more...] about Academic milestone ‘100 days of school’ explained in Texas

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 18 The guests came to the Castro Theatre on Tuesday dressed in Levi's and designer dresses, '70s-chic velvet jackets and drag-queen heels and glitter. It looked like a glamorous early start on Halloween, but actually it was a Hollywood affair complete with a red carpet and a who's-who invitation list. And, it was all devoted to a sold-out, one-night-only, world-premiere benefit screening of "Milk," the hotly anticipated new film about the life, times and tragic death of controversial San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk . History came back home to where it started three decades ago. The Castro Theatre vibrated with gay rights past and present. As the creators and stars of the film and local politicians ran the red-carpet press gantlet, a throng of people across the street waved "Vote No on … [Read more...] about ‘Milk’ world premiere benefit at Castro Theatre

Videogame maker Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay $35 million to settle federal regulatory charges that it failed to collect and respond to employee complaints of workplace misconduct and violated a federal whistleblower protection rule. The settlement announced Friday by the Securities and Exchange Commission comes after the troubled Santa Monica, California-based gaming company settled with U.S. workplace regulators in 2021 over employee complaints about sexual harassment. Workers then also accused the company of discriminating against employees who were pregnant and retaliating against employees who spoke out, including firing them. In that settlement, the maker of Candy Crush, Call of Duty, Overwatch and World of Warcraft agreed to create an $18 million fund to compensate people who were harassed or discriminated against. Money left over would go to charities for women in the video game industry or other gender equity measures. Activision also agreed to strengthen its … [Read more...] about Activision settles another workplace suit for $35 million

Photo-Illustration: Imtelligencer; Photos Getty Images/Reddit “Hey I’m 16 and I am pregnant and want to get abortion but I am in Louisiana and its illegal and i don’t know what to do and so scared and i want it all to be over. I took a test 2 days ago. My parents are quite conservative and I am scared if i tell them that they would stop me and i can’t tell them.” “I live in an illegal state, and traveled to a legal state for my procedure 3 weeks ago. I’ve been having a concerning amount of bleeding and a lot of very large clots. Last night I passed a clot bigger than my pad. I want to get checked because I’m worried about infection but I’m also terrified to tell anyone I’ve had an abortion.” In 2019, doctoral student Ariella Messing, who studies abortion funds and had been volunteering at one, logged on to Reddit. The abortion sub-Reddit, as the silos there are known, was full of people looking for both abortion help and a way to help, or at least trying to. “People come … [Read more...] about What It Takes to Give Abortion Seekers (Actually Good) Advice Online