FALLS CHURCH. Va. (AP) � A northern Virginia school system said it is removing two books from school libraries, including an illustrated memoir that contains explicit illustrations of sexual encounters involving children. Stacy Langton is a parent in the Fairfax County school system. She questioned the school board at a public meeting Thursday about the

PHOENIX (AP) � Board members overseeing Arizona’s most populous county have reached a deal with the Republican-controlled state Senate that will end a standoff over its demand that they hand over computer routers for use in an unprecedented partisan election review. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors announced the deal Friday night. The county will

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) � A charitable organization says the newest member of the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners served one year on its board, contrary to an earlier report. KCUR reported this week that tax records did not support Dawn Cramer’s biographical information, which said she served on the boards of the Heartland

ATLANTA (AP) � Schools have opened nationwide this fall only to find thousands of students and teachers sickened by COVID-19 in what many officials had hoped would be a year that saw a return to “normal� in-person instruction. Many school districts have faced angry arguments among parents, school board members and the public over whether

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) � Hillsborough and Miami-Dade counties have become the third and fourth school districts in Florida to adopt stricter mask mandates, a day after school boards in Broward and Alachua counties faced threats of severe penalties for defying Gov. Ron DeSantis� administration, which says parents should decide whether their children wear masks.