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Threats of weapons at schools in Lowell and Littleton, reported less than 24 hours apart, were both determined to be unfounded, according to authorities.

A policy designed to increase engagement and reduce distractions in the classroom is receiving pushback from some Lowell High School students.

LOWELL — A 4-3 vote of the School Committee Wednesday night removed the interim from Liam Skinner’s job title to name him the district’s next superintendent of schools.

LOWELL — Ever since he posted the “Coalition Against Tyranny” petition Jan. 11, almost 1,300 people have signed Kendrick Del Orbe’s Change.org petition urging Lowell Public Schools to reconsider its cellphone lockbox policy, which is scheduled to be implemented Jan. 24.

Gadiel del Orbe takes the stage Thursday, Jan. 11, in Chandler. He’s a stand-up comedian from New York whose comedy is rooted in his Dominican culture. But, del Orbe didn’t come up through the traditional stand-up route — it was in a much more modern way: through viral videos. The Navy veteran found fame making videos for Buzzfeed, and told The Show he feels like it's his

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Four artists and creatives join In The Know's third annual event spotlighting Latinx and Hispanic communities. The post Meet the Latinx and Hispanic Changemakers panelists appeared first on In The Know.

A policy known as Title 42 that allowed rapid expulsions of migrants was set to lift at midnight. Border cities were already seeing a spike in migration.

Migrants streamed across the US-Mexico border and others gathered in makeshift camps as America’s pandemic-era Title 42 restrictions came to an end Thursday, a milestone that officials worried could trigger a major new wave of migration that strains border facilities and cities across the country.

Scuffles have broken out in the Mexican city of Tapachula between authorities and some of the tens of thousands of migrants who have been stranded there.