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Georgia school board votes to fire teacher who read book on gender identity to fifth-graders

A suburban Atlanta school board has voted to terminate the contract of a teacher who read a book about gender identity to gifted fifth-graders – the latest salvo in a nationwide clash over how issues like gender and race are discussed in public school classrooms.

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Cobb County teacher: Tribunal says Georgia teacher who read book on gender identity to her fifth grade class should not be fired

A three-person tribunal has recommended against the firing of a Georgia teacher who is at risk of being terminated after reading a book about gender identity to her fifth grade class, according to the teacher’s attorney.

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Michael Oher: 'The Blind Side' star's long effort to correct the record

The allegation that he was misled into signing a conservatorship is part of the retired NFL lineman’s push over the years to reclaim his story and correct the record on his life.

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An author says AI is 'writing' unauthorized books being sold under her name on Amazon

An author is raising alarms this week after she found new books being sold on Amazon under her name only she didn’t write them; they appear to have been generated by artificial intelligence.

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Yilin Wang: British Museum agrees to pay translator whose work it used without permission

A translator whose work was used by the British Museum without her permission reached a settlement with the institution following two months of negotiations and online campaigning including from fans of K-pop group BTS.

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Paramount to sell Simon & Schuster to KKR for $1.6 billion in cash

Paramount has agreed to sell Simon & Schuster to private equity firm KKR for $1.6 billion in cash, after more than three years of trying to offload the book publishing powerhouse.

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Arkansas law criminalizing libraries and bookstores for providing 'harmful' books to minors blocked by judge

A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked portions of an Arkansas law that would have made it a crime for librarians and bookstores to provide minors with materials deemed “harmful” to them.

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How investigative journalists and a Netflix film kept the focus on the Gilgo Beach victims over a decade

Amid the search for Shannan Gilbert, who went missing in May 2010, police on Long Island’s South Shore discovered the bodies of four other women wrapped in camouflaged burlap just off Ocean Parkway in Gilgo Beach in December 2010.

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Thousands of authors demand payment from AI companies for use of copyrighted works

Washington (CNN) — Thousands of published authors are requesting payment from tech companies for the use of their copyrighted works in training artificial intelligence tools, marking the latest intellectual property

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