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It’s back to school time. Students and teachers are already in Utah classrooms and excitement is in the air. However, anxiety is also in the air. Some call it a crisis in the classroom. COVID-19 exacerbated the perennial problems of long hours, low pay and increased teacher workload. Together, these have taken their toll on educators, causing a serious shortage of teachers at the national levelincluded Utah, where administrators are scrambling to fill classrooms as the first day approaches. There is also a shortage of full-time and part-time support staff, including bus drivers, food service workers and substitute teachers. As…

Rafael Nadal’s first match since pulling out of the Wimbledon semifinals through injury ended with a loss to Croatia’s Borna Coric at the Cincinnati Open. The 36-year-old Spaniard lost 7-6 (9-7) 4-6, 6-3 to the world number 152. Nadal has been recovering from an abdominal muscle injury for six weeks and the loss in the round of 16 match is a blow to his preparations for the US Open. The final Grand Slam event of the year begins on August 29. “In terms of New York, it’s a Grand Slam, a different kind of tournament,” said Nadal, who has won…

Kemp’s attorney, Brian McEvoy, said it was Willis’ team that caused months of delays and that it was now too close to the 2022 election, when Kemp is seeking a second term, to hold an interview . Willis called that suggestion “ridiculous.” “This is NOT a politically motivated investigation. It is a criminal investigation and often at the end of criminal investigations people are fired and often go to jail,” Willis wrote in a July 20 email to McEvoy including in the archive. “You repeatedly refer to this as a politically motivated investigation, it doesn’t.” Two weeks later, on August…

ROCHESTER, Pa. – At least four people, including firefighters, are injured as crews continue to battle a massive wildfire in Beaver County. Two buildings are on fire and one has partially collapsed in the 100 block of Brighton Avenue in Rochester. >>>PHOTOS: Crews battling a massive fire at several buildings in Rochester A man lived on the second floor of the building and police said he and his two dogs were rescued. That man was taken to a hospital with chest pains and his dogs were taken to the Humane Society. Three firefighters with shoulder and leg injuries have also…

Yes, I’m Taiwanese American, but I’m sorry to inform you that I won’t take sides on whether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was right to visit Taiwan last week. My entire extended family lives there and I have many more knowledgeable relatives to answer to. Relatives who, when I proudly display the Mandarin I’ve polished as a reporter in the San Gabriel Valley, pat me on the head like I’m a particularly intelligent talking dog. Relatives who take me to all the delicious places to eat, who might stop if they didn’t like my thoughts on strait politics. So the strongest…