Honolulu Civil Beat · Local
Hawaiʻi school superintendent Keith Hayashi received top marks from the state education board and a 7% raise during his annual evaluation on Thursday, bringing his pay to more than $315,000. The salary bump makes Hayashi one of Hawaiʻi’s 50 highest-paid state officials, according to Civil Beat’s salary database. He now earns nearly $100,000 more than Gov. Josh Green. Under his current contract, he qualifies for a 5% to 8% raise every year. Board members have previously argued that compensation for the superintendent and other top school leaders haven’t kept pace with their mainland counterparts, possibly making it harder to attract and retain talent. On average, pay for top leaders in the education department is 20% below the national market midpoint, according to a board memo last year. Going into Thursday’s meeting, Hayashi’s salary was $294,674 after the board approved his four-year contract and a $45,000 raise last fall.
New Hampshire Bulletin · Franklin, NH
The foundation for a child’s lifetime of learning is built from birth to age 5. By the time they reach kindergarten, there are certain expectations about the skills they should possess. But what happens when they come in not knowing what they are supposed to know? Early education and kindergarten teachers say the gaps among students entering kindergarten are often wide and can be wider if it is a child’s first time in a classroom setting. They say while everyone starts at a different point, it is becoming harder to get them all across the finish line at the same time. Day one looks different for every student Caitlyn Greene is a kindergarten teacher in Franklin and has spent all of her teaching career in the city. She understands the array of circumstances from which students arrive in her classroom. The rural city has a high percentage of students from low-income backgrounds, and the school also operates under a tax cap, which limits the available resources.
NYT > New York · Local
Boss Tweed used New York as a personal piggy bank. The Times brought him down, ushering in a new era of muckraking journalism.
Martinsville Bulletin · Stuart, VA
The Patrick County Board of Supervisors will review a landowners agreement involving the Virginia Department of Forestry and the Town of Stuart related to the Mayo River at its upcoming meeting, though details and terms of the agreement remain undisclosed…
Grand Island Independent · Lincoln, NE
Thousands of Nebraska authors have a home in Lincoln's Heritage Room. Soon, their works will have a new address — and a more prominent place in the library.
Skardu Times · Local
Maritime Minister Junaid Anwar Chaudhry met group chairman Mian Muhammad Mansha; the ministry statement gave no investment figure, port location or timeline.
Skardu Times · Local
The Pakistan Polio Eradication Initiative will use the money to buy more than 28 million doses for campaigns in 2027.
Al-Monitor · Local
VIENNA, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The UN nuclear watchdog is "increasingly concerned" about a uranium-enrichment plant at Isfahan that Iran declared to it last year but has still not let the watchdog inspect, it said in a confidential report on Iran on Friday seen by Reuters. Iran has not let International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors return to any of its nuclear facilities bombed by Israel and the United States in a 12-day campaign in June last year that destroyed or badly damaged Iran's other uranium enrichment plants, the heart of its nuclear programme.
Al-Monitor · Local
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas CAIRO/GAZA, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The excruciating burns run around the side of Masa Yassin's tiny face, behind her ear, over her scalp and down her neck. Since her family's tent burst into flames when a nearby cooking gas tank exploded in July, part of the 6-year-old girl's treatment has been a clear plastic 3D-printed mask, which helps manage swelling and control the scars on her face.
Statesville Record & Landmark · Local
A North Carolina grand jury has returned felony indictments against former state Rep. Jason Saine and the director of a nonprofit he helped found that took him and other lawmakers on bourbon trips in 2022 and 2024, District Attorney Lorrin…
Grand Island Independent · Local
Kirk Cousins returned to his comfort zone with no time to exhale as he hits the ground with the Minnesota Vikings in the midst of a tight NFC North race with the Packers up next on Sunday.
Grand Island Independent · Local
As we enter the semi-final round of high school football in the state, 28 teams are still alive. That's 28 dreams that are feeling more real than ever. 28 fanbases bundling up in the cold and dark, and 28 sets…
Grand Island Independent · Local
The Adams Central football team is one game away from doing something no Patriot team has done since 2020.
Grand Island Independent · Local
LONDON — OPEC+ crude oil production jumped in October, led by a sharp increase in output from Saudi Arabia despite continued disruption to shipments through the Strait of Hormuz caused by the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
Grand Island Independent · Local
NEW YORK — Stocks closed lower Thursday as a drop in Nvidia shares after CEO Jensen Huang's exit outweighed gains in energy shares.
Grand Island Independent · Local
Nebraska's farmers and ranchers are no strangers to adversity. Unpredictable weather, high input costs, and low yields have made it increasingly difficult to make a living in agriculture. The last thing our producers need is more uncertainty in the market.
Grand Island Independent · Local
Omaha police officers arrested a 24-year-old man Wednesday morning after the man allegedly fired gunshots at his ex-girlfriend and then tried to flee from law enforcement officers along Interstate 80 by driving over 100 mph.
Grand Island Independent · Local
As part of a new venture called Project Stars & Stripes, Spectrum will provide a free American flag to anyone who needs one.
nytimes.com · Local
Some voters want alternatives to a matchup between the far right and far left in the 2027 presidential election. Teddy Riner, the judo champion, is in, while Christine Lagarde is less likely.
NYT > Business · Business
The outage, which affects software used by hundreds of millions of users, has caused headaches around the world. The company said its efforts to repair the problem were “not taking as expected.”
nytimes.com · Local
The sudden collapse of a Brooklyn building turned a busy neighborhood into a disaster zone and left families devastated.
The Lafayette · Local
Driven by a public pledge to cultivate inclusivity on campus, Lafayette College unified its diversity, equity and inclusion departments under a newly established Division of Inclusion in 2024. Two years later, the college moved most of those offices out of the division, reducing its once 10-member staff to four employees. Previously centralized under the Division of Inclusion, the offices of Religious and Spiritual Life; Institutional Equity and Title IX; Gender and Sexuality Programs and International Students Advising were reassigned to other divisions. The reorganization occurred ahead of the fall semester’s start, according to an email sent Aug. 21 by college President Nicole Hurd to Lafayette faculty and staff. The college did not notify students about the changes. “I saw a chance to not only have a Division of Inclusion, but to resource other offices and leaders on this campus to do inclusion work,” she said.
The Lafayette · Local
Northampton County’s Gracedale Nursing Home, a longtime volunteer partner for Lafayette College programs, received a downgraded license for the third time in the past year after multiple incidents of alleged patient neglect. The downgrading followed two inspections on Sept. 10 and Sept. 24 in which one resident choked on food as a result of alleged neglect and another resident’s foot was injured after staff failed to follow proper protocol, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health reports. The announcement arrived less than two months after a grand jury report detailing an alleged attempted exorcism in June 2025 attracted public scrutiny. Pennsylvania nursing homes can be given provisional licenses ranging from Provisional I to IV — with Provisional IV being the lowest — if the state’s Department of Health’s inspections reveal violations of safety standards, including patient neglect, insufficient care and structural problems with the building.
The Lafayette · Local
The football team got back in the win column with a 19-14 come-from-behind victory over the College of William & Mary on the road last Saturday. Facing off against the Tribe (1-6 Patriot League, 3-7 overall) for the first time as Patriot League opponents, the Leopards (3-3 Patriot League, 4-5 overall) pitched their fourth second-half shutout of 2026 to improve to .500 in conference play. “It’s really just coming together as a team,” sophomore defensive lineman Daniel Adefolarin said. “Being on the same page, having the discipline, trusting our coaches to call the right plays for us.” Each team traded punts to open the game before William & Mary uncorked a pass up the seam and hit an open receiver, who broke a Leopard tackle on the 68-yard touchdown to take an early 7-0 lead. After another pair of punts, a pass interference call took the Maroon and White into William & Mary territory.