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The book report is now a thing of the past. Take-home tests and essays are becoming obsolete.Student use of artificial intelligence has become so prevalent, high school and college educators say, that to assign writing outside of the classroom is like asking students to cheat.“The cheating is off the charts. It’s the worst I’ve seen in my entire career,” says Casey Cuny, who has taught English for 23 years. Educators are no longer wondering if students will outsource schoolwork to AI chatbots. “Anything you send home, you have to assume is being AI’ed.” The question now is how schools can…

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Volleyball, basketball, ping pong, dancing rehearsals or simple chats. Dozens of teens are rediscovering how to reconnect to the real world after a school in Santiago, Chile, implemented a pioneering program in the country that blocks cell phones signals.Now, instead of compulsively scrolling through their Instagram feeds or sharing choreographed TikTok dances, students spend time at the library, the café or along the several courts of Lo Barnechea Bicentenario school, located in the wealthy district of Lo Barnechea in northern Santiago.“Breaks are very lively now,” the school’s principal, Humberto Garrido, told The Associated Press. In order…

NEW YORK (AP) — In hardly any time at all, the footage of the horrifying moment when a bullet hit conservative activist Charlie Kirk in the neck cascaded across the internet.Whether seeing it inadvertently or seeking it out, onlookers far from the crowd at a Utah college could be exposed to disturbingly close and potentially bloody glimpses of his shooting and the resulting chaos. It’s the product of a digital-first world where the presence of smartphones and social media makes current events readily accessible and often, practically unavoidable.And, of course, among those seeing it were kids, teens and other young…

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Kors was feeling loose as he brought his love of nature to urban New York City, for a celebrity-heavy Spring/Summer 2026 show at New York Fashion Week Thursday. The iconic designer likes to make his guests comfortable in his clothes and at his shows, so he turned an empty warehouse space into a cozy room inspired by his beach house, lit by giant paper lanterns, with wood paneling and side tables filled with ceramic vases and succulent plants.The front row was buzzing as stars like Gwyneth Paltrow, Olivia Wilde, Leslie Bibb, Ariana DeBose and Suki…

It’s that time of year when many parents across the U.S. see their kids head off to college or leave home to start their working lives. For parents and guardians, experts say, the separation from their children can cause mixed feelings of loss, grief, loneliness, relief and freedom and can lead to unhealthy thoughts and behaviors.They’re the classic signs of what is known as “empty nest syndrome.”While not a clinical diagnosis, it can create intense long-term feelings that affect mental health, emotional well-being and relationships. Experts say acknowledging changing emotions, reconnecting with loved ones and finding new hobbies are all…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many Americans still want to thank the academy, at least a little.About half of U.S. adults say they’ve watched all or most of an awards show on TV or streaming in the past year, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, while just over half say they’ve watched clips from an awards show. About 6 in 10 say they’ve watched an awards show, clips or both in the last year.The results suggest that some vitality remains in the seemingly stodgy old tuxedo-and-gown world of the Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, Tonys…

GURUGRAM, India (AP) — Antima Kumari lifts one of her newborn nephews, positions him between his father’s bare chest and wraps a cloth around him to steady the tiny body. The baby quickly snuggles into his father’s skin.Kumari stepped in as a caregiver for the newborn twins when her sister Lilavati Devi felt physically weak after giving birth and was unable to take care of the babies on her own. Even though she had no experience handling babies, she was able to offer significant support to her sister after learning newborn baby care through a training program.She uses the so-called…

LONDON (AP) — The summer holidays are over, and all those great times you had on vacation have been memorialized in hundreds of smartphone photos. Now what?Some highlights — the prettiest sunset, the best group shots — have been posted on Instagram or shared in the family chat group. But many more will likely languish in your camera roll.Because smartphones come with increasingly large amounts of file storage, it’s too easy to take photos just because we can. But it’s also real work to go through them all later, so it’s too easy to forget about them.Here are some quick…

NEW YORK (AP) — Arriving at Ralph Lauren’s latest runway show on Wednesday, Oprah Winfrey reminisced about a big purchase she made long ago, once she started earning enough money to pay rent and have some left over.“My first big splurge was Ralph Lauren towels,” Winfrey said. She added she’d even showed them off to Barbara Walters when the newswoman came to her house. “I said, ‘Do you want to see my Ralph Lauren towels?’“Growing up for me, he was the standard,” Winfrey added, “not just for dressing, but for home life and for what it meant to be surrounded…

Larry Ellison also owns a sprawling real estate empire, nearly half of media giant Paramount and a sizable stake in Tesla.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Oracle cofounder and chief technology officer Larry Ellison just got nearly $100 billion richer in a single day. It’s the biggest single-day gain ever, and it’s all thanks to Ellison’s 41% stake in Oracle. He was worth $293 billion at yesterday’s market close; as of noon on Wednesday, Ellison is worth $400.9 billion—making him the second-ever person to cross the $400 billion mark. (Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, did so in December and is now worth…