Texas Board Votes to Approve Controversial Curriculum (Newser Morning 8)

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November 20, 2024     "We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them." —Khalil Gibran   1 Walmart CFO: We'll Likely Hike Prices if Trump Brings in Tariffs Walmart had a better-than-expected third quarter, but consumers might not reap the benefits of that for long if President-elect Trump's threatened tariffs on imports come to pass. Keep reading   2 Texas Board Votes to Approve Controversial Curriculum A new Texas public school curriculum criticized for focusing too much on Christianity passed a preliminary Texas State Board of Education vote on Tuesday. Keep reading   From our sponsors What a New HVAC System Should Cost You in City Do this to save on heating & cooling this November KEEP READING   At a Glance Activist Melike Futtu participates in a demonstration for climate finance at the COP29 UN Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)   3 Gisele Pelicot Testifies: 'People Will Remember' Me "Today I am known around the world, whether I like it or not." Keep reading   4 Alex Jones Sues to Block Onion 's Purchase of Infowars Alex Jones is asking a court to block the Onion's purchase of Infowars, the right-wing conspiracy site Jones was forced to auction off as part of his bankruptcy proceedings related to the $1.5 billion he owes Sandy Hook families who sued him for defamation over long-running insistence that the elementary school mass shooting was a hoax. Keep reading   5 Tennis Icon Plays Final Match of His Career Rafael Nadal bit his lower lip and his reddened eyes welled with tears as he stood alongside his Davis Cup teammates for Spain's national anthem Tuesday before what he—and everyone—knew might be the last match of his career. Keep reading   6 West Coast's 'Bomb Cyclone' Has Arrived What was expected to be one of the strongest storms in the northwest US in decades arrived Tuesday evening, knocking out power and downing trees across the region, the AP reports. Keep reading     7 Trump's Education Secretary Pick: 'Billionaire Pro Wrestling Mogul' President-elect Trump's latest Cabinet announcement: Linda McMahon for secretary of education. Keep reading   8 Netanyahu Offers $5M to Anyone Who Frees a Hostage Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday offered $5 million to anyone who returns an Israeli hostage taken by Hamas, and promised to also grant the person safe passage out of Gaza, the New York Times reports. Keep reading   Today From Newser.AI Authorities Seize $8.5M in Etruscan Artifacts From Illegal Dig See more stories from our human + machine experiment here.   This Day in History On Nov. 20, 1982, the University of California, Berkeley, football team defeated Stanford University by scoring a touchdown on a lateral-filled kickoff return on the last play of the game, despite the Stanford marching band entering the field of play, thinking Stanford had already won. In college football lore, the bizarre finish is often referred to simply as "the Play." Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2021: St. Jude's Has Billions, and ProPublica Isn't Sure It Should   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved