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The piano teacher: Payam Khastkhodaei

When Payam Khastkhodaei began teaching piano to a family friend’s daughter in his Bothell home at 16, he relied on the same method he had been taught as a kid—classical songbooks, rigid practice, and ...
My first year in the U.S. Senate gave me a crash course on how Washington works. It isn’t pretty. I arrived last year worried about the amount of money Congress spends. Our country was more than $35 ...
A popular California program designed to help people buy their first home is making a comeback. California's Dream For All program is reopening applications next month, offering down payment ...
DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Non-profit The Emily Program opened the nation's first residential inpatient center of excellence in Durham dedicated to treating eating disorders. The Avoidant Restrictive Food ...
One year into Donald Trump’s second reign, it is easy enough to argue that, in a short while, there won’t be much of an American republic anymore. Not long before he died in 2012, Gore Vidal predicted ...
The United Nations rarely moves fast on disarmament. This year, though, it did something unusual. On November 6, the General Assembly’s First Committee, where states debate over questions of ...
Some students in Ana Belen Abadias’ and Kimberly Ramacho’s second-grade classes at North Elementary School never experienced being in a swimming pool or Lake Michigan, but they got their chance as ...
EXCLUSIVE: PowerPoints from lectures in an introductory education course at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are riddled with far-left lessons teaching future educators to view their ...
In case you missed it, global film superstar Tom Cruise won his first Oscar—almost three weeks ago. The Oscar wasn’t for a single performance. Rather, it was a lifetime achievement award given by the ...
Software firm Horizon Quantum claimed it is the first private company to deploy a commercial quantum computer in Singapore. The deployment also makes it the first quantum software company to deploy ...
First Lady Melania Trump successfully organized a new Executive Order entitled, “Fostering the Future for American Children and Families.” Under Mrs. Trump’s leadership, this unprecedented ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A new pilot program could help Kansas City police, fire, and EMS workers save on child care expenses. The Tri-Share Childcare Pilot Program for first responders is expected ...