MODESTO, Calif. (AP) – Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a “pre-celebration” to boost their confidence, then take their exam.
DAKAR (Reuters) – In simultaneous attacks launched in late April, an alliance of al Qaeda-linked militants and separatist rebels killed Mali’s defense minister, hit the capital’s airport and drove Russian soldiers out of a desert town over a thousand kilometers away.