For most districts, the ESSER era is over. By the 2026–2027 school year, nearly every district will be operating without ESSER support. That means elementary leaders will need to decide what happens to the positions, programs, and software the funding temporarily made possible.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit on March 11, 2026 in Washington, DC.

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OpenAI said the rogue models that breached Hugging Face's internal systems also used publicly exposed credentials across "four accounts on four services" to help facilitate the attack, further clarifying how the "unprecedented cyber incident" unfolded.   

Liverpool continued their winning start to life under Andoni Iraola by beating Wrexham 1-0 in their second pre-season contest ahead of the 2026/27 campaign.

The Reds had already beaten Sunderland in Nashville before making the trip to Yankee Stadium in New York to face a stern test, with their opposition having already bested both Manchester United and Leeds in recent weeks.

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In case you’re just joining us, here’s a quick recap of the latest. It’s 9.30am in Tehran and 2am in Washington DC.

• The US military said it completed a “heavy wave of strikes” against Iran on Thursday in retaliation for Tehran targeting American bases in Jordan, as intensified fighting fueled the risk of a return to all-out war in the region.

Ongoing investment in nuclear submarines will "protect Britain for decades to come" but also support 47,000 jobs and apprenticeships, Andy Burnham has said

Speaking ahead of a visit to Barrow-in-Furness, where four new Dreadnought-class submarines are being built, the prime minister said: "Security is not only about what we build, it is about who builds it, and who benefits from it."

ByBen Collins

BBC Sport Journalist

Seydou Traore has been waiting four hours for the phone call that will change his life. When it comes, he is the picture of calm. Next to him, his mum Zaia is anything but.

Gaza City, Gaza Strip – On the dialysis floor of Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital, the same scene repeats itself every day. Machines run without stopping. Patients sit in closely arranged rows. Medical tubes connect bodies to life for limited hours.

The number of people who have died after a powerful earthquake hit southwestern Japan has risen to 30, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Thursday.

Rescuers are still working to find survivors after the magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit Kumamoto prefecture on Kyushu island on Tuesday, causing widespread damage to houses and power lines.

A member of a group of young conservative Liberal power brokers being investigated for allegedly soliciting illegal donations has compared their factional work to Mel Gibson’s Braveheart – and said they “didn’t think the law applied to us” when it came to political funding.