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State guidelines for when Massachusetts schools will reopen: masks, classroom meals, no temperature controls

However, the guidelines leave perhaps the biggest question unanswered: the exact date students will return to classroom instruction. State Commissioner of Education Jeffrey Riley, in an open letter preceding the guidelines, tells school leaders that they will need to prepare three possible instructional approaches for this fall: a large-scale return …

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Trump administration says Huawei and Hikvision are backed by the Chinese military

Flags with the Huawei logo. FRED DUFOUR | AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration has determined that major Chinese companies, including telecommunications equipment giant Huawei Technologies and video surveillance company Hikvision, are owned or controlled by the Chinese military, laying the groundwork for new U.S. financial sanctions. Washington placed …

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