The 1975 is being sued after Matty Healy's kiss of a bandmate on stage shut down a music festival last year in Malaysia.

Florida Standards Assessment scores for students were released last week and they show mixed results for area schools.

Governor DeSantis signed a bill eliminating the annual student assessments – in favor of a “progress monitoring” system.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed a bill that is ending the Florida Standards Assessments and replacing the standardized exams with a “progress monitoring system” that would test students three times a year.

DeSantis and Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran sat down with educators in Niceville to talk about how his plan to ditch the FSA in favor of “progress monitoring” will affect them moving forward.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans Tuesday to get rid of the Florida Standards Assessments testing, or FSA. Those are the tests given in public schools at the end of each year.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans Tuesday to end the Florida Standards Assessments, also known as FSA, testing for students across the state, a move applauded by the state's largest teachers union.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Florida Statewide Assessments tests are beginning for students in just a couple of weeks. Despite COVID-19 changing the face of schooling for many students and their families, the Florida Department of Education has determined FSA testing must be held in-person this year. Ginny Sekula is the director of Sylvan Learning in North Jacksonville and understands some parents and students may be nervous. “The best advice I can give to parents is to relax and help your child relax about this test,” Sekula said. If your student doesn’t score well on their FSA test, it could impact their promotion to the next grade.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – For Duval County parents who have kept their students in virtual learning this school year, the upcoming Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) exams are causing concern as the district is not offering a virtual option. “The Florida Department of Education is requiring all students in grades six to 12 to take their Florida Standards Assessment, FSA, in state and the course exams, at a school location,” said a voicemail message sent to Duval County families whose students are enrolled in Duval Homeroom. “It just seems like, sometimes, our opinions are undervalued,” Sullivan said of parents of virtual learning students. While students were allowed to take this school year’s previous PMAs virtually, the message to parents was unclear as to whether the next one would offer that option. Meanwhile, in Tallahassee, some lawmakers have filed legislation to soften the financial impact that the state assessments could have on schools.

Activists tell The New York Times that newly released video appears to show two men who were both killed by a faction allied with the Turkish-backed FSA militia in northern Syria. (CNN) - US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces say a prominent politician, her driver, members of Kurdish security forces and several civilians were killed by Turkish-backed militants in Syria on Saturday, after videos circulating online appeared to show the killings. The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army or FSA (also called the Syrian National Army), have denied those claims. The Turkish-backed FSA denies that it was involved, saying none of their forces or factions have reached the M4 highway where the killings happened. "Asayish Kurdish security forces members were killed before Hevrin Khalaf arrived to the checkpoint," said the SDF Press Commander.