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Japanese former kickboxer Masato, one of the country's best-known combat sports figures, is a top search trend in Japan. The retired K-1 Max champion remains a prominent public personality through media appearances and his gym, Masato Bootcamp. No specific new event has been confirmed, but interest in him has spiked sharply, drawing more than a thousand engagements around the topic.

A new survey of K-12 educators finds many teachers and school librarians are self-censoring, avoiding or dropping certain books from lessons and collections to steer clear of controversy over reading materials. The findings come amid ongoing public disputes in the United States over book bans, curriculum content and what students should be allowed to read in schools.

A U.S. District Court has dismissed a lawsuit concerning transgender athletes in California's K-12 public schools, according to the law firm Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo. The dismissal comes amid ongoing national debate over the participation of transgender students in school sports, with courts across the country weighing competing claims over fairness, Title IX, and state policies protecting transgender athletes.

Colorado's Proposition NN would redirect TABOR tax refunds toward K-12 public education funding. Instead of returning surplus revenue to taxpayers, the measure would channel that money to schools. The proposal is drawing attention as voters weigh whether relieving districts from budget pressure is worth giving up their refund checks under the state's tax limit.

The US Supreme Court has added two K-12 education cases to its docket, a development reported by education news outlet EdSource. The update signals that the justices will weigh in on disputes affecting elementary and secondary schools, with rulings potentially shaping policy for school districts, students and educators nationwide.

The Russian House in Dhaka held an event marking the 69th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik-1, the Soviet Union's first artificial satellite, which orbited Earth in 1957 and opened the space age. The commemoration highlighted the historic milestone of space exploration and Russia's scientific legacy for audiences in Bangladesh.

A new feature in Nautilus examines whether calorie-restricted diets genuinely deliver the health and longevity benefits long attributed to them, weighing the scientific evidence behind the practice. The piece feeds into an ongoing debate among researchers and the public about whether simply eating less is a reliable route to better health.

A new 'Eye on Education' feature examines how the public evaluates K-12 schools, exploring the gap between popular perceptions of school quality and the realities inside classrooms. The piece looks at how families, voters and policymakers form judgments about schools, and where those judgments may mislead. Education observers say public opinion often shapes school policy even when it diverges from measured outcomes.

The Wall Street Journal published its latest Energy & Utilities Roundup, a Market Talk feature collecting the day's notable developments and commentary across the energy and utilities sectors. Such roundups typically touch on oil and gas prices, power companies, and regulatory news, and are followed closely by investors tracking market-moving headlines.

Colorado cannot withdraw from a federal program that some critics argue will effectively create K-12 school vouchers in the state, according to The Colorado Sun. The dispute centers on whether participation locks the state into policies that divert public education funding toward private school tuition, reigniting Colorado's long-running debate over school choice and public school financing.