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Jul 04 2023
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5 Dead in Philadelphia Mass Shooting by Suspect Using "AR-15 Type Rifle."
If I had my preference, I would spend my life writing happy stories about frolicking kittens and clean air. When I was a child, I was told all things could be possible. I was told the future held great promise, and that it would be up to us to lead America through the 21st century. What I did not know is that my teacher was living in a bubble, and did not understand the course 1980 set us upon
Daily KosAug 01 2023
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Janet Protasiewicz will be sworn in today as Supreme Court justice, signaling an ideological shift
MADISON — The ideological majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will shift this afternoon when liberal Justice-elect Janet Protasiewicz is sworn in at the state Capitol to a 10-year term. The Milwaukee County judge will replace conservative former Chief Justice Patience Roggensack, who retired after two decades on the state's high court. A number of issues, from union rights to redistricting
Milwaukee Journal SentinelJul 31 2023
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Russia Says Ukrainian Drone Hit Moscow Tower Again in New Attack
Saudi Arabia will seek to boost efforts by Ukraine and its allies to win support from the so-called global south by hosting talks in Jeddah next weekend. The Saudi government has invited national security and diplomatic advisers from Ukraine, several of Kyiv’s key allies and others in the Group of 20 such as India, Brazil and China, according to a person familiar with the matter. More than two
BloombergAug 03 2023
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Drag Performers Sue Over Texas Law Banning Sexually Explicit Performances In Public
LGBTQ+ rights advocates and drag queens alongside the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Wednesday to block a Texas law preventing drag performers from engaging in sexually explicit displays in public. The lawsuit alleges that the law blocks Texans’ ability to free speech, threatens the lives of drag queens and could potentially outlaw cheerleading in public. Conservatives
The Daily CallerJul 31 2023
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‘It was shocking’: 58-year Kansas City employee retiring as Yellow trucking shuts down
Marion “Mac” McWilliams gathered with fellow trucking employees for his retirement party Monday after 58 years at Yellow Corp., once one of the nation’s largest freight companies with a rich history in Kansas City. The event, though, was solemn: McWilliams, 82, was among 30,000 Yellow employees to lose their jobs in recent days as the company ceased regular operations and prepared to file for
The Kansas City StarApr 27 2023
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North Dakota Passes Yet Another Anti-Trans Bill
A bill passed by North Dakota’s Senate Thursday took aim at transgender students and public workers in the state—allowing employees of government entities, including teachers, to ignore the preferred pronouns of their transgender colleagues and pupils. It would also further restrict transgender students from using their bathroom of choice and require teachers to out students to their parents
Daily BeastMar 10 2023
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9th Grade Girl Sues SC High School Over Pledge Of Allegiance Confrontation
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The parents of a ninth grade South Carolina student who said she was accosted by a teacher for walking to class instead of stopping and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance are suing the teacher, principal, school district and state education officials. Marissa Barnwell said she was walking quietly to class and decided not to stop for the pledge or a moment of silence that
HuffPostApr 27 2023
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Alabama Governor Defends Dismissal of Cabinet Member
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey defended her decision announced last week to remove Secretary of the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education Barbara Cooper over the use of the training guide, saying that she thought teachers need to “focus on basics.” “The teacher resource book that I looked at had all those references to different kind of lifestyles and equity and this and that and the other,"
U.S. News & World ReportJul 31 2023
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Lawsuit seeks to block first religious charter school in the US
Nine state residents and the Oklahoma Parent Legislative Action Committee filed a lawsuit on Monday to stop the nation’s first openly religious charter school from operating. Oklahoma’s Statewide Virtual Charter School Board had voted 3-2 last month to approve the application of the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School. The plaintiffs, represented by organizations including Americans
The HillJul 31 2023
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Scutari Named Acting NJ Governor, As Lt. Gov. Oliver Is Hospitalized
TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey Senate President has stepped in as chief of state Monday, as Gov. Phil Murphy is on a vacation and Lt. Gov Sheila Oliver is undergoing medical care. Democrat Nicholas Scutari of Union County will assume the duties of Acting Governor, while Oliver is receiving undisclosed medical care at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, said Communications Director Mahen Gunaratna
Patch.com