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Aug 27 2023
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Ultimate Common App Guide Part 4 - Activities & Writing Sections
The Common App is the primary way that students apply to more than 1,000 colleges and universities in the US. In 2023, it processed close to 7 million applications from 1.25 million students around the globe. But students and parents often struggle while filling out the Common App, as their answer for each question can have a major impact on their chances of admission at their dream school. In
Forbes
Aug 27 2023
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Ultimate Common App Guide Part 3 - Education & Testing Sections
The Common App is the main platform utilized by nearly 1,000 US colleges and universities for college applications. In 2023, close to 7 million applications were submitted through the Common App from 1.25 million students around the globe. Each fall, students and parents wrestle with filling out the Common App, agonizing over the perfect response for each question. In this series of articles,
Forbes
Aug 27 2023
News
Ultimate Common App Guide Part 2 - Profile And Family Sections
The Common App is the primary college application platform utilized by nearly 1,000 US colleges and universities, along with about 70 institutions abroad. In 2023, it oversaw more than 7 million college applications from 1.25 million students around the globe. Its rising popularity has solidified the Common App as a core part of nearly every college applicant’s journey. Through this series of
Forbes
Sep 11 2023
News
NYC Firefighter to Newsmax: George W. Bush 'Powerful' at Ground Zero
Former New York City firefighter Bob Beckwith, during a Monday appearance on Newsmax, remembered standing next to then-President George W. Bush at ground zero three days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Beckwith, now 89, appeared on "National Report" 22 years after that infamous day. He recalled Bush holding a bullhorn to address workers while putting his left arm around the then-retired
Newsmax (News)
Sep 05 2023
News
United Airlines Flights Grounded At LAX Due To Computer Issue
At about 10:30 Tuesday morning, the airline announced that all scheduled departing flights were to be held at their departure airports until the issue was resolved. Flights that were already in the air were allowed to continue to fly toward their destinations as planned. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the airline requested late Tuesday morning that the FAA halt all of its
Patch.com
Aug 23 2023
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Wisconsin again ground zero in presidential race
The next presidential election is more than a year away. But the campaign season officially kicks off tonight with the first Republican presidential debate. It seems only fitting it be held in Wisconsin. Both Republicans and Democrats want to win Wisconsin badly. Wisconsin was one of the “bluewall” states that Donald Trump won in 2016, only to vote Democrat four years later. This is expected
WIZM
Sep 12 2023
Fact Check
Biden Says He Stood at Ground Zero the Day After 9/11
In a commemorative speech on Sept. 11, 2023, the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in which thousands of people died, U.S. President Joe Biden said he remembered standing at ground zero in New York City the next day and looking at the rubble of the fallen World Trade Center:
"I join you on this solemn day to renew our sacred vow: never forget; never forget; we never forget
Snopes
Sep 11 2023
News
Biden marks 9/11 anniversary in Alaska, Harris visits ground zero
President Joe Biden marked the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in Alaska on Monday afternoon.
"I join you on this solemn day to renew our sacred vow: never forget," Biden said as he spoke to service members, first responders and their families at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage. "Each of those precious lives stolen too soon when evil attacked
ABC News (Online)
Sep 23 2023
News
Embattled Sen. Bob Menendez spent years helping developer and imam behind controversial Ground Zero mosque
Sen. Robert Menendez spent years helping the Egyptian-American imam behind the controversial Ground Zero mosque — a plan the embattled Democrat later championed. Menendez, 69, was indicted on federal bribery charges Friday, along with his wife, for schemes that allegedly benefited the government of Egypt and three New Jersey businessmen. Starting in 1989, when the senator was the mayor of
New York Post (News)
Sep 01 2023
News
An anti-porn law in Texas was halted on First Amendment grounds
A federal judge in Texas halted a state law that requires internet users to verify their age through government identification in order to access online porn. Judge David Ezra issued an injunction (pdf), finding that the law likely ran afoul of the First Amendment, threatening the free speech protections of adult performers and forcing legal adults to identify themselves online in order to
Quartz