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Jan 25 2024
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Graduation rate drops in Salem-Keizer Public Schools, holds steady statewide, report says
Oregon’s high schoolers graduated at the same rate in 2023 as they did the previous year, the Oregon Department of Education announced Thursday. Statewide, 81.3% of high schoolers graduated in four years. The rate remains the state’s second highest, after the class of 2020, which had a graduation rate of 82.6%. “This class of 2023, which entered school in the fall of 2019, were in ninth grade
Statesman Journal
Jun 16 2020
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The FBI And Department Of Justice Are Reviewing The Investigations Into Two Black Men Who Died By Hanging
The FBI and the Department of Justice are reviewing the investigations into the deaths of two Black men who were found hanging from trees 10 days apart and about 50 miles from each other in California.
Robert Fuller, 24, was found dead in Palmdale on June 10, while Malcolm Harsch, 38, died on May 31 in Victorville.
The FBI and the DOJ's Civil Rights Division announced Monday that
BuzzFeed News
Jan 24 2024
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Burglar steals safe with child's ashes inside, Barrington police say
BARRINGTON, R.I. (WLNE) — The Barrington Police Department announced Wednesday that its searching for a stolen safe with the ashes of the victim’s deceased child inside. Police said they responded to a report of breaking and entering at a home in the area of Nayatt Road Wednesday. According to officials, a black safe containing several items, including the ashes of the family’s deceased child
ABC 6
Jan 18 2024
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Pearl police chief resigns
The city of Pearl is without a police chief. According to the city spokesperson, Dean Scott submitted his resignation effective Jan. 18. No further information was released because this is a personnel matter. Scott has been leading the Pearl Police Department since March 2018. He was the department's assistant chief prior to being voted chief. The city of Pearl is without a police chief.
ABC 16 WAPT
Jan 24 2024
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Judge Bars EPA From Enforcing Civil Rights Mandates in Louisiana to Defund State Agencies
The EPA was citing a section of the Civil Rights Act in an effort to ensure that minority communities were not disproportionately exposed to pollution. A Louisiana federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction barring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) from defunding state agencies over allegations of discrimination and civil rights violations.
The Epoch Times
Jan 25 2024
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Police release surveillance footage of suspected Ala Moana chemical attacker
Honolulu police today released surveillance video and photos of the man they suspect threw a chemical liquid on a 25-year-old woman near Ala Moana Center, critically injuring her. Investigators say anyone who recognizes the man or has any information about the attack should call police. At about 9:15 Tuesday night, the woman was walking near the Planet Fitness, next to the Target department
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Jan 19 2024
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The Biden administration has found a way to keep forgiving student loans
The Biden Administration is set to enact another suite of student loan forgiveness, aimed at borrowers who have consistently made loan payments and currently have balances below $12,000. Last week, Education Department Secretary Miguel Cardona announced that the department would be fast-tracking a wave of debt relief originally slated for July. The forgiveness will occur as part of the larger
Reason
Nov 13 2021
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Houston Fire Department logs reveal how little control authorities had of the crowd chaos at Astroworld
Handwritten logs from the Houston Fire Department reveal how little control authorities and security personnel had of the crowd chaos throughout Travis Scott's doomed Astroworld music festival, even before the gates for the event opened.
The internal activity logs from Friday's concert at NRG Park in Houston detail the chaos before and after a crowd surge that left nine people dead and
Business Insider
Jan 25 2024
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Oldest Mass. prison to shut down
The oldest prison in Massachusetts will close because the number of prisoners in the state is declining. What's happening: The Department of Correction will shut down the 146-year-old MCI-Concord by the summer. • DOC staff and prisoners will be transferred to other facilities. • The prison is currently at 50% capacity Why it matters: The prison population has fallen by nearly half over the
Axios
Jan 25 2024
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Dangerous Prisoner Escapes in Philadelphia, Arrested for Murder
The Philadelphia Police Department made an announcement on Wednesday about the escape of a “dangerous prisoner.” The prisoner is a 17-year-old teenager who had been in jail since 2020 on murder charges. He escaped from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia while being treated for an injury to his hand and fled the emergency room parking lot. The fugitive’s name is Shane Pryor, and he was
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