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Mar 27 2023
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McDaniel college awards full-tuition scholarships to deserving Baltimore Students
BALTIMORE — McDaniel College has partnered with the College Bound program to offer full-tuition scholarships to high-achieving students from Baltimore City. The program, which operates in 20 schools across the city, has provided over 60 scholarships in the past 15 years, totaling over $180,000 in value for each student. Marquise O'Neal, a high school programmer for the College Bound program,
CBS News (Online)
Sep 24 2020
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61% of Americans Support Abolishing Electoral College
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Heading into the 2020 presidential election, three in five Americans favor amending the U.S. Constitution to replace the Electoral College with a popular vote system, marking a six-percentage point uptick since April 2019. This preference for electing the president based on who receives the most votes nationwide is driven by 89% of Democrats and 68% of independents. Far
Gallup
Mar 30 2023
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Active shooter reported at Forsyth Tech Community College in North Carolina, authorities say
Police in North Carolina are investigating an active shooter incident Thursday at Forsyth Tech Community College, authorities said. The community college in Winston-Salem tweeted shortly before 11:30 a.m.: "We are experiencing an active shooter situation. Law enforcement is on site. The campus is on lockdown with shelter in place for all students, faculty and staff." Winston-Salem police
NBC News (Online)
Mar 29 2023
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Prosecutors disclose internal affairs investigation of officer involved in Idaho college murders case
Latah County prosecutors have disclosed an "internal affairs" investigation of a police officer involved in the case against the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students, according to court documents filed on Monday. The investigation was disclosed as "potential Brady/Giglio material," the court filings said. A protective order was filed on Monday sealing the contents of the
CBS News (Online)
Mar 29 2023
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Conservative Pundit Cancels College Speech after Nashville Shooting, Citing Threats to Family
The conservative political and cultural commentator Matt Walsh, known for his focus on transgender issues, said Wednesday he canceled a planned speech due to threats against his family.
Both Walsh and the conservative media company the Daily Wire, which he works for, are based in Nashville, Tenn., where the horrific attack on The Covenant School took place on Monday. The school shooting
National Review
Mar 15 2023
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At Wellesley College, Students Vote to Admit Trans Men
Wellesley College proudly proclaims itself as a place for “women who will make a difference in the world.” It boasts a long line of celebrated alumnae, including Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright and Nora Ephron.
On Tuesday, its students supported a referendum that had polarized the campus and went straight to the heart of Wellesley’s identity as a women’s college.
The
New York Times (News)
Feb 27 2023
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Thousands protest in Mexico against cuts to electoral watchdog
Tens of thousands of people turned out across Mexico on Sunday to protest against legal changes passed this week to slash the electoral agency’s budget, fearing that it put the country’s hard-fought democracy at risk. Dressed in shirts, dresses and hats in pink and white, the colours of the electoral institute INE, protesters marched to the capital’s main square to hear speeches by a former
Financial Times
Jan 25 2022
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Prosecutors in multiple states are investigating false Electoral College submissions
During the chaotic two months following the 2020 presidential election, groups of Republicans in seven states won by Joe Biden met and signed documents falsely asserting that Donald Trump was or may be the rightful recipient of their state's Electoral College votes.
The efforts, which in many cases seem to have been coordinated by high-ranking members of Trump's campaign team, weren't
NPR (Online News)
Feb 27 2023
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Mexican protesters see electoral overhaul as a threat to democracy
Juan Manuel Martinez remembers the days when he would vote in Mexico’s elections with no confidence that they were being run fairly.
For decades, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, known as the PRI, remained in power by buying votes or stuffing ballot boxes. Election after election, the same story repeated itself.
“No election was clean, democracy didn’t exist, the government
Los Angeles Times
Apr 01 2023
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Upstart San Diego State, with Bay Area ties, set to play on college basketball’s biggest stage
The San Diego State men’s basketball team has a handful of players with connections to the Bay Area. Now those players, and the rest of this upstart Aztecs team, face their greatest test on college basketball’s biggest stage. San Diego State beat Florida Atlantic 72-71 in Houston on Saturday as Lamont Butler’s buzzer-beater put the Aztecs into the national championship game for the first time
San Jose Mercury News