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Oct 08 2023
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Glen Burnie High School substitute charged after school lockdown
In a letter to the school community, Glen Burnie High School principal Kevin Carr said the gun was found in the backpack of a substitute teacher. That teacher, he said, has since been barred from any more teaching assignments in the school system. “The incident began when a backpack was found left behind in a classroom as classes dismissed from third period and students were moving to fourth
WTOPJul 25 2023
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Federal judge blocks key Biden admin asylum rule at core of post-Title 42 strategy
The Biden administration was dealt a major blow in its efforts to control the ongoing border crisis on Tuesday when a federal judge blocked a rule introduced in May that makes migrants ineligible for asylum if they have entered illegally and failed to take advantage of expanded lawful pathways set up by the federal government.
Judge Jon Tigar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern
Fox News DigitalSep 29 2023
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Federal appeals court upholds gender-affirming care bans in Tennessee & Kentucky
A federal appeals court has upheld laws banning gender-affirming care for minors in Tennessee and Kentucky. On Thursday, the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, which hears appeals from both states, voted 2–1 to uphold the anti-trans laws, Reuters reports. Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton and Judge Amul Thapar rejected arguments made on behalf of the families of transgender
LGBTQ NationOct 18 2023
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Roads worker dies after being struck by pickup truck in central Nebraska
A Nebraska Department of Transportation employee died Tuesday after being struck by a vehicle while working to clean up a spill on U.S. Highway 34. The incident occurred about 12:30 p.m. on Highway 34 just north of Giltner, according to a spokesman for the Nebraska State Patrol. The name of the employee is being withheld pending notification of family. Investigators determined that workers
Omaha World-HeraldSep 07 2023
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Armed Arizona School Student Arrested After Running From Police
Arizona police may have thwarted a school shooting Thursday morning, after they chased down a student found with a firearm. Maryvale High School in Phoenix saw a large police presence following reports from staff that a student had a gun. Officers chased after the suspect for a short time across a football field before detaining them, the Phoenix Police Department confirmed to Fox 10. The gun
The MessengerAug 02 2023
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New lawsuit seeks to overturn Wisconsin's Republican-drawn legislative maps
A coalition led by progressive law firms and Democratic voters has filed a lawsuit with the Wisconsin Supreme Court to overturn the state's Republican-drawn legislative maps, a move that comes one day after liberals took control of the court for the first time in 15 years. The lawsuit argues the state's current legislative district lines, drawn originally by Republicans in 2011 and updated in
Wisconsin Public RadioOct 18 2023
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'Large break' in gas pipeline prompts evacuation, emergency environmental response
GIRARD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A gasoline pipeline broke late Tuesday night, forcing people from their homes overnight. Emergency crews are working to isolate and control the spill
Branch County Emergency Management says it happened just before 9:45 p.m. along Bell Rd between Girard and Vincent Roads.
They are working with state, local, and federal agencies to stop the leak and reduce
Fox 17 West MichiganNov 03 2023
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Warrant: Man flew to Kenya hours before girlfriend found stabbed to death in car at Logan Airport
BOSTON — A man suspected of murdering his girlfriend boarded a flight to Kenya hours before her mutilated body was found in a car at a parking garage at Boston’s Logan International Airport, law enforcement officials said. Troopers responding to a report of a dead woman in a car at the airport’s Central Parking garage around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday identified the victim as 31-year-old Margaret
Boston 25 NewsOct 18 2023
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Facing opposition, MO school board will not adopt social-emotional learning standards
Citing significant opposition, the Missouri Board of Education stepped back from its plan to develop K-12 standards for social-emotional learning. A recent public comment period on the standards netted more than 1,800 comments and showed there was a deep divide among parents, community members and others. Many felt strongly that the effort to teach self-awareness, self-control and
Springfield News-LeaderNov 03 2023
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Survey finds seat belt usage drops locally and around the state
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) – Allegan County Sheriff Frank Baker says you can expect more enforcement of seat belt laws in Michigan next year after data released recently by the Michigan State Police showed safety belt use fell slightly in 2023, to 92.4 percent, a half of a percentage point drop from the year before. The direct observation study by Michigan State University, conducted during the
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