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Mar 10 2023
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West Virginia asks SCOTUS to allow enforcement of transgender sports ban
The State of West Virginia has petitioned the Supreme Court to allow its statewide law requiring students to participate in school sports programs aligned with their biological sex after an appeals court halted its implementation in February. West Virginia GOP Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office filed an application with the High Court on Thursday, a spokesman said, according to The
Just The NewsDec 09 2022
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Nothing is impossible for God, not even peace in Ukraine, pope says
Pope Francis asked Catholics around the world to join him in entrusting to Mary “the universal desire for peace, especially for the martyred Ukraine, which is suffering so much.”
Reciting the Angelus prayer at midday Dec. 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Francis noted the Angel Gabriel’s words to Mary that “nothing will be impossible for God.”
“With God’s help,
Catholic News ServiceMar 10 2023
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UK students stranded in US after hotel accidentally destroys passports. ‘Deeply sorry’
A group of U.K. students visiting the U.S. was unexpectedly stranded when a hotel in New Hampshire destroyed their passports by mistake. The Kancamagus Lodge in Lincoln said in a March 7 statement that it’s “deeply sorry” about how a box of the students’ passports were accidentally tossed in a hotel dumpster during their ski trip. The mishap caused 42 students and staff of Barr Beacon Head
The Fresno BeeJan 17 2023
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Austin-area parents look to warn parents about fentanyl
Janel Rodriguez, whose son Noah, a 15 year-old student at Johnson High School in Buda, died last year from a fentanyl overdose, tells Axios. Mounting Central Texas fentanyl overdose deaths have left parents, school administrators and public officials desperate to raise alarms. Driving the news: At least four Hays CISD students have died from fentanyl poisoning since last summer — and there was
AxiosMar 10 2023
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Town Meeting 2023: Here are top issues, races facing voters in Exeter area towns
Exeter area voters will get to weigh in next week on who they want to represent them, as well as town and school budgets. In Exeter, the town is seeking a $16.3 million bond to construct a new police station and a fire substation.Brentwood voters will once again debate whether they want to keep its “traditional Town Meeting,” while East Kingston is seeking a $4 million bond to conserve land
Portsmouth HeraldMar 16 2023
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‘Extremely sweet young man.’ What we know about Ohio man who attacked Def Leppard drummer
Max Hartley came to South Florida to enjoy a Spring Break vacation — but he left facing a criminal charge for allegedly beating Def Leppard’s drummer and a woman earlier this week. Yet how Sam Halpern, Hartley’s lawyer, described the 19-year-old was starkly different than his actions detailed in 911 calls and an arrest report. “He’s an extremely sweet young man,” said Halpern, of Sam Halpern P
Miami HeraldJan 09 2023
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Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old identified, parents demand action
A 6-year-old first-grader at an elementary school in Newport News, Virginia, shot a teacher on Friday afternoon during an altercation in a classroom, authorities said, leaving her with "life-threatening" injuries and renewing calls from parent's for greater classroom safety and oversight.
The 6-year-old boy shot 30-year-old Abigail Zwerner, a first-grade teacher at Richneck Elementary
Fox News DigitalMar 16 2023
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders endorses Johnson in April 4 mayoral runoff
Mayoral challenger Paul Vallas continued to consolidate establishment Democratic support on Thursday while Brandon Johnson attracted another progressive political icon. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., joined Senate colleague Elizabeth Warren in endorsing Johnson in the April 4 mayoral runoff, calling the Cook County commissioner and Chicago Teachers Union organizer a “champion for working
Chicago Sun-TimesFeb 23 2023
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Stanford Faculty Say Anonymous Student Bias Reports Threaten Free Speech
A group of Stanford University professors is pushing to end a system that allows students to anonymously report classmates for exhibiting discrimination or bias, saying it threatens free speech on campus.
The backlash began last month, when a student reading “Mein Kampf,” the autobiographical manifesto of Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler, was reported through the school’s “Protected
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 22 2023
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Michigan football lands another Ohio commitment
For the second straight day, Michigan has received a commitment from a player out of Ohio. Three-star offensive lineman Ben Roebuck from Lakewood (Ohio) St. Edward committed to Michigan on Wednesday after visiting last weekend. On Tuesday, Michigan received a commitment from four-star running back Jordan Marshall out of Cincinnati Moeller. The 6-foot-7, 315-pound Roebuck’s commitment was
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