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Mar 06 2023
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Westwood Special Olympics Coach Has Perfect GPA: Star Student
WESTWOOD, MA — Star Students are found in classrooms, on concert and theater stages and at debate lecterns, and out in the community doing good things to make life better for all of us. Here at Patch, we've launched an initiative to help recognize Star Students, and we’re working to tell the stories of these outstanding kids to their neighbors. This submission comes from Liz Williamson who
Patch.com
Jul 23 2021
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Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony features Naomi Osaka, blue humans and Tongan flag-bearer
The Tokyo Olympics officially kicked off in a virtually empty stadium Friday night after a yearlong delay due to the pandemic.
As the Games face the ongoing threat of Covid-19, with the Japanese capital under a state of emergency and many of the country's residents adamantly opposed to hosting the Olympics at all, viewers were still treated to the night's festivities that marked the
NBC News (Online)
Jul 07 2021
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Tokyo Sees Highest COVID Cases Since May, State of Emergency Expected During Olympics
Tokyo has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases, hitting a two-month high that makes the possibility of the Japanese government declaring a new state of emergency during the Tokyo Olympics almost certain.
On Wednesday, 920 new cases were reported in Tokyo, which is up from 714 on last Wednesday. It's the highest number of new cases since May 13, when 1,010 were reported.
Newsweek
Feb 08 2023
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Olympic snowboarders including 2 Alaskans accuse US Olympic committee and federation of covering up sexual misconduct by former coach
LOS ANGELES -- The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, the national governing body for snowboarding and the former national team snowboard coach conspired to engage in sex trafficking, enabling and covering up repeated acts of sexual misconduct, three former national team snowboarders claimed in a lawsuit Thursday. Rosey Fletcher of Anchorage, one of the plaintiffs, is a three-time
Anchorage Daily News
Jan 03 2023
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Tokyo is so crowded the government is paying families to leave
Japan is offering to pay families to move out of its overcrowded capital, in an effort to revitalize countryside towns and boost the falling birth rate. Starting in April, families in the Tokyo metropolitan area, including those headed by single parents, will be eligible to receive 1 million yen ($7,700) per child if they move to less-populated areas across the country, according to a
CNN (Online News)
Mar 20 2021
Headline Roundup
Tokyo Olympics Organizers Ban Foreign Spectators
Overseas spectators will not be permitted at the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers announced Saturday. The games were postponed to 2021 in March 2020 due to the onset of the pandemic. A large majority of the Japanese public opposes foreign spectators, with up to 80% saying the games should be postponed or canceled. Organizers have promised refunds
Associated Press
New York Times (News)
The Japan Times
Feb 11 2023
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Prospector Theater, Special Olympics to Host Premiere of Champions
The Prospector Theater and Special Olympics Connecticut are teaming up to present a premiere screening of the movie "Champions", starring actor Woody Harrelson as a Special Olympics basketball coach and Special Olympics athletes as some members of his team. The event will take place at the Prospector Theater, 25 Prospect Street in Ridgefield, on Friday, March 10th. General admission tickets
Patch.com
Jan 09 2023
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Tokyo Inflation Hits 4% for First Time in Four Decades
The timeline for approval and release of the various Covid-19 vaccines was world-historically fast- but could it have been faster? Pharmaceutical companies, Doctors, and medical ethicists everywhere are debating whether human challenge trials- deliberately infecting willing subjects with pathogens- could have sped up the process, or whether they could do so to stop future pandemics.
Bloomberg
Jan 04 2023
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Japanese government offers Tokyo residents ¥1 million to leave
The Japanese government is offering families 1 million yen, or $7,500, per child for leaving the city of Tokyo. Efforts to depopulate will help reverse the declining populations in other regions of the country. Japan Times reported that this monetary support is an increase from 300,000 yen, approximately $2,200, and will be implemented in April next year. Nearly 1,300 municipalities are
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