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May 23 2023
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NYC college professor with violent history holds machete to reporter's throat
A New York City college professor with a history of lashing out at right-wing students held a machete to the throat of a reporter and told him she would "chop" him up. Shellyne Rodriguez, who went viral earlier month after she cursed out and destroyed a display table put up by anti-abortion students, threatened a New York Post reporter with a machete when he knocked on the door of her Bronx
Washington Examiner
May 26 2023
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Heat still lead East finals, but surging Celtics could make history
MIAMI — Maybe Kevin Garnett was right. Maybe, as he screamed in celebration of Boston’s 2008 NBA championship, anything truly is possible. The Celtics are halfway to history, and that alone has gotten them entry into a very small club. Of the first 150 teams that trailed a best-of-seven series 3-0 in NBA history, just 14 – 9.3% – found a way to extend the matchup to Game 6. None of them have
Orange County Register
May 29 2023
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Heat advance to face Nuggets in NBA Finals after Game 7 rout of Celtics to deny history
Jimmy Butler scored 28 points and Caleb Martin had 26 points and 10 rebounds in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night to help the Miami Heat beat the Celtics 103-84 and turn back Boston’s attempt at an unprecedented comeback. The Heat recovered after blowing a 3-0 lead in the series and advanced to the NBA Finals for the second time in four seasons. They will face the Western
New York Post (News)
May 01 2023
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Second-Largest Bank Failure in US History Underway as Regulators Seize First Republic, Strike Billion-Dollar Deal
A San Francisco-based bank collapsed on Monday and was seized by the federal government and quickly sold to JPMorgan Chase following for billions of dollars in what was the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history. First Republic Bank operated 84 locations in eight states but did not have the capital to hand to handle withdrawals during a bank run that commenced following the collapse of
Western Journal
May 25 2023
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Tina Turner, Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, Left an Indelible Mark on Music History
Tina Turner, the beloved singer and performer whose trailblazing career influenced musicians from Beyoncé to Janis Joplin to David Bowie, died on May 23 at age 83. Following the news of her death, tributes poured in from all corners of the entertainment industry. “How do we say farewell to a woman who owned her pain and trauma and used it as a means to help change the world?” writes Angela
Smithsonian Magazine
May 27 2023
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“I’m here to watch history”: Texans at Capitol agree Paxton impeachment was momentous but disagree on outcome
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Kathie Glass traveled from Houston to the Texas Capitol on Saturday, eager to catch a landmark moment in Texas history firsthand. She plans to tell her granddaughter, Katie, about witnessing the first-ever impeachment of a state attorney general. But she’s not happy with
The Texas Tribune
May 04 2023
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Mix of politics and COVID crush students' history scores
New data out this week revealed dismal scores by eighth graders on a national U.S. history test. Experts are pointing to a devastating combination of polarization over school curriculums and pandemic disruptions.
Why it matters: The test results — showing an all-time low score in history and a first-ever decline in civics — paint a troubling picture of how much America's youth know
Axios
Apr 11 2023
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Nevada Senate debates harsher fentanyl penalties in response to largest overdose crisis in US history
A Nevada state Senate committee heard two bills on Monday that could make it the latest state to significantly reduce the amount of fentanyl possession eligible for trafficking charges in response to the largest overdoses crisis in U.S. history. The debate has pitted law enforcement officials against harm reduction advocates and has implications for how the deadliest drug in America is
Fox News (Online News)
May 04 2023
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Test scores for 8th-grade students decline in US history and civics following prior declines in math and reading, report says
Test scores for eighth-grade students in the US declined in both US history and civics in 2022, according to a new report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, often referred to as “The Nation’s Report Card.” The announcement of the new lower scores come after the assessment reported last fall scores for American nine-year-olds in reading and math fell by a level not seen in
CNN (Online News)