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Continue reading →: Texas day care teacher killed when cars crash into play area
SAN ANTONIO — A teacher at a San Antonio-area day care was killed and another employee and five toddlers were injured when a parent’s car accelerated into another vehicle in the parking lot and both vehicles crashed into a play area, authorities said. The crash happened Thursday afternoon as parents…
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Continue reading →: Senate Passes Bill Averting Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a bill early Saturday morning that will avert a costly government shutdown by keeping it operating into March and provide more than $100 billion in disaster aid for storm-wracked states across the country. The 85-11 vote on the legislation followed days of chaos in the…
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Continue reading →: DC mother speaks out after teacher posts video of her son with offensive caption
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) – A mother in the District is speaking out after she says her son’s substitute teacher posted a video of him online with a disturbing caption. Briana Graham’s 5-year-old son, who is autistic and nonverbal, is a student at Bridges Public Charter School in Northeast D.C.…
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Continue reading →: Israel says projectile from Yemen injures several in Tel Aviv
The Israeli army said an attempt to intercept a projectile launched from Yemen overnight, some 2,000 kilometres away, was unsuccessful. Several people were injured after the projectile fell in Tel Aviv, the army said on Saturday. They received medical treatment. The Israeli rescue service Magen David Adom reported that 16…
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Continue reading →: Senate review of Supreme Court ethics finds more luxury trips and urges enforceable code of conduct
WASHINGTON — A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce a new code of conduct. Any movement on the issue appears unlikely as Republicans prepare to take control of the…
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Continue reading →: University of California campuses resolve discrimination complaints stemming from Gaza protests
The U.S. Department of Education said Friday it has reached an agreement with the University of California system resolving complaints from Jewish and Muslim students of discrimination and harassment during protests last spring over the war in Gaza. The department’s Office for Civil Rights said it investigated nine complaints against…
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Continue reading →: Oregon sheriff concerned about letters asking people to track possible immigrants
LINCOLN CITY, Ore. — A sheriff in Oregon says he has contacted the FBI and is increasingly concerned about a letter circulating in his rural, coastal community asking people to write down the license plate numbers of possible immigrants. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office issued a news release on Thursday…
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Continue reading →: Missouri governor commutes sentence of white police officer convicted of fatally shooting Black man
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A white former Kansas City police officer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man was released from prison Friday after Missouri’s governor commuted his sentence to parole. The decision by Republican Gov. Mike Parson to free Eric DeValkenaere came…
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Continue reading →: After shooting, Wisconsin school and church lean into Christmas message for comfort
For Christians around the world, Christmas is the joyful celebration of the birth of Jesus. To affirm their beliefs — that God is present and hasn’t abandoned them — the faith community at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, is embracing its holiday traditions just days after a deadly…