The president and three members of a school board in Northern California have resigned after they were heard making disparaging comments about parents in the school district during a virtual board meeting last Wednesday.
New Orleans officer killed while intervening in an altercation at a high school basketball game
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A New Orleans law enforcement officer was fatally shot intervening in an altercation at a high school basketball game Friday, authorities said. The officer, who was not identified, was a Tulane police officer and a...
Biden to nominate 3 to USPS Board of Governors
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President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced three nominees to fill most of the vacancies on the US Postal Service Board of Governors, fulfilling a promise that the administration would make the board and the agency a...
Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Trump administration’s public charge rule
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Washington The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a case brought by various groups and state and local officials challenging a Trump-era rule that makes it more difficult for immigrants to obtain legal status ...
Australian Open fans criticized for booing Covid-19 vaccine announcement
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Australia's government has condemned the "disgusting" behavior of spectators at the Australian Open tennis tournament Sunday, after sections of the crowd loudly booed a speech praising the rollout of the Covid-19 va...
How Biden fared in his (virtual) global debut as US President
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London Without setting foot outside the White House, US President Joe Biden arrived on the world stage Friday, not once but twice. Biden joined virtual meetings in London and Munich, almost inconceivable before the p...
Trump to speak at CPAC in first public appearance since leaving White House
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Former President Donald Trump will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, next Sunday, according to a source familiar with the matter. The source, who is familiar with the former ...
Texas Republicans criticized for misleading claims that renewable energy sources caused massive outages
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans are seeking to deflect blame, misleadingly pointing to renewable energy sources including wind and solar power as the culprits of the state's massive power outages, as mi...
Handforth Parish Council had another Zoom meeting, and it was even worse than the viral original
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London When members of an English town's local government committee met to discuss planning matters before Christmas, they had little idea that their Zoom call would become the cinematic event of the decade. But on W...
Gunmen kill one student and kidnap dozens more in Nigeria school raid
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At least 42 people, including students, were kidnapped in an armed raid at a state-run school in Niger state, in Nigeria's Middle Belt region Wednesday. The group includes 27 students, three teachers and nine famil...
Brazil will vaccinate an entire city’s adult population to test the effect on Covid-19 infection rate
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Brazil's Butantan Institute kicked off a campaign on Wednesday to vaccinate all of the adult population of a city to see if it's possible to reduce the number of cases. The study will involve the city of Serrana, in...
High school sweethearts die of Covid-19 hours apart after one last family video call
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Blanca Estela Rodriguez looked at her husband of almost 50 years as he lay sedated. Juan had a tube coming from his mouth and a machine was breathing for him. As they each battled the effects of Covid-19, Blanca wan...
The Los Angeles school board slashes its police force and diverts $25 million to services for Black students
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Los Angeles schools are reorganizing the police agency responsible for school safety to combat systemic racism against Black students. The Board of Education overseeing the Los Angeles Unified School District voted ...