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Judge denies former Fort Worth ISD principal's request to be reinstated
A federal judge has ruled that a former Fort Worth ISD principal’s First Amendment lawsuit is unlikely to succeed after she was reassigned during an investigation of her social media posts, and denied her request to be immediately reinstated.
Shayma Alzubi was reassigned shortly after being announced as principal of Western Hills High School ...Read more
Marjorie Taylor Greene marries Brian Glenn in Las Vegas
Former Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and journalist Brian Glenn tied the knot during a ritzy ceremony in Las Vegas this week, according to reports.
The conservative couple exchanged vows Tuesday at the Terrazza di Sogno in The Bellagio, TMZ reported.
In images published by the outlet, 52-year-old Greene can be seen sporting an elegant ...Read more
St. Paul mayor investigated for sexual harassment allegations involving police chief
MINNEAPOLIS — The City of St. Paul, Minnesota, has hired an outside law firm to investigate sexual harassment allegations against Mayor Kaohly Her, including claims that she directed inappropriate sexual comments toward police Chief Axel Henry and other city employees.
The Minnesota Star Tribune obtained an April 1 letter sent by Henry’s ...Read more
UC accepts record number of Californians, but some select campuses out of reach for most
LOS ANGELES — The University of California offered seats to a record number of Californians this year, according to new figures released Wednesday, as it faces intense scrutiny of its admissions practices, including pressure from Sacramento to enroll more state residents and investigations by the Trump administration.
UC admitted 102,031 ...Read more
Investigation launched after Colorado employee hangs Black doll by neck in fire station
DENVER — An independent investigation has been launched into a March incident at the Golden Fire Department, where a Black doll was found hanging by the neck in a fire station stairwell, city officials announced Tuesday.
In a statement read before the Golden City Council on Tuesday night, Mayor Laura Weinberg described the incident as a “...Read more
Denver City Council weighs new 'slavery acknowledgment' that would be read at start of meetings
DENVER — The Denver City Council is weighing the addition of a “slavery acknowledgment” at the beginning of its meetings to recognize the forced labor of enslaved Africans and the legacy of that practice.
Councilwoman Shontel Lewis brought the proposal forward during a committee meeting Tuesday, originally calling it a “labor ...Read more
Glen Hansard, Irish singer-songwriter known for 'Once' Oscar win, dies at 56
Glen Hansard, the Irish singer and songwriter best known for starring in the hit 2007 film “Once” — and for winning an Academy Award for original song with the movie’s “Falling Slowly” — died Wednesday in a motorcycle crash in Dublin. He was 56.
In a statement, Hansard’s representatives at ATC Management said he died “in the ...Read more
Diddy had a fight in prison, report says. This is how he was punished
Sean “Diddy” Combs has reportedly been placed in solitary confinement after a fight at his New Jersey prison, TMZ first reported.
The harsh punishment followed an altercation at FCI Fort Dix, unnamed sources told the outlet.
Fort Dix’s Admission and Orientation Inmate Handbook, lays out what this means.
While in “Disciplinary ...Read more
US war with Iran set to drag on for months over Hormuz deadlock
The U.S.’s conflict against Iran looks set to drag on, possibly for months, with the sides unable to break a deadlock over the Strait of Hormuz and achieve a lasting ceasefire deal, according to several current and former officials from the US, Iran and Europe.
The stark assessments from the people, who asked not to be named discussing ...Read more
Number of cyclosporiasis cases in Michigan surpasses 10,000 amid investigation
DETROIT — The total number of reported cyclosporiasis cases in Michigan surpassed 10,000 on Wednesday as health officials continue to investigate the state's worst-ever outbreak of the parasitic illness.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported 397 new cases of cyclosporiasis, which usually causes frequent, watery and ...Read more
With work permits expired, Haitians await federal judge's order for formal end of TPS
The clock is ticking on the end of Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants in the United States, meaning that it’s only a matter of time before the Trump administration can begin escalating their deportations to Haiti.
Technically, the administration’s policy ending TPS for Haitian and some Syrian ...Read more
Trump says US will strike Iran hard as war escalates again
President Donald Trump said the U.S. would hit Iran hard after a recent attack that targeted a military base in Jordan, as the war in the Middle East flared up once again following a recent pause in hostilities.
“We’ll be hitting them hard,” Trump said in a phone interview, Fox News reported Wednesday, adding that “they’re going to ...Read more
The LAPD has quietly stopped putting many public records online
LOS ANGELES — Nicholas Shapiro, a professor at UCLA, was scrolling the city of Los Angeles' online data portal one day this spring when he noticed something odd.
A trove of Los Angeles Police Department records that were once regularly posted online was suddenly nowhere to be found. The records — everything from audio recordings of ...Read more
Cholera still kills thousands each year – in places without clean water, it’s far from history
Many Americans have heard about cholera only from “The Oregon Trail,” the retro computer game in which players try to get their 1830s pioneers to the Oregon Territory. If your wagon train comes down with this highly contagious bacterial infection, the pioneers could die from diarrhea and dehydration before they get out of Nebraska.
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Better guacamole? How avocado import rules helped cut Mexico’s water pollution – it holds lessons for future US trade deals
At picnics and World Cup watch parties across the United States this summer, people have been reaching for bowls of chips and guacamole. Most of that guacamole is made from avocados grown in Mexico – on orchards that, in what might come as a surprise, contribute less water pollution today than they did a decade ago.
There’s a ...Read more
Glen Hansard, Irish singer-songwriter known for 'Once' Oscar win, dies at 56
Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, best known for starring in the 2007 indie darling "Once" and winning an Oscar for "Falling Slowly," the film's original song along with co-star Markéta Irglová, has died. He was 56.
Hansard died Wednesday morning following a motorcycle crash in Dublin, according to the Associated Press.
"With broken ...Read more
US says Iran attacked forces while Saudi Arabia strikes Iraq
The U.S. said its forces were targeted by Iran overnight while Washington and Saudi Arabia struck Tehran-backed militias in Iraq, abruptly ending a days-long lull in hostilities.
The U.S. and Iran had paused tit-for-tat strikes at the end of last week to allow time for a diplomatic conclusion to their five-month war, leading to a significant ...Read more
Zelenskyy's warmer ties with Trump have yet to yield new weapons
WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy struck an upbeat note after discussions with Donald Trump about air defenses and renewing diplomacy, despite few signs Kyiv’s any closer to securing new arms to bolster its military capabilities against Russia.
Tuesday’s meeting was positive, even as substantive air defense ordinance ...Read more
Record-breaking El Niño could gut California's crab and salmon fleets
LOS ANGELES — As the chances of a 'super' El Niño continue to rise — now 81%, according to federal scientists — researchers are looking back to 2015 and 2016, when a Pacific heat wave combined with a strong El Niño threw some of the West Coast's most important commercial fishing fleets into turmoil.
They say we could be looking at a ...Read more
Lula leads Brazil election poll after shaky start to Bolsonaro campaign
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva maintained his lead over Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of October’s election as a cloud of controversies swirled around the conservative challenger, a new poll found.
Lula leads Bolsonaro by 6 percentage points, 49% to 43%, in a runoff scenario, according to an AtlasIntel survey for Bloomberg News published ...Read more
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