Teacher gets $95,000 to settle lawsuit over refusal to use student’s preferred name
By Rebekah Riess and Alaa Elassar, CNN A Kansas teacher who argued she had a religious belief that prevented her from calling transgender or…
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8-year-old boy paralyzed in Highland Park shooting may have ‘some cognitive loss,’ family says
By Rebekah Riess, Adrienne Broaddus and Zoe Sottile, CNN Cooper Roberts, the 8-year old boy severely injured in the Fourth of July parade mass…
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GOP candidates soften tone on abortion for midterm election
During a primary debate in May, Iowa Republican Zach Nunn and his two rivals were asked to raise their hand if they thought all abortions should be…
Continue Reading Black town manager’s contract has been terminated weeks after entire police force resigned
By Melissa Alonso, CNN The North Carolina town of Kenly voted 3-2 to terminate the contract of its Black town manager who was at the center of an…
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VIDEO: Pandemic reading and math scores decline
New data reveals that reading and math scores have declined significantly for 9-year-old students since the beginning of the COVID-19…
Continue Reading Detroit teen who allegedly killed three people pleads not guilty to murder charges
By Kiely Westhoff, Rob Frehse and Alaa Elassar, CNN A Detroit teen who is suspected of shooting four people, killing three, in a “shooting…
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Reports of sexual assault in the US military increased by 13 percent
Reports of sexual assault in the US military jumped 13% from the previous fiscal year, driven by a sharp increase in reports from the US Army at a…
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One student was killed and two injured following a stabbing at a North Carolina high school
One student is dead and two others were injured after an apparent stabbing attack Thursday at a high school in Jacksonville, North…
Continue Reading One student was killed and two injured following a stabbing at a North Carolina high school
By Alaa Elassar, CNN One student is dead and two others were injured after an apparent stabbing attack Thursday at a high school in Jacksonville,…
Continue Reading Black pastor arrested while watering neighbor’s flowers, video shows
CNN By Virginia Langmaid, CNN A Black pastor in Alabama says he was arrested while watering his neighbor’s flowers — and his attorney has…
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VIDEO: Teachers and staffing shortages, struggles and ways for parents to help make a difference in the new school year
NBC’S Vicky Nguyen Sits Down with Teachers to Talk Staffing Shortages, Struggles and Triumphs and the Steps Parents Can Take To Make a Difference in…
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Mortgage rates rise again after Fed says it will take ‘forceful’ steps to curb inflation
Mortgage rates continued to climb this week following comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell that the central bank is taking “forceful…
Continue Reading Missouri prosecutors seek to vacate murder conviction of man in prison for over 27 years
By Andy Rose and Ray Sanchez, CNN Prosecutors in St. Louis County, Missouri, have filed a request to vacate the murder conviction of Lamar Johnson,…
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Why air turbulence could be about to get a whole lot worse
Most of us have experienced turbulence while traveling: when your plane flies through clashing bodies of air moving at widely different…
Continue Reading Body camera video shows a Columbus, Ohio, police officer fatally shooting an unarmed 20-year-old Black man in bed
CNN, WBNS, WSYX By Amanda Musa, Dakin Andone and Michelle Watson, CNN Police in Columbus, Ohio, have released body camera video that shows a police…
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Student test scores plummeted in math and reading after the pandemic, new assessment finds
Math and reading scores for 9-year-olds in the US fell between 2020 and 2022 by a level not seen in decades, a foreboding sign of the state of…
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VIDEO: US airlines customers complaints increase
The number of customer complaints concerning U.S. airlines more than doubled in the first half of the…
Continue Reading Student test scores plummeted in math and reading after the pandemic, new assessment finds
CNN, KMGH By Carma Hassan, Deidre McPhillips and Eric Levenson, CNN Math and reading scores for 9-year-olds in the US fell between 2020 and 2022 by a…
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The first bus carrying migrants from the US-Mexico border in Texas arrives in Chicago, officials say
The state of Texas, which for several months has bussed thousands of newly arrived migrants at the US-Mexico border to New York City and…
Continue Reading Student test scores plummeted in math and reading after the pandemic, new assessment finds
By Carma Hassan, Deidre McPhillips and Eric Levenson, CNN Math and reading scores for 9-year-olds in the US fell between 2020 and 2022 by a level not…
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