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The kiss of death in Trump's Cabinet is disagreeing with the boss
Let's take this moment to pause and take stock of the jetsam that has been jettisoned from President Donald Trump's Cabinet and compare it with what hasn't.
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Trump administration wants to put a limit on student loan borrowing
The Trump administration urged Congress Monday to put a cap on student loan borrowing, one of several proposals for updating the Higher Education Act.
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Man Confesses to Killing 6-year-old Sister and 2 Young Cousins
A 25-year-old has confessed to stabbing to death his 6-year-old sister and two young cousins while babysitting the family at their Maryland home, police said. The three girls, all under 10, were found dead in a single bed with lacerations to their upper body, according to the Prince George's County Police Department.
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Former Atlanta Braves Outfielder Otis Nixon Found Safe
Authorities in Woodstock said a former Atlanta Brave who left for a golf outing but never arrived has been found said.
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Illinois State Trooper, Woman Found Shot Dead In Car On Southeast Side
A man who was a trooper with the Illinois State Police and a woman were found shot dead Monday afternoon in a car in the East Side neighborhood.
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Migrant rescue ship Lifeline to dock in Malta after five days stranded in Mediterranean
A search-and-rescue ship with 233 migrants on board stranded in the Mediterranean since Friday will finally dock in Malta, the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said.
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Republicans Will Finally Let Public See Their Obamacare Plan
It's the moment they've been waiting for. After years of attacking Democrats for Obamacare's shortcomings and running dress rehearsals to repeal it, Republicans this week may finally lay down a specific and actionable plan to scrap the Affordable Care Act and face the praise as well as the consequences.
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Dinosaur bones shimmering with opal reveal a new species
A hunt for precious gemstones revealed the first fossil evidence of a dinosaur herd, including a previously undiscovered dinosaur species, in Australia. The new dinosaur fossil was found in an opal mine and has turned into the gem itself, making it the most complete opalized dinosaur skeleton in the world, according to a new study.
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School Violence Would Decrease And Students Excel Once They Learn How To Identify And Manage Their Feelings
Learning emotional intelligence is the key to stopping school violence and a far better alternative than arming teachers. Dr. Adam Sáenz and his team are applying the same skillset used on athletes and business leaders to empower parents, students and educators – and it's having a positive impact on school violence in our nation.
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Abu Dhabi startup is using AI to transform how kids learn
No books, no whiteboards, no markers or pens. That's the new reality for many classrooms across Abu Dhabi, where a company is using artificial intelligence to create a new learning experience.
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Breastfeeding better for babies' weight gain than pumping, new study says
Research has already shown a link between breastfeeding and lower obesity risk for babies. But a new study finds another association: "Breast is best" for them even compared with giving babies breast milk out of the bottle.
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Travis McMichael gets 2nd life sentence for federal hate crime conviction in Ahmaud Arbery's killing
Travis McMichael, one of the three White men convicted in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, was sentenced Monday to life in prison plus 10 years after his federal convictions this year on interference with rights -- a hate crime -- along with attempted kidnapping and weapon use charges.
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Will Trump receive a get out of jail free card
The federal indictment of Donald Trump – the first federal indictment of a former president in U.S. history – poses the question. Trump’s enraged reaction – calling it the “greatest witch hunt of all time” and denouncing special counsel Jack Smith, a career prosecutor, as a “deranged lunatic” – makes the question unavoidable. Obviously, Trump deserves a fair trial, his guilt or innocence determined by a jury of his peers. But every candidate for president should be asked if they would pardon Donald Trump if they were president. As Gerald Ford proved when pardoning Richard Nixon, a presidential pardon can be issued before a trial, or even before formal charges are brought, so the question needn’t wait on the trial.
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An Inspiring Biography of Merze Tate From Penn Professor Barbara Savage
Born in rural Michigan at the turn of the century, Merze Tate was the first African-American woman to attend Oxford. She also graduated with a doctorate from Harvard, became a leading scholar on diplomatic history, colonialism, and nuclear arms, taught for 30-plus years at Howard, and kept seeking ever more knowledge throughout her life—reading, writing, and traveling the world with her camera. University of Pennsylvania professor Barbara Savage’s new biography MERZE TATE: THE GLOBAL ODYSSEY OF A BLACK WOMAN SCHOLAR (Yale University Press; November 2023) tells the astonishing story of a woman, who, despite living in what she called a “sex and race discriminating world,” never allowed her intellectual ambitions to be thwarted.
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GOP TaxScam Betrays Working, Middle Class, and Vulnerable Families By Enriching Multi-National Corporations and Top One Percent While Not Raising Incomes or Creating Jobs for Average Americans
Jackson Lee: “America will not be made great by financing a $1.7 trillion tax cut for the rich by stealing $1.9 trillion from Medicare and Medicaid, abandoning seniors and families in need, depriving students of realizing a dream to attend college without drowning in debt, or disinvesting in the working families.”
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Beyond the Rhetoric: Year 2020 – The Beginning of a Great Decade
The state of Black Business is challenging. The political environment, international challenges and malcontent is making “Peace in the Valley” an escaping concept. Black entrepreneurship began to evolve at a noticeable pace during the 1960’s. From a few seats on the local city councils to the Oval Office in the White House and practically all board rooms in between.
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MCCA Announces Regional Winners and Inaugural International Winner for the 2019 Employer of Choice Award
Today, the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) announced the regional winners and its inaugural international winner for its 2019 Employer of Choice Award. The Employer of Choice Award honors corporate legal departments who have made meaningful commitments to creating more diverse and inclusive workplaces.
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Inspectors General Are in Demand During the Trump Era
In the Trump era, the sometimes-obscure role of inspector general is taking a turn in the spotlight.
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Biden administration says it will enforce federal transgender health care protections, undoing controversial Trump-era reversal
The Biden administration will work to protect transgender Americans from discrimination in health care, undoing a controversial Trump-era decision to nix federal protections for members of the community, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday.
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K-pop supergroup BTS visits the White House
Korean pop supergroup BTS appeared at the White House press briefing on Tuesday and will meet with President Joe Biden as part of a visit aimed at discussing Asian inclusion and representation and addressing anti-Asian hate crimes and disinformation.
