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Teacher pens whiteboard goodbye to students over 'no zero' grading policy
Should students get half credit for an assignment they didn’t even turn in? A former St. Lucie County teacher doesn’t think so.
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Police officer tattooed picture of her furry colleague as tribute to officers
A Bellevue Police Officer who worked with a K-9 officer for two years tattooed a picture of her furry colleague as a tribute. Officer Holly Mcquaid was assigned her K-9 companion over two years ago when the dog was 13 months.
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Protest held after priest burns LGBTQ flag outside church in ‘exorcism’ ceremony
A protest was held after a priest on the city's North Side burned an LGBTQ flag outside his Avondale church last week, against the wishes of Cardinal Blase Cupich.
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Bride paralyzed two days after wedding
A visiting couple has their dream wedding on Maui turn into a nightmare. The newlywed bride ends up partially paralyzed during their Hawaii honeymoon.
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Papa John's possible new logo drops the apostrophe
Papa John's is considering a sleek, boxy new logo that turns Papa John's into Papa Johns. The company filed a trademark with the US Patent and Trademark Office in late August, but a company representative said that there are no immediate plans to start using the new logo.
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New device offers hope for people with heart failure
A tiny new device is offering hope of a better life for people with severe heart failure, reducing hospitalization rates and improving mortality risk within two years of treatment, a new study finds.
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Dutch to press United Nations for more human slavery sanctions
Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok told CNN on Monday he will press the UN Security Council to expand the list of those who should face international sanctions for human trafficking.
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Diane Rwigara: trial of Rwandan imprisoned opposition leader postponed
The trial of the jailed Rwandan opposition leader Diane Rwigara and her mother was postponed at Kigali's High Court on Monday.
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Ads, protests pressure Collins, other key senators on Kavanaugh
Protests at the US Capitol and ads on TV in her home state have surrounded Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, pushing her to oppose embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the high court.
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Americans are split on whether they believe Christine Ford or Brett Kavanaugh
More Americans believe Christine Blasey Ford's claim of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh than believe his denials, but it's nowhere near a majority.
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The man who would replace Rod Rosenstein is a conservative who favors executive power
The potential departure of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein from the Justice Department would mean that oversight and management of the sensitive Russia probe would fall to a longtime conservative lawyer with ties to the White House, Noel Francisco.
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Hurricane Florence is about to flood Georgetown, South Carolina. They don't know how bad it will be
Authorities in Georgetown County, South Carolina, are urging thousands of people to evacuate ahead of historic flooding in an area where multiple swollen rivers converge.
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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Urges the President to Refrain From Terminating Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Calls on Congress to Pass H.R .5476 the Special Counsel Independence and Int
Jackson Lee—“ We also know that this president will do anything to protect those ensnared in this counterintelligence, criminal investigation, as evidenced by his musings from earlier this week, that he declassify certain intelligence information, thereby compromising sources and methods, proffered as a disinfectant against institutional corruption, but in actuality nothing more than an attempt to give his cohorts access to sensitive information likely to aid their criminal defense.”
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Houston is One of Four Launch Cities for New Kroger ECommerce Platform
New ship-to-customer ecommerce platform delivers on Restock Kroger commitment to redefine the customer experience
The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) recently announced the introduction of Kroger Ship, its new direct-to-customer ecommerce platform.
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Construction Begins On New Rail-Served Distribution Facility For Leading Resin Packaging Company
Facility Designed to Support Rapidly-Growing Plastic Resins Export Market
Trammell Crow Company (TCC) and partner Artis REIT announce that construction has commenced on a new, Class-A, 519,224-square-foot rail-served distribution facility for Plastic Bagging & Packaging, Inc. (PBP), an international producer of plastic bagging and provider of packaging services. The new build-to-suit facility will be located on the Grand Parkway in Cedar Port Industrial Park east of Houston. Completion is scheduled for Summer 2019.
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Trump Administration Targets Children, Families and Communities of Color in Latest Immigration Regulation
Changes to Public Charge Could Put Health and Immigration Status at Risk for Millions
On September 22, the Trump Administration Department of Homeland Security announced it would issue a proposed regulation that would severely curtail the ability of immigrants to secure a green card by expanding the definition of “public charge” to include individuals who access non-cash safety-net programs such as health insurance, nutrition programs and low-income housing. Green card applicants who are deemed a public charge can be denied permanent residency. The proposed rule will be published in the coming days by the Department of Homeland Security and will not only have a detrimental effect on individuals seeking green cards, but also their children.
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The drama with Kanye West, Nick Cannon and Drake
Kanye West has a message for Nick Cannon, Drake and Tyson Beckford: Keep my wife's name out of your mouths.
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This is why people hesitate to report sexual misconduct
The news has been filled with stories of prominent men accused of sexual misconduct -- many of the alleged misdeeds going back decades.
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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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Reliable Sources: Kavanaugh calls allegation in New Yorker story a 'smear'
This is a smear, plain and simple," Brett Kavanaugh says. That's his response to the new allegation of sexual misconduct against him -- published by The New Yorker on Sunday night -- in a story co-bylined by Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer.
