A new law that was unanimously passed in the House of Representatives last week could become the first piece of legislation in the country to prohibit the act of student “lunch shaming”. Lunch shaming is considered the practice of shaming or humiliating school children who are behind on their meal fees. Examples of this practice […]
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThe Vietnamese doctor who was thrust into the international spotlight this week after he was dragged from an overbooked United Airlines flight against his will was reportedly convicted of multiple felony drugs charges in 2004. Videos taken Sunday by other passengers showing Dr. David Dao being manhandled on a Kentucky-bound flight at O’Hare International Airport
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, who was accused of having an affair with a former top aide and of using campaign funds for personal reasons, resigned Monday. Bentley, 72, pleaded guilty to those misdemeanors. “I can no longer allow my family, my dear friends, my dedicated staff and cabinet to be subjected to consequences that my
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USAAs Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders takes on a more public profile with numerous appearances and a scathing critique of President Donald Trump’s administration, he retained his position as the United States’ most popular senator, according to a new poll released Tuesday. Sanders lost out the Democratic nomination for president to former Secretary of State Hillary
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USANorth Korea is “ready for war” the foreign ministry said the day after the U.S. redeployed an aircraft carrier from the Western Pacific toward the Korean Peninsula. According to a statement reported by state media channel the North Korean Central News Agency ( KCNA), the government has promised “catastrophic consequences” to any further “reckless moves
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International, USAThe internet erupted Monday following a viral video in which a passenger was seen being forcibly removed from an overbooked United Airlines flight. The man, screaming and bloodied, was dragged by his arms down the aisle of the plane by aviation security officers. To make matters worse, United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz issued a statement
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Travel and Food, USAThough he publicly apologized for the situation today, United Airlines CEO took a different tone in an internal email circulated to United Airlines employees and acquired by CNBC. Munoz’s public apology, also reported earlier today by NBC News, read: Watch the video “This is an upsetting event to all of us here at United. I
It was one of the uglier scandals of the Bush administration: Top officials at an agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers launched a campaign against their own employees based on suspected sexual orientation, according to an inspector general report. Staffers were abruptly reassigned from Washington, D.C., to a new office 500 miles away in Detroit in
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USASAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A 9-year-old girl in a gray zip-up sweater ran to her mother in tears. “Mommy, I still have blood on my sweater,” she cried. Elisabeth Barajaz had reunited with her daughter Marissa after hearing there had been a shooting at her San Bernardino school. “The boy just walked in with the
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAJuan Thompson, the former journalist whom authorities believe is behind several of the recent bomb threats to Jewish Community Centers (JCCs) and other Jewish sites, has pleaded not guilty. On March 3, police in Missouri arrested Thompson, 32, for allegedly making the threats as a way of harassing an ex-girlfriend. He allegedly made some of
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USANew York will became the first state in the nation to guarantee free tuition for the middle class at public four-year college Sunday. The budget put aside $163 million dollars to pay for tuition at the state’s public universities for all families earning less than $125,000 a year. “New York is well-positioned to benefit from
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USASAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A teacher and an 8-year-old boy were shot and killed Monday morning at an elementary school in San Bernardino after the teacher’s husband opened fire inside a special needs classroom before turning the gun on himself, police said. Cedric Anderson, 53, of Riverside, entered a classroom at North Park Elementary School
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USAThe Trump administration will continue the tradition set by President Barack Obama of hosting a Seder at the White House on Monday night, the Jewish Insider website reported. A White House staffer told the website the Seder will be an opportunity for observant White House staff who cannot be with their families to celebrate the
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Jewish Religion, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has signed off on the departure of a top White House national security official, part of a slow-rolling shakeup that consolidates the influence of Trump’s new national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, said a White House official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss her departure. K.T. McFarland, the