NYC schools replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day

new-york-city” target=”_blank”>New York City< Columbus Day is traditionally observed on the second Monday in October, which this year falls on Oct. 11. Indigenous People’s Day will be a non-attendance day for New York City public schools, meaning schools will be closed. Many school districts have already made the switch away from Columbus Day, or in the…

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House candidate suing FEC over inaction on complaint against Twitter, says blue check of 'value' in campaigns

Anna Paulina Luna, the former 2020 GOP nominee for Democrat Rep. Charlie Crist’s house-of-representatives” target=”_blank”>House< Commission (FEC) over alleged inaction on a complaint about companies never verifying her account. Luna, according to a copy of her lawsuit first obtained by Fox News, tried for months to get her Twitter account verified, even as other candidates in her primary…

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Chinese rocket debris to make an uncontrolled reentry: What happened the last time

The almost 100-foot core of world-regions Long March 5B rocket is likely to make an uncontrolled reentry at an unknown point in the coming days. The air-and-space launched Thursday into low planet-earth” target=”_blank”>Earth< module for the country’s first permanent air-and-space” target=”_blank”>space station< However, this is not the first time one of China’s rockets made an uncontrolled descent. Last May, debris from the same rocket rained…

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Migrant children at border facilities down to 600 from 5,000 in March, White House says

After more than 5,000 migrant children were being held in immigration facilities in March, that number has gone down to 600, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday.  “After four years of an immigration system rooted in chaotic policies,joe-biden” target=”_blank”> President Biden< While the number of unaccompanied child migrants in Border Patrol custody has decreased…

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Harris claims lack of 'climate adaptation and climate resilience' part of root causes of migrant crisis

Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday claimed that a lack of “climate adaptation and climate resilience” in Northern Triangle countries was one of the root causes of the migration crisis at the southern U.S. border — along with a list of other issues including violence and government corruption. Republicans have pointed to the rolling back…

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Uber is getting its own electric car

“Booking an Uber” will soon be a literal term. (Arrival) The ride-hailing giant is teaming up with electric vehicle startup Arrival to design a purpose-built attributes vehicle for Uber drivers. Arrival has developed an electric “skateboard” platform that can be used with a variety of vehicle types. Its first models have been buses and delivery…

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Texas Democratic official resigns after calling Tim Scott an 'oreo'

The us-regions Democratic official who called Sen. Tim Scott, R-us-regions, an “oreo” on Twitter last week has resigned from his position following a backlash.  Lamar County Democratic Party chair Gary O’Connor announced his resignation Tuesday in a statement, days after sparking a firestorm online by calling Scott an “oreo” in a since-deleted Facebook post. O’Connor apologized for…

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Bob McManus: NYC education is now truly off the rails — expelling Asian Americans from top schools proves it

Anti-Asian violence in us-regionsright now is more than random street-corner sucker punches and terrifying subway shoves. It’s also the deliberate disassembly of meritocratic public education under the guise of ethnic equity — a dagger to the heart of the fastest-growing and arguably most dynamic immigrant group in the city. Not to diminish the thuggery, the…

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