Lani Guinier, civil rights lawyer, professor dead at 71

united-nations a civil rights executive and scholar whose nomination by the-clintons” target=”_blank”>President Bill Clinton< Dean John F. Manning said in a message to students and faculty. Her cousin, Sherrie Russell-Brown, said in an email that the cause was complications due to Alzheimer’s disease. Guinier became the first woman of color appointed to a tenured professorship…

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THROUGH THE CRACKS: Why did it take police years to declare Harmony Montgomery a missing child?

When us-regions police publicly declared 7-year-old Harmony Montgomery a missing-persons” target=”_blank”>missing< has a double impact on kids in foster care with school shutdowns and social distancing.  Adam Montgomery, whose criminal history of violence included pleading guilty to shooting a man in a drug-fueled robbery in 2014, nevertheless secured sole custody of his daughter Harmony on…

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North Carolina schools won't force kids vaccinated against or recently recovered from COVID-19 to quarantine

The us-regions Department of Public Instruction on Friday updated its infectious-disease quarantine rules for education” target=”_blank”>school< “Research and lived experience in this pandemic have shown it is essential we do everything we can to safely keep our students in the classroom,” North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Chief Deputy Secretary Susan Gale…

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Stress may be the culprit behind Crohn’s disease, study finds

Researchers have identified a possible link between psychological stress and digestive-health. In a study led by world-regions McMaster University and the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, and published in the journal Nature, the authors said that mouse models found that stress hormones suppressed the innate immune system that normally protects the gut from Enterobacteriaceae. …

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Sinead O'Connor's son dead at 17 after going missing in Ireland

Sinead O’Connor is mourning the death of her teenage son. Shane O’Connor died at the age of 17 on Friday, reps for the Irish music” target=”_blank”>singer-songwriter< Singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor’s son Shane has died, her rep confirmed to Fox News Digital. (Andrew Chin/Getty Images) “Gardaí are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of a…

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Biden has it backwards — Democrats, not Republicans, keep democracy in the cross hairs

Yet again, Democrats have mastered psychological projection. Rather than brighten the darkness in their own souls, they accuse Republicans of practicing Democrats’ sins. Their latest allegation: The GOP jeopardizes democracy itself. •”The former president and his supporters have decided the only way for them to win is to suppress your vote and subvert our elections,”…

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COVID-19 tests: What should you get?

With the infectious-disease rampant across the country, testing has become a crucial component of day-to-day life.  While the joe-biden” target=”_blank”>Biden administration<, hundreds of residents have waited in lines for hours to get PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests, with results returned in hours rather than 15 minutes.  WHITE HOUSE SIGNS DEAL TO KICKSTART DELIVERY OF 500M…

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