US woman pleads guilty to leading ISIS battalion

An American woman who prosecutors say led an all-female battalion of religion in Syria pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a case that a prosecutor called a first of its kind in the United States. Allison Fluke-Ekren broke down sobbing after admitting in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia to conspiring to provide material terrorism” target=”_blank”>support to…

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DeSantis signs bill addressing school safety in wake of Uvalde shooting

ron-desantis” target=”_blank”>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis<, while also making record investments in mental health and school safety.” The bill also extends the sunset of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission which was enacted by Florida Republicans following a 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida that left 17 people dead.  UVALDE, TEXAS, SCHOOL SHOOTING…

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Afghan charity educating girls amid Taliban school ban

The Taliban reneged on their initial promise to allow young girls above the sixth grade to return to school. The abrupt reversal hasn’t stopped Afghan women from keeping up the fight for girls’ education.  “August 2021 hit like a mountain,” Pashtana Dorani, the founder of LEARN Afghanistan, told Fox News Digital. TALIBAN CANCELS GIRLS’ HIGHER…

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Maine governor's climate council mulls paying people to attend meetings

The Maine Climate Council created by Gov. Janet Mills is considering a proposal to pay a stipend to “disadvantaged” and “overburdened” Maine residents to attend meetings to ensure “procedural equity” in the government planning process to address climate change. The council’s Equity Subcommittee, which was created last year as part of the state’s four-year climate…

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