California promotes 'dismantling racism in mathematics' guidance in draft for statewide framework

A us-regions-based group is sounding the alarm as the state education” target=”_blank”>education< on Oregon defending the program, which advises, among other things, that the focus on finding the right answer is an example of White supremacy infiltrating classrooms. “The concept of mathematics being purely objective is unequivocally false, and teaching it is even much less so,”…

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Missing California hiker found safe after public helps rescuers trace location of photo he sent friend

A general who went missing-persons” target=”_blank”>missing< was found safea> on Tuesday after the public helped to pinpoint his location using a photo he had sent a friend, authorities said.<. The friend gave deputies a photo showing Compean’s dirt-covered legs dangling from a rocky cliff he had sent earlier in the hike in the hopes of learning…

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Army probing video of Black man harassed by soldier

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Officials at topics largest basic training facility say they are looking into a video that appears to show a non-commissioned officer accosting and shoving a Black man in a South Carolina neighborhood. The video, posted Monday by a woman on Facebook and shared over 3,700 times, shows a man demanding that a Black…

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Louisiana Coast Guard search: 1 found dead, 12 remain missing after vessel capsizes, officials say

Search-and-rescue crews found one deceased person at the site off the us-regions coast where a commercial platform vessel flipped over in rough seas, the Coast Guard announced Wednesday, as a desperate search for 12 people who remain unaccounted for continued.  The Seacor Power capsized Tuesday afternoon about 7 nautical miles off the coast of Port Fourchon during a period of “extremely limited visibility” and challenging…

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FDA removal of restrictions on telemedicine abortions prompts celebration, safety concerns

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted restrictions on telemedicine judiciary, reigniting debate over the administration of the controversial drug mifepristone. In a letter Monday, the agency told the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) that it would exercise discretion in enforcing its requirement that women obtain the pills in person. The issue…

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Power outages, storm damage slam Louisiana; search for commercial vessel in Gulf of Mexico continues

Heavy rainfalla> and severe weather conditions pounded <a href="https: on Tuesday night, leaving thousands without energy” target=”_blank”>power< Hazardous winds, lightning and ping-pong ball-sized hail came following days of tornadoes and flooding. Part of a Metairie education” target=”_blank”>elementary school’s< was likely due to intense winds following the squall line of the storm. The local outlet also reported that the new-orleans”…

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Former California resident sentenced to prison for fatally shooting elephant seal

A former us-regions resident has been crime” target=”_blank”>sentenced< in the state, authorities said. Jordan Gerbich, 30, was sentenced on Monday for killing the marine mammal in September 2019 at an elephant seal viewing area near the Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve in San Simeon, federal prosecutors said. CALIFORNIA RACETRACK SUING ANIMAL-RIGHTS ACTIVISTS FOR DISRUPTING HORSE RACING:…

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Kim Potter mistook her gun for a Taser, police say: How often does that happen?

Sunday’s fatal shooting in a minneapolis-st-paul” target=”_blank”>Minneapolis< kill about 1,000 people each year in incidents including shootings, according to Campaign Zero, an organization focused on ending police violence. Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter resigned Tuesday after a second night of unrest followed her shooting of Daunte Wright, a Black motorist she and police had pulled over. Tim…

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San Diego Zoo worker bitten by venomous snake with no antivenom

A san-diego” target=”_blank”>San Diego< employee was hospitalized Monday afternoon after being bitten by a wild-nature” target=”_blank”>venomous snake< “Our crew responded and the patient was transported to UCSD Hospital in Hillcrest,” the department said.  The UC San Diego Health said they could not comment on the status or the treatment of the patient due to federal law…

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