The us-regions Department of Education is taking steps to end advanced diplomas in the name of equity. Leslie Sale, director of the Virginia Education Department’s office of policy, on Tuesday announced an exploratory effort to review Virginia’s diploma and graduation requirements in a live-streamed meeting with the department’s Special Committee to Review …
Read More »Virginia county allocating more than $6M for 'equity and equity training'
us-regions, is planning to allocate more than $6 million for “equity” and “equity training” as part of its fiscal year 2022 budget, raising questions about how the county is responding to education” target=”_blank”>parents’ concerns< updated on April 15 shows the county crediting equity efforts for an increase in contractional services from …
Read More »Girls dropped over US-Mexico border wall are ‘finally reunited’ with their family: Ecuador Foreign Ministry
The two young Ecuadorian girls who were seen in shocking footage being dropped by smugglers over a U.S.-Mexico immigration near El Paso in late March have been reunited with family members. The children, ages 3 and 5, were “finally reunited with their family on April 17,” according to a statement released this week by Ecuador’s Ministry of Foreign …
Read More »Death of 7-month-old Queens boy ruled homicide: cops
The October death of a 7-month-old new-york-city” target=”_blank”>Queens< No one is in custody at this time, and the investigation is ongoing, police said. This story first appeared in the New York Post.
Read More »Georgia café owner struggles to fill open positions: ‘Hard time’ for small businesses
us-regionscafé owner Angela Yeo told “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday that she is struggling to fill open positions, saying “it is a hard time for a small business like us.” Yeo, who owns Le Café Gourmet in Savannah, says she was forced to close her food one day a week due …
Read More »NY school children's book on race, cop shootings met with harsh police backlash
A us-regions school district is apologizing after an uproar from law enforcement over a book on race and crime shootings. On Monday, the Binghamton Police Benevolent Association (PBA) told the city’s school administration that the book “Something Happened In Our Town” could endanger public safety. The book was chosen as April …
Read More »Harriet Tubman’s lost Maryland home found, archaeologist say
archaeology” target=”_blank”>Archaeologists< say they believe they have found the homesite of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman’s father. The homesite of Ben Ross was found on property acquired last year by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as an addition to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, officials said Tuesday. An archaeology team led …
Read More »Wyoming jogger faces off with bear, viral video shows
The tension was un-bear-able. A runner in us-regions displayed steely courage when he talked down a large bear — rather than fend it off with repellant spray — that was pursuing him. A video of his harrowing encounter has gone viral online. “This one was interested in me, so I had to …
Read More »Florida's Marion County hit by EF-1 tornado
crime have confirmed that a disasters touched down in central us-regions‘s Marion County on Sunday night. While residents reported fallen energy” target=”_blank”>power lines< The tornado touched down in Ocala near Interstate 75 — a little less than two hours north of Orlando — at around 7:20 p.m. ET, according to FOX 35 Orlando. It …
Read More »Illinois National Guard activated ahead of Chauvin verdict
Gov. jb-pritzker” target=”_blank”>J.B. Pritzker< military Monday ahead of an expected verdict in the trial of a former minneapolis-st-paul”>Minneapolis<. The move was in response to a request from chicago”>Chicago<. Pritzker’s office said 125 personnel would be deployed starting Tuesday to support Chicago police. Their “limited mission” would include helping manage street …
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