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Mississippi AG’s Stepmother Accuses Her of Using State Security Team for Personal Business
“We consider this a private matter between two private parties and we’re going to let the courts decide,” said Michelle Williams, Lynn Fitch’s chief of staff.
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Kristi Noem Orders $9K Desk From State Prison Work Program That Includes Gun Drawer
The South Dakota Republican Governor fired the director of the state’s prison work program in August during a human resources investigation.
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Iowa Schools Barred From Hybrid Schedule, Online Only Classes Unless They Make Up Days
A group of parents of disabled students have filed a lawsuit to try and overturn the the state law, which also prohibits schools from imposing mask mandates.
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Vermont’s Lone School District Thought to Be Without Mask Mandate Had Board Vote Against It
“Despite what you may hear online, Vermont is in a better position than any other state to deal with COVID,” Governor Phil Scott said.
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Kansas Prison With Dozens of Violent Incidents Should Be Closed, Activists Tell White House
CoreCivic, the company that privately operates the Leavenworth Detention Center, said the allegations its critics made are “false and defamatory.”
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Apple to Refine System That Scans iPhones for Images of Child Sexual Abuse, Delays Release
Jennifer Granick, a lawyer for the ACLU, called the delay “a success for civil liberties groups’ advocacy.”
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Afghan Women Stage Protest Demanding Role in Government, Education as Taliban Watch
“Freedom is our motto. It makes us proud,” said the sign of an Afghan woman who took part in a women’s rights demonstration in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul.
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Polish Officials Say Afghan Boy Who Ate Poison Mushrooms Has Small Chance of Survival
Polish authorities are investigating the mushroom poisoning of an Afghan family after they arrived at a quarantine center in Poland following their evacuation.
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California Families Describe Being Shot at, Beaten by Taliban During Afghanistan Evacuation
“They are talking about it, about the gunfire, and being scared of the Taliban, but we hope they forget all that,” Yousef said of his wife and children.
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Nurse Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault of Long-Term Care Patient Who Later Gave Birth
The woman’s parents filed a lawsuit alleging Nathan Sutherland had treated their daughter even though Arizona state said that she would be cared for by women.
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Nurse Calls Mississippi Hospital’s COVID Vaccine Mandate ‘Slap in the Face,’ Others Protest
Lacy Cunningham said that she supports vaccination but she can’t get vaccinated herself due to health reasons.
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9/11 Victims’ Relatives Say Saudi Arabia Complicit in Attacks, Ask for Missing Evidence
So far, investigators have been unable to conclusively establish a link between the September 11 attacks and the Saudi kingdom.
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Wildfire Scorches French Vineyards After Frost Costs 2 Billion Euros in Industry Losses
“We’re receiving hundreds of messages from people who want to buy our wine, but we have nothing left,” said one vintner.
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California Community Colleges Received Over 65K Fake Financial Aid Applications
The fake aid applications were filed at almost all of the state’s 116 community colleges on behalf of first-time applicants older than 30.
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U.S. Green Card Holder Says Nation ‘Lied to Us,’ Left Them Behind in Afghanistan
“What does this green card even mean? Nothing. They did nothing,” green card holder Javed Habibi said of the U.S. government.
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West Virginia Adding Second City to Remote Worker Program Offering $12K to Move to State
The $12,000 offer to move to Lewisburg, where roughly 4,000 live in the state’s southeast, is accompanied by other incentives for a package worth over $20,000.
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China Orders Broadcasters to ‘Put An End’ to ‘Sissy Men,’ and ‘Other Abnormal Esthetics’
China’s President Xi Jinping has ordered a “national rejuvenation” and more Communist Party control on broad aspects of its society.
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Ida’s Remnants Prompt Weather Service to Issue First-Ever Flash Flood Warnings in NY
At least nine people died in New York City and New Jersey due to remnants of Hurricane Ida hitting the region Wednesday evening.
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Lawmakers Receive Letters Saying They Will Become ‘Prey’ After Vote for Wolf Reduction Bill
“Just as the wolf went from predator to prey, so shall you,” said an anonymous letter sent to at least two Idaho state lawmakers after they voted for the state’s wolf law.
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Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio Exonerated by Vatican of Sexual Abuse Allegations
“I ask for your prayers as I continue to fight against the lawsuits stemming from these two allegations,” DiMarzio said.
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