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One Book Passage Sparks a Public Meeting Showdown

A North Carolina pastor was removed from a school board meeting for reading a graphic passage from a book that students could check out—days...
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Bend Mourns – Heroic Stand Emerges

A teacher’s split-second charge at a shotgun-wielding teen helped blunt a school massacre, as Bend honors the fallen and hails the heroes who fought...
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Dad Almost Buried His Teen Daughter Alive

Video from a village wake in Guatemala shows a 15-year-old girl sitting up in her coffin and asking for water, after her family believed...
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Red-Flag Inferno – Homes Torched, Power Cut

Four separate wildfires tore through Southern California at once, forcing Camp Pendleton Marines to evacuate and shutting down a stretch of Interstate 5 as...
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VA Schools Brace After Chilling Messages

A Loudoun County jury convicted a transgender substitute teacher of making violent school threats that forced campuses to boost security.Story HighlightsA jury found the...
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Mediterranean Heat Warps Turtle Births

Rising Mediterranean sand temperatures are turning more loggerhead turtle hatchlings female, raising alarms about future male shortages as COP31 showcases the species.Story SnapshotWarmer nests...
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Campus-Wide Ban Sparks Cornell Uproar

Cornell’s president faces a campus revolt as professors say sweeping fraternity punishments rest on disputed allegations still under criminal review.Story HighlightsA 101-page lawsuit alleges...
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Ex-Fiancé Named – Case Explodes

South Carolina state investigators charged three men tied to Rep. Nancy Mace’s 2018 Sullivan’s Island case, marking a major turn backed by official warrants,...
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Mom’s DUI Cliff Drop Sparks Outrage

Police say a Tennessee mother drove off a Chattanooga cliff with her two young children in the SUV, leaving one child badly hurt.Story HighlightsArrest...
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Backchannel Reopens: Maher Meets Trump

Bill Maher says President Trump invited him to a second White House dinner, signaling another unlikely round of frank, face-to-face dialogue between political opposites.Story...

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