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Month: January 2022

Christian school asks parents to sign contract that could exclude gay and transgender students

By Helen Regan, CNN A Christian school in the Australian city of Brisbane has sparked outrage for requiring parents to sign an enrollment contract that refers to homosexuality as a sin and includes it in a list of “immoral” behavior alongside bestiality, incest, and pedophilia. The document could see students expelled based on sexual orientation,

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NSA watchdog finds ‘concerns’ with searches of Americans’ communications

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN The National Security Agency failed to follow both court-approved and internal procedures designed to prevent officials from using a controversial foreign surveillance law to inappropriately monitor Americans’ communications, the NSA inspector general found in a semi-annual report released on Monday. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the

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Louisiana governor to meet Black legislative leaders after new report about investigation of Ronald Greene’s death

By Nick Valencia and Amanda Watts, CNN Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards will meet with the Legislative Black Caucus on Tuesday to discuss recent new allegations in the Ronald Greene case. Both the governor’s office and the Department of Justice for the Western District of Louisiana are contesting recent reporting by the Associated Press that

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Incoming Georgetown Law director on leave after tweets about Biden’s Supreme Court plan

By Jenn Selva, CNN The incoming executive director for Georgetown University’s Center for the Constitution has been placed on administrative leave after social media comments made last week questioning President Joe Biden’s intentions for the US Supreme Court vacancy. Biden last week confirmed that he would make good a campaign promise and nominate a Black

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FBI and California sheriff illegally seized marijuana cash belonging to licensed dispensaries, lawsuit claims

By Josh Campbell, CNN Federal agents and a Southern California sheriff’s department engaged in “highway robberies” after seizing more than a million dollars in cash from vehicles transporting funds from marijuana dispensaries to financial institutions during a series of traffic stops last year, a new lawsuit claims. In the civil suit filed in federal district

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US State Department orders families of government personnel to leave Belarus amid ‘unusual and concerning Russian military buildup’

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US State Department on Monday ordered family members of employees at the US Embassy in Belarus to depart the country and warned American citizens against travel there due to an “unusual and concerning Russian military buildup” along Belarus’ border with Ukraine. The developments come as US officials warn that Russia

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Fallece la actriz colombiana Dora Cadavid, reconocida por su papel como “Inesita” en la telenovela “Yo soy Betty, la fea”

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia lamentó este lunes en su cuenta de Twitter la muerte de la actriz colombiana Dora Cadavid, “quien, a través de sus personajes en la televisión colombiana, así como su trabajo radial, deja un gran legado para nuestra cultura”, dice la publicación. La también actriz

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Exclusive: Trump advisers drafted more than one executive order to seize voting machines, sources tell CNN

By Zachary Cohen and Paula Reid, CNN Former President Donald Trump‘s advisers drafted two versions of an executive order to seize voting machines — one directing the Department of Defense to do so and another the Department of Homeland Security — as part of a broader effort to undermine the 2020 election results, multiple sources

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Jefferson School District #251 hoping to help students’ mental health

With the ever growing number of screens in the home Jefferson School District #251 is becoming concerned about their students mental health. As such Monday evening the district showed a documentary titled “Screenagers”. The documentary features insights from Psychologists and Neurologists about how teens can balance their screen time and avoid addictions, or if they have a screen addiction give them tips on how to handle it.

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