Tag: school
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Pennsylvania middle school installs window in gender-inclusive bathroom
A Pennsylvania middle school installed a window in its gender-inclusive restroom, making its interior visible from the school hallway. The window was constructed at Emory H. Markle Middle School in Hanover, Pennsylvania, which is roughly 5 miles north of the Maryland border. Gender-inclusive bathrooms are commonly used by transgender and nonbinary people for privacy and…
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Thousands of unclaimed bodies sent to Texas medical school — 1,800 names released
This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. For five years, the unclaimed dead of Dallas and Tarrant counties were delivered to the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. There, the bodies were assessed based on their usefulness to medical…
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25 feared dead after school bus catches fire in Thailand
BANGKOK — About 25 people were feared dead in Thailand on Tuesday when a school bus carrying students and teachers on a field trip caught fire on the outskirts of the capital, Bangkok, with 16 passengers hospitalized, the government said. Police could not immediately confirm the number of injuries or deaths, but Interior Minister Anutin…
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California governor signs legislation prohibiting six artificial dyes from school foods
California has become the first state in the nation to prohibit school cafeterias from serving foods that contain six artificial dyes tied to health and behavioral problems. Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., signed Assembly Bill 2316 into law on Saturday. Known as the California School Food Safety Act, it outlaws Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6,…
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Black student punished for his hairstyle wants to return to the Texas school that suspended him
HOUSTON — A Black high school student in Texas who was punished for nearly all of his junior year over his hairstyle has left his school district rather than spend another year of in-school suspension, according to his attorney. But Darryl George, 18, would like to return to his Houston-area high school in the Barbers Hill school…
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Ex-USC star Reggie Bush sues for money school and others made off him two decades ago
LOS ANGELES — Former Southern California football star Reggie Bush has filed a lawsuit against his school, the NCAA and the Pac-12 in a bid to recoup money made on his name, image and likeness during his career with the Trojans two decades ago. In a brief news release from Bush’s attorneys announcing the filing…
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Hezbollah commanders among 37 killed in Beirut strike; Israeli strike on Gaza school kills 22, officials say
And a senior officer in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said the region was on the brink of war. Calling Israel’s airstrike “another major crime,” Mohsen Rezaee raised the prospect of widening conflict, saying “it is possible that after Lebanon, they may extend their crimes toward Iraq, Syria, or, with an even bigger mistake,…
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Lawmakers demand an end to ‘sham’ transaction fees that are adding to the cost of school lunches
A group of senators has demanded that U.S. officials prohibit transaction fees on school meal accounts, arguing that the companies that process students’ lunch payments are unnecessarily raising costs for families. In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack sent Wednesday evening, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and seven other senators urged immediate action from the…
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10-year-old student at Japanese school in China dies after being stabbed
TOKYO — A 10-year-old student at a Japanese school in China died Thursday after being stabbed on the way to school the day before, Japanese officials said, as they demanded that Beijing do more to protect Japanese nationals in the country. “I consider this to be an extremely despicable crime and a serious and grave…
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Uvalde families confront officers charged in school shooting as tensions rise over delayed justice
UVALDE, Texas — Relatives and friends of the victims of the Uvalde school shooting shouted “Coward! Coward!” on Monday as one of the only two officers charged in the 2022 massacre sat in a white pickup outside a jail courthouse. The anger and emotion erupted at former Uvalde school district police officer Adrian Gonzales after…