Tag: system
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University of Texas System announces free tuition for students whose families earn $100K or less
The University of Texas System announced Wednesday it will expand its free tuition program for lower-income families to include all families making $100,000 or less a year. The Board of Regents gave preliminary approval to the plan, which is an expansion of its Promise Plus program. The free tuition for undergraduate students will begin in…
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How do exit polls work? Understanding the polling system for gathering voter data
On Election Day, as votes are being tallied and news organizations await results and race projections that can be reported, exit polls are a critical tool providing an early look at who is voting and what’s motivating their choices. An exit poll is a survey of voters taken as they leave (or exit) their voting…
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Biden to formally apologize for Indian boarding school system
President Joe Biden is slated to issue a formal apology on Friday for a government-run boarding school system that forcibly separated generations of Native American children from their families. “I’m heading to do something that should have been done a long time ago: make a formal apology to the Indian nations for the way we treated…
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Chicago to begin shutting down separate migrant shelter system
The city of Chicago will overhaul its migrant response strategy, including by closing its “landing zone” and migrant-only shelters, as it responds to a decline in the number of people arriving to the city in recent months. Chicago, along with New York and Denver, have had to adapt over the past two years as their migrant…
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What is ‘pink cocaine’, the drug found in Liam Payne’s system after his death?
An initial toxicology report revealed that former One Direction singer Liam Payne had multiple drugs in his system, including “pink cocaine,” when he fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires. Here’s what to know about the drug cocktail. What is pink cocaine? Pink cocaine is typically a powdery mix…
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Liam Payne reportedly had ‘pink cocaine’ in his system at time of death
Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer, had multiple drugs in his system when he fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires, several local and international news outlets have reported. An initial toxicology report revealed the British singer, who died aged 31, had drugs in his system at the…
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30% of the cameras in Border Patrol’s main surveillance system are broken, memo says
Nearly one-third of the cameras in the Border Patrol’s primary surveillance system along the southern U.S. border are not working, according to an internal agency memo sent in early October, depriving border agents of a crucial tool in combating illegal migrant crossings. “The nationwide issue is having significant impacts on [Border Patrol] operations,” reads a…
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U.S. says to send powerful THAAD defense system to Israel
The United States announced it is sending an advanced anti-missile system and a number of troops to Israel, deepening America’s involvement in the spiraling conflict as the region readies for Israeli retaliatory strikes against Iran. The decision was announced just hours before a Hezbollah drone strike on an Israeli base killed four soldiers and wounded…