October 18, 2024
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Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox.The president of Colorado’s largest teachers union has denounced a text message to Colora…
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Federal prosecutors on Friday pushed back forcefully on a motion by Mayor Eric Adams to dismiss a key bribery count against him. In fighting his indictment by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, Adams moved to dismiss a bribery count by insisting he was not doing favors for the Turkish government. Adams was merely performing routine…
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People who live near the BioLab chemical plant in Conyers can finally go outside at night, 19 days after a fire fouled the air, the Rockdale County Emergency Management agency announced.
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Enrolling more than 65,400 students, Ohio State is one of the largest universities in the country. And if new university president Walter “Ted” Carter’s plans come to fruition, those numbers will only grow. “There are a lot of students, a lot of families here, whose dream is to send a student to Ohio State,” he…
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Christian nationalist leaders are telling followers that Vice President Kamala Harris is under the influence of a “Jezebel spirit”—a term with deeply racist and misogynistic roots. It is inspired by the biblical story of the evil Queen Jezebel, who pe…
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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.A year ago, James Randle, a high school social studies teacher in Queens, started exploring how artificial intelligence could help make his work more efficient….
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Drug overdose deaths in New York City decreased in 2023 for the first time in four years, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
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In 2008, the city health department opened up 1,000 permits for street vendors to sell fresh fruits and vegetables in New York City’s food deserts.
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Registered nurses at two HCA-owned Kansas City hospitals get “substantial” pay raises under new three-year contracts ratified in October. National Nurses United, the union representing registered nurses at Research Medical Center in Kansas City and Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, said in a press release that the pay bump will make it easier to…
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Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat’s free national newsletter here.After two apparent attempts on former President Donald Trump’s life, shootings at an A…