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An officer used ‘deadly force’ on a New Jersey mom who brought her daughter tampons, lawsuit says

Two years after a South Jersey mother was arrested on charges of assaulting a police officer at her daughter’s high school, Nadia Baxter is telling her side of the story in a federal lawsuit. Baxter arrived at Williamstown High School in Gloucester County that October 2024 day to deliver menstrual hygiene products for her daughter. In the school’s lobby,…

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Ohio HB 1012: $360M special education funding proposalOhio House Bill 1012 would eliminate a 10% special education funding withholding for traditional public school districts and replace it with a proposed $360 million state appropriation for reimbursements in fiscal 2027. Community and STEM schools would continue contributing 5%.

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Headlines for October 16, 2026Teenage Shooter Kills Three Children and Teacher in Bend, Oregon, Neo-Nazi Teen Allegedly Attempted Mass Shooting at Illinois Hindu Temple, But Rifle Jammed, Trump Cancels Hegseth’s Plans to Live-Stream Firing Squad Execution, Pentagon to Withhold Internal Report on Attack on Iranian School Until After Midterms, Houthis Attack Presidential Palace in…

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Teen kills 4 at Oregon school. And, DOJ sues California over alleged noncitizensA teen opened fire at an Oregon elementary school, leaving three kids and one teacher dead. And, the Justice Department is suing California over alleged noncitizen voters.

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LA fire survivors are set to lose case managers as standoff between California and FEMA drags onA 78-year-old retired teacher whose California home was destroyed by a catastrophic wildfire faces losing her disaster case manager amid a funding standoff between the state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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Mismatched IDs aren’t stopping trans Kansans from votingAvery Rowland, a transgender woman in small-town Kansas, is running as a Democrat to represent a state legislative district in the bottom-right corner of the state, about two hours south of Kansas City. She wants to bring more highways, hospitals and schools to her rural, deep-red district. Her race was fairly uneventful, until she got […]

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Former College Golf Coach Files Federal Lawsuit Over Alleged Retaliation and Gender DiscriminationFormer UTC women’s golf coach has filed a federal lawsuit alleging retaliation and Title IX violations after her firing.

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County treasurer, cross-country coach accused of having child sex abuse materialsCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A substitute teacher and cross-country coach in the Macks Creek School District who is also the Hickory County treasurer was charged this week in federal court with distributing child sex abuse material. Kenneth S. Ratliff, 51, appeared Thursday in federal court in Jefferson City on one criminal count. The federal complaint alleges

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Ohio’s EdChoice Ruled Unconstitutional, but Still Allowed to ContinueOhio’s school choice program, EdChoice, is being appealed to the state supreme court. While the 10th District Court of Appeals, which heard the case in May, ruled unanimously on Thursday that the program is unconstitutional, EdChoice is still allowed to remain in place while Attorney General Andy Wilson appeals the decision. The decision from Wilson,...

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Fairfax Wants $1,575 to Show Its Superintendent’s Calendar. Prince William Quoted $123.Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) and Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) are the two largest districts in Virginia. Central office administrators in each district appear to value transparency about their superintendents’ calendars very differently. On Sept. 30, I submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the calendar of…

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Alabama college programs face federal funding loss under new ruleCosmetology and entry-level medical assistant programs may lose federal funding due to a new U.S. Department of Education rule.

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