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DePaul University fires biology professor over assignment about Israel-Hamas war

DePaul University says it has fired a part-time biology professor after she gave an optional assignment to students last month asking them to write about the impact of “genocide in Gaza on human health and biology.” An investigation into the assignment offered by Anne d’Aquino “found it had negatively affected the learning environment by introducing extraneous political material that was …

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12 injured in Wisconsin rooftop party shooting

Police are now saying at least a dozen people were hurt in a shooting at a rooftop party in Wisconsin’s capital city. WISCONSIN WARDEN AND EIGHT STAFF MEMBERS CHARGED FOLLOWING PROBES INTO INMATE DEATHS More than 25 people were at the party on the roof of a high-rise apartment building in downtown Madison around 12:45 a.m. Sunday when shots were …

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Kansas high school ‘assassin’ game ends with girl’s father allegedly shooting, paralyzing teen

A group of Kansas high schoolers’ “senior assassin” prank involving gel bead guns erupted into chaos last month when it ended in a teenager being shot with a real gun and paralyzed from the waist down, a recently filed affidavit shows. Sedgwick Sheriff’s Office deputies initially responded to a shooting outside a Goddard Walmart just before 5 p.m. May 11 …

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Judge orders University of California workers to end strike protesting response to anti-Israel protests

A California judge ordered University of California academic workers to end their strike after they have been walking picket lines at several campuses in protest of the university system’s response to anti-Israel demonstrations on campuses. Orange County Superior Court Judge Randall Sherman handed the ruling down on Friday, according to CNS. The university system filed suit earlier last week aiming …

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The anniversary of Jaycee Dugard's kidnapping: Where she and her daughters are now

When Jaycee Dugard was 11 years old, on June 10, 1991, she was abducted on her way to school in South Lake Tahoe, California. Eighteen years passed before she was discovered and reconnected with her family. She was taken by Phillip and Nancy Garrido, who kept her outside in their backyard filled with tents and sheds. Jaycee Dugard was abducted …

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Los Angeles socialite Rebecca Grossman gets 15 years to life for crash that killed 2 boys

A rich and powerful Los Angeles socialite was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison Monday for the deaths of two boys as they were crossing the street with their mother and younger brother. Rebecca Grossman was sentenced after being convicted of second-degree murder and other charges stemming from the Sept. 29, 2020 crash that killed Jacob Iskander, 8, …

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Reporter's Notebook: Lawmakers take to the field in strange spectacle of annual Congressional Baseball Game

“Baseball is a Funny Game.” – Book title by late Major Leaguer and baseball broadcaster Joe Garagiola “Baseball is like church. Many attend. But few understand.” – Legendary New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros manager Leo Durocher “When you start the game, they don’t say ‘Work ball!’ They say ‘Play ball!’” – Hall of Famer and …

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Body of missing 15-year-old JROTC cadet found in North Carolina lake

An investigation is underway in North Carolina after the body of a missing 15-year-old Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) cadet was recovered from a lake on Sunday. According to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office, on Sunday, June 9, deputies responded to Camp Bud Schiele regarding a missing JROTC member. A group of JROTC cadets was at the lake participating …

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Florida mom allegedly attempts to drown 'possessed, devil toddler' for knocking over plant: report

A Florida woman is being accused of attempting to allegedly drown her “possessed, devil” toddler in the bathtub after the child knocked over her potted plant, according to arrest records obtained by FOX 35 Orlando. In a press release from the Daytona Beach Police Department, officers said Karina Mustafa, 29, was booked into the Volusia County jail on a charge …

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Former Jeffrey Epstein cellmate, bodybuilder ex-cop turned drug trafficker, sentenced

The man accused of assaulting sex-trafficking suspect Jeffrey Epstein in a federal jail has been sentenced to four consecutive terms of life in prison for masterminding a brutal 2016 quadruple murder that killed a man who owed him drug money and three bystanders. Nicholas Tartaglione, 56, and a group of bodybuilder co-conspirators tortured and killed Martin Luna, 41, over the …

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