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Schools should pay teachers what they're worth
But Zegarac said he learned about the controversial trip from the media - and also stressed he had no knowledge of the trips organized by teachers during school breaks. Several parents of black students at Dinsmore Elementary School claimed that a white instructor used a racial slur and made what they said was inappropriate comments in front of their children during class, WJAX-TV , a CBS affil... [Full Article...]
Sexual Assault Awareness Month marked at UNOH
We have the power to change that. "Our hope is that we'll give students a chance to talk about it, shed light on it, make conversation, have a dialogue about it that it's happening, talking about, obviously what resources are there in the community both here on our campus and then locally in our community", Jarvis said. [Full Article...]
'Solo: A Star Wars Story' to screen at the Cannes Film Festival
Cruz and Bardem are the golden couple of Spanish-language cinema, and have starred in several films together including last year's "Loving Pablo", about a journalist who falls in love with the notorious Colombian drugs lord, Pablo Escobar. Lawrence Kasdan, Jason McGatlin, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are the executive producers. The screening in the Grand Amphitheatre Lumière at the Palais d... [Full Article...]
Saudi crown prince on official visit to France next week
The State Department said Thursday that the Trump administration has signed off on an agreement to sell more that $1.3 billion in artillery to Saudi Arabia, the second arms deal between the USA and Riyadh in as many months. The New York Times reported in December that Prince Salman was the owner of the Chateau Louis XIV near Louveciennes, to the west of Paris - and not far from the palace at ... [Full Article...]
China trade war: Escalation may just be a precursor to negotiations
Scott Kennedy, deputy director of the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said he believes that the US and China are already in a trade war . China has already imposed tariffs on the easy stuff: luxury goods like American wine and liquor, and agricultural goods that are considered luxuries within China, like almonds and pistachios. [Full Article...]
YSR Congress Lawmakers Say They Will Resign From Lok Sabha Today
The five MPs met Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Friday and tendered their resignations. Immediately after submitting their resignations, they will go on an indefinite hunger strike at AP Bhavan in Delhi, for which they have obtained permission. [Full Article...]
Malaysia's Najib attends cabinet meeting ahead of expected election announcement
Najib said the ruler had consented to the dissolution on the proposed date. "God willing, if BN wins (in the general election), we promise to do better in the next five years", he said at a special announcement today. This means that either the incumbent ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, or the Pakatan Harapan opposition pact, would need to win at least 112 seats to form the government. [Full Article...]
At least 12 injured as bus overturns en route to Masters
Smoke was filling the interior, he said, as he climbed out a window above his head and pried open an emergency exit in the bus roof. Police say the driver, 61-year-old Steven Hoppenbrouwer, "over corrected" and the vehicle overturned in the median. [Full Article...]
IShares Currency Hedged MSCI Italy (HEWI) Rises 0.29% for April 5
Valuations and Returns for MSCI Inc. ETFS-E Fund MSCI China A GO ETF (NASDAQ:CASH) has moved 4.49% over the past week and is now priced at $114.85 after moving 1.46% in the most recent session. The stock has "Sell" rating by Evercore on Tuesday , October 11. Meanwhile, the trading corporation has 50 days moving average ratio of -5.84% related to its latest price change. [Full Article...]
Salt Lake-area man accused of possessing 375 child porn files
According to the probable cause statement, Berrett used a peer-to-peer network to share a child pornography file with a law enforcement officer on February 18. He also faces charges of sexual abuse of a minor, sexual abuse of a minor with a continuing course of conduct, production of child pornography and possession of child pornography. [Full Article...]
Police Arrest Suspects In Valentine's Day Game Room Robbery
Chico Calif .-According to Chico Police, Monday April 2nd around 5:30 p.m. they received a report from K-Mart that there had been a robbery. Wold kept driving until her auto crashed into a snowbank. "Nevarez has been arrested in Berthold for unrelated charges, however, theft charges have not been filed at this time with the Williams County State's Attorney's office", Hendricks wrote. [Full Article...]
Former South Korean President Park Found Guilty of Abusing Power
Three months later, the eight-member Constitutional Court then voted unanimously to remove her from office. Following months of hearings and massive street rallies calling for her to be ousted, the 66-year-old was arrested and impeached last year. [Full Article...]
Man pleads guilty to attacking mother-in-law, baby with machete
Seventeen-year-old Wyatt Weist's guilty plea came as part of a deal with the county prosecutor's office which saw the deadly use of a weapon enhancement dropped from a charge of attempted first-degree murder, the Associated Press reported . [Full Article...]
US To Sanction Russian Oligarchs Over 2016 Election Meddling
An unnamed wealthy Russian was recently stopped at a NY area airport and had his electronic devices searched by investigators, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. "We're not aware of this", Cobb told the Daily News Wednesday afternoon. US law prohibits foreign campaign donations. He's particularly interested in Russian investments in think tanks and political-action committees th... [Full Article...]
Trump visits White Sulphur Springs today
He will be attending the roundtable event at the White Sulphur Springs Civic Center in Greenbrier County. Trump revisited a campaign complaint about anchor babies, where pregnant women came to the United States to give birth so that their children will be citizens. [Full Article...]
'Worst DUI offender in the country' arrested in Riverside, police say
The five children present during that arrest were once again taken into protective custody. All of those arrests are DUI-related , and the recent incident is her seventh DUI. It appeared she had attempted to fill her vehicle with kerosene, not gasoline, at the kerosene pump, police said. "This is one of the worst impaired driving arrests our agency has ever made", Weitzel said. [Full Article...]
Mexican Senate Blasts Trump Over Border Plans
Since taking office, President Donald Trump has repeatedly tried to link immigration with crime, but immigrant advocates say many are fleeing poverty and violence. But the rest of the migrants at the camp seemed unlikely to move again until Wednesday or Thursday. It said 465 migrants had asked for transit visas and 230 had gotten them, and another 168 were likely to get some sort of visa to ... [Full Article...]
Google buys more renewable energy than it uses
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) just made a huge step forward in terms of its renewable energy mission. In other terms, as Worringham argues, it exceeds all the electricity produced by Israel and Hong Kong combined, where all power comes from burning fossil fuels . [Full Article...]
Hamas: We Will Pay Families of Palestinians Killed in Gaza Border Clashes
Israeli forces used gunfire and tear gas to keep them away from the border fence. Eighteen Palestinians have been killed as a result of shooting by the Israeli Defence Forces. Visiting the frontier this week, Lieberman warned protesters "against continuing the provocation and said that "every person who comes close to the fence is endangering their lives". [Full Article...]
Koreas begin preparatory talks to set up Kim-Moon summit
What is clear, though, is that a speedy resolution to the North Korean nuclear issue is anything but guaranteed. "The Ministry of Defence does not consider that the United Kingdom will be a target of North Korean nuclear missiles, as its regime does not believe the United Kingdom to be a threat", they wrote. [Full Article...]