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Yale police union hands arriving students Grim Reaper flyers about crime near campus: ‘Good luck’

Yale police union hands arriving students Grim Reaper flyers about crime near campus: ‘Good luck’
[ad_1] The Yale Police Union in New Haven shared a bold public safety flyer, complete with an image of the Grim Reaper, with students arriving at the Ivy League university’s campus this week. Yale and New Haven city officials criticized the “misleading” pamphlets, which say crime in the southern Connecticut city is “getting worse.” “This […]

Florida school isolates Black students at assembly, reportedly offered gift cards to improve scores

Florida school isolates Black students at assembly, reportedly offered gift cards to improve scores
[ad_1] A Flagler County, Florida, elementary school singled out numerous Black students and forced them to attend an assembly on improving their standardized test scores, as confirmed by the district’s interim superintendent. FOX 35 in Orlando reported that last Friday, students in grades four and five were taken out of class to attend an assembly […]

European Climate Czar Steps Down to Take Part in Dutch Elections

European Climate Czar Steps Down to Take Part in Dutch Elections
[ad_1] Frans Timmermans, the European Union’s climate chief, will leave his position in Brussels to become a candidate in coming elections in the Netherlands, the European Commission announced on Tuesday. Mr. Timmermans’s immediate departure comes as the European Union is focusing on meeting climate goals, reducing emissions on the continent as well as transitioning to […]

Maui home left untouched by wildfires while Lahaina neighborhood destroyed

Maui home left untouched by wildfires while Lahaina neighborhood destroyed
[ad_1] Among the charred homes in a neighborhood reduced to ash from the Maui fires stands a single red-roofed home that appears virtually unscathed. Images of the 100-year-old wood home on Front Street show the residence still standing while the surrounding area is reduced to rubble in the Maui town of Lahaina, which was virtually […]

Arévalo Wins Election in Guatemala

Arévalo Wins Election in Guatemala
[ad_1] An anticorruption crusader won a runoff election for Guatemala’s presidency on Sunday, handing a stunning rebuke to the conservative political establishment in Central America’s most populous nation. Bernardo Arévalo, a polyglot sociologist from an upstart party made up largely of urban professionals, took 58 percent of the vote with 98 percent of votes counted […]