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Resistance to Brown school desegregation decision ‘purged’ Black male educators: Experts

Geo Piatt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Supreme Court's celebrated ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, ending racial segregation in America's public schools, turns 70 this week, and the anniversary is being marked as a major advance for civil rights.But less well-known is that the landmark case had a crippling impact on Black male teachers.A direct response to the decision ripped them from the profession, especially the Black men who were educators in the pre-Brown era, according to education […]

todayMay 15, 2024

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Michael Cohen testifies about how Trump turned his life ‘upside down’

Former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen departs from his home to attend his second day of testimony at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 14, 2024 in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- In emotional testimony on Tuesday, Michael Cohen spoke about how his loyalty to former president Donald Trump turned his life "upside down."During his second day on the stand in Trump's hush money trial, where he testified under direct examination by the prosecution, Cohen recounted the […]

todayMay 15, 2024

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School principal arrested for allegedly choking student, whipping him with charging cable and slapping child in face: Cops

Facebook /Marion County Sheriff's Office(NEW YORK) -- A school principal has been arrested on charges of aggravated child abuse and false imprisonment of a child under 13 years of age after allegedly physically attacking and detaining a student against their will for over an hour, police said.The incident occurred last Friday at Destiny Leadership Academy -- a private school in Ocala, Florida -- when authorities from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call regarding a “physical disturbance between […]

todayMay 15, 2024

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Air Force pilot dies after aircraft ejection seat goes off while on the ground

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An Air Force instructor pilot has died after the ejection seat on his aircraft activated while the plane was operating on the ground, officials said.The incident occurred on Monday at Sheppard Air Force Base near Wichita Falls, Texas, when Capt. John Robertson of the 80th Operations Support Squadron was in a T-6A Texan II aircraft during ground operations and he was suddenly ejected from the plane, causing him severe injuries, according to a statement from […]

todayMay 15, 2024

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Ship that struck Francis Scott Key Bridge had blackouts 10 hours before crash, NTSB report finds

In this aerial view, a steel truss from the destroyed Francis Scott Key Bridge that was pinning the container ship Dali in place was detached from the ship using a controlled detonation of explosives in Baltimore, MD, May 13, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)(BALTIMORE) -- The shipping vessel that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March experienced two power blackouts while docked, 10 hours before the collision that toppled part of a bridge span, according to a preliminary report […]

todayMay 15, 2024

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Four big takeaways from Day 17 of Trump’s hush money trial

SimpleImages/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Across two days of testimony in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen detailed Donald Trump's extensive involvement in an alleged scheme to hide negative information about himself from voters in the run-up to the 2016 election.On Tuesday afternoon, defense lawyers launched their effort to convince jurors to not believe a single word Cohen said.Cohen's cross-examination quickly became combative, with defense attorney Todd Blanche highlighting Cohen's animosity for his former […]

todayMay 15, 2024

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Air Force prosecutors ask for new charges for Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira

Creativeye99/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Air Force prosecutors on Tuesday asked a military hearing officer to recommend that Jack Teixeira, an Air National Guardsman, be court-martialed for disobeying orders and obstructing justice after leaking national defense secrets.Teixeira, 22, who appeared at Hanscom Air Force Base, about 20 miles outside of Boston, for the military court hearing, pleaded guilty to federal charges in March for disseminating confidential defense documents on the social media platform, Discord. Some of those documents included intelligence about the […]

todayMay 15, 2024

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Boeing breached 2021 deferred prosecution agreement: DOJ

The exterior of the Boeing Company headquarters is seen on March 25, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Justice has notified a federal court in Texas that it has determined Boeing breached a non-prosecution agreement that allowed the company to escape criminal prosecution over two fatal crashes of 737 Max airplanes in 2018 and 2019, according to a newly filed letter.Federal prosecutors entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with Boeing in January 2021, allowing […]

todayMay 15, 2024

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Eight teens taken to hospital after ingesting marijuana edibles during school field trip: Authorities

ABC News/KABC-TV(LOS ANGELES) -- Eight teenagers got "acutely ill" and were transported to the hospital after ingesting marijuana edibles during a field trip to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, authorities said.An on-site security officer found the sickened male and female students and called 911 around 2:30 p.m. PT Tuesday, the Los Angeles Fire Department said."LAFD Paramedics arrived quickly to determine each had an altered level of consciousness, following their reported ingestion of cannabis edibles," LAFD said in […]

todayMay 15, 2024

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