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Month: January 2021

Chicago teachers to hold ‘teach-out’ as students return to in-person learning

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WLS) — Teachers unwilling to teach from inside their classrooms are expected to teach virtually from outside the building once again Tuesday, according to the Chicago Teacher’s Union. Chicago Public School officials have threatened to dock pay for teachers who are unwilling to return to in-person teaching.

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Ireland’s ‘brutally misogynistic culture’ saw the death of 9,000 babies and children in mother and baby homes, report finds

Thousands of babies and children died in 18 of Ireland’s mother and baby homes — church-run institutions where unmarried women were sent to deliver their babies in secret, often against their will — over eight decades, according to a landmark report. On Tuesday, the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related

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Trump administration reverses course and adopts part of Biden vaccine distribution plan

The Department of Health and Human Services is expected to announce sweeping changes Tuesday in vaccine rollout guidelines in an effort to boost the lagging number of vaccinations in the first month — effectively adopting the approach proposed by President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration. The Trump administration plans to release reserved second doses immediately, a

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California’s Disneyland Resort will host a ‘super’ Covid-19 vaccination site

Disneyland Resort in Anaheim will soon be the first “super” Covid-19 vaccination site in Orange County, California, officials said Monday. The resort will be one of several “super POD” — Point-of-Dispensing — sites where thousands of residents daily will be able to get vaccinated, officials said. It will be operational later this week. “The Disneyland

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Washington Post: Secret Service officer placed under investigation after accusing lawmakers of treason on social media

A US Secret Service officer is under investigation after accusing lawmakers of treason and sharing conspiracy theories about the election on social media, according to The Washington Post who obtained images of the comments. News of the investigation comes as law enforcement agencies broaden their investigations into what role their own officers played in the

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