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Month: August 2024

Jewish groups file federal complaint alleging antisemitism in Fulton schools

ATLANTA (AP) — Jewish advocacy groups filed a federal discrimination complaint against the Fulton County school district over antisemitic bullying. The complaint said that students were subject to verbal harassment after the Israel-Hamas war broke out. But the school district ignored repeated complaints of harassment and failed to discipline those engaged in antisemitic behavior, the

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Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico’s presidential vote in June, is finally declared President-elect

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum, the woman who won Mexico’s June 2 presidential vote, has finally been formally declared Mexico’s President-elect, the first woman to hold the office in Mexico. At a ceremony Thursday, the former Mexico City mayor was handed the legal ruling declaring her the country’s next president. The ruling had been

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70 years after Paraguay’s dictatorship, protesters see its legacy in the entrenched right-wing party

Associated Press ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — It was one of the first actions taken by Paraguayans in public defiance of their overthrown dictator, a military strongman who unleashed a 35-year reign of terror, killing hundreds of people and imprisoning thousands more. In a howl of dissent, crowds massed around the newly elected socialist mayor of

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Nearly 2,500 backpacks given to students at Coachella Valley Rescue Mission’s ‘Backpack Bonanza’

The Coachella Valley Rescue Mission hosted its annual “backpack bonanza,” donating about 2,500 backpacks to low-income families Wednesday morning. The backpacks were filled with school supplies with folders, markers, calculators and more. They were handed out to students ranging from Pre-K all the way to high school.  CVRM did it with the support of the community and

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Clint Eastwood’s former Carmel-by-the-Sea home on sale for $21 million

By Naveed Habibelahian Click here for updates on this story     CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, California (KSBW) — Famous actor Clint Eastwood’s former Central Coast home where he resided from the 1980s to the mid-90s is now on the market. Eastwood resided in the nearly 4,500 interior square-foot home in the Los Ondas neighborhood in Carmel-by-the-Sea from 1981-1996; during

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