Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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Minnesota - Today, the Minnesota Reformer reported that conservative State Senator Mark Koran is encouraging his Facebook followers to donate to the legal defense fund of a Minnesota family facing felony charges in connection with the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “It’s appalling that Minnesota conservatives are once again emboldening violent extremists,” said Marissa Luna, executive director of Alliance for a Better Minnesota. “For months leading up to the U.S. Capitol attack, conservatives spread lies and sowed doubts about the out...
Seven students are suing a Texas school district over its policy banning boys from having long hair, with violators potentially being suspended or kicked off campus. The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and the ACLU Women's Rights Project filed a lawsuit on behalf of the seven students, ages seven to 17, against Magnolia Independent School District. The complaint says a 9-year-old boy was kept in in-school suspensions for more than a month and removed from campus before the boy eventually dropped out of school. He is currently...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal civil rights investigation released Thursday found widespread racial harassment of Black and Asian American students at a Utah school district, including hundreds of documented uses of the N-word and other racial epithets over the last five years. The probe also found physical assaults, derogatory racial comments and harsher discipline for students of color at Davis School District, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division said in a statement. The district has agreed to take several steps as part of a s...
ST. CLOUD – St. Cloud school district Superintendent Willie Jett will leave the central Minnesota school district at the end of the school year. Jett told school board members Wednesday he does not plan to seek another contract with the district, citing plans to spend time with his family and pursue other interests. "Life comes in stages. At this time, it's about time and timing," said Jett, 57. "The decision feels right to step down at the end of this school year." https://w...
Two men have been arrested after a high-speed chase that began in Minnesota and ended with a crash in North Dakota near Fargo. Sheriff’s officials say a vehicle was traveling at nearly 100 mph in Clay County, Minnesota Wednesday afternoon. According to authorities, the driver stopped and he and a passenger switched seats before the vehicle took off again. Deputies put down stop sticks, but the vehicle kept going until County Road 26 and Highway 75 near Roberts Township where the passenger got out, was arrested and the driver continued on. T...
Kid-size doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine appear safe and nearly 91% effective at preventing symptomatic infections in 5- to 11-year-olds, according to study details released Friday as the U.S. considers opening vaccinations to that age group. The shots could begin in early November, with the first children in line fully protected by Christmas, if regulators give the go-ahead. That would represent a major expansion of the nation's vaccine drive, encompassing roughly 28 million elementary...
