Thursday, June 2, 2016

High school grad wants to wear National Honor Society mark. School says 'no' and other top stories.

  • High school grad wants to wear National Honor Society mark. School says 'no'

    High school grad wants to wear National Honor Society mark. School says 'no'
    In Plano, Texas a high school senior who says he worked hard to become a member of the National Honor Society is upset that he's not allowed to wear the traditional white satin stole with the the NHS emblem, according to WFAA. “I'm not just an honor ...
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  • Kenneth Starr stepping down as Baylor chancellor

    Kenneth Starr stepping down as Baylor chancellor
    Kenneth Starr is resigning as chancellor at Baylor in the wake of a huge shakeup at the university, but he will continue to teach in the law school, Starr told ESPN's Joe Schad on Wednesday.Editor's PicksStarr said in an interview with Outside the Lines that he was resigning effective immediately "as a matter of conscience."After an independent review of Baylor's response to sexual assault allegations, many of them against athletes, Starr had been removed as school president last week, but he wa..
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  • Clinton IT aide Pagliano to plead Fifth in email case

    Clinton IT aide Pagliano to plead Fifth in email case
    The man who set up Hillary Clinton’s private email server will assert his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination and refuse to answer questions over an open records lawsuit, according to court documents obtained Wednesday by Fox News. Bryan Pagliano declined to answer questions from watchdog group Judicial Watch during his deposition scheduled for Monday, according to his lawyers. His lawyers also asked a federal judge to block Judicial Watch from recording his deposition, writing th..
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  • Massachusetts Poised to Become 19th State Banning Trans Discrimination

    Massachusetts Poised to Become 19th State Banning Trans Discrimination
    Asa Goodwillie, of Watertown, Mass., who is transgender, protests outside the state house in Boston, Wednesday, June 1, 2016. The Massachusetts House approved a transgender rights bill that Republican Gov. Baker has promised to sign. Charles Krupa / AP The Massachusetts House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to ban discrimination in public accommodations on the basis of gender identity, positioning the Bay State one step closer to joining 18 others in offering broad civil..
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  • Two officers shot in Fremont

    Two officers shot in Fremont
    FREMONT -- After a massive manhunt, authorities have surrounded a house in the Irvington district where they believe an armed man suspected of shooting and injuring two Fremont police officers Wednesday has barricaded himself. Shortly after midnight Alameda County Sheriff Sgt. Ray Kelly told reporters Thursday morning that the suspect was inside a house, which was not his own, and the homeowner was not inside."There are really good indicators that our suspect might be there," Kelly said. "That b..
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  • UCLA shooting: Murder-suicide occurs on campus

    UCLA shooting: Murder-suicide occurs on campus
    UCLA Student Body President Michael Skiles identified Professor William S. Klug as the individual who was slain. Klug is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, according to the UCLA's website. He received his undergraduate degree at Westmont College, then obtained a Masters at UCLA and a Ph.D. Caltech. He also led the Klug Research Group, which studied "problems at the interface of mechanics and biology.""We aim to understand how the physical properties of biological structures and..
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  • Bernie Sanders's 'factually incorrect' delegate math

    Bernie Sanders's 'factually incorrect' delegate math
    Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) “Literally eight months before the first ballot was cast in Iowa, she had almost all of the superdelegates on board. That is an absurd system. … Now, on Tuesday night, on the 7th, you are going to hear from media saying that Hillary Clinton has received 80 or 90 delegates from New Jersey and other states…the nominating process is over, Secretary Clinton has won. That is factually incorrect. That is just not ..
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  • 'Pimps and Hos' Math Test Earns Eighth Grade Teacher a Time Out

    'Pimps and Hos' Math Test Earns Eighth Grade Teacher a Time Out
    This teacher gets an D- in racial sensitivity and an F in common sense. A teacher at an Alabama middle school has been placed on administrative leave after it was discovered she distributed a questionable math quiz last Friday to her students that referenced gang-related activities like drive-by shootings, cocaine and prostitution. According to parents of kids at Cranford Burns Middle School in Mobile, the students were shocked after reading questions like these: "Tyrone knocked up 4 gir..
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  • Trump unleashes on Clinton after day of attacks

    Trump unleashes on Clinton after day of attacks
    Trump began by pre-empting Clinton's next salvo, a foreign policy speech Thursday aimed squarely at Trump, by suggesting the speech is full of "such lies" and capped off his denunciation of the Democrat by insisting Clinton "should not be allowed to run" because of her controversial use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state, which Trump said amounted to a breach of "federal law."Between those attacks, Trump also called Clinton "a person with no actual talent," slammed h..
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  • Obama Wades Into Election Debate With Indiana Speech

    Obama Wades Into Election Debate With Indiana Speech
    Video Obama Heralds Economic Growth in Indiana President Obama talked about his administration’s economic accomplishments while in Elkhart, Ind., where he made a similar stop early in his first term. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on Publish Date June 1, 2016. Photo by Zach Gibson/The New York Times. ..
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