‘Dam is breaking’ on school choice as battleground state approves voucher program: attorney
What is? Choice of school With school choice debates raging in states across the country, author Neal McCluskey helps us answer important questions like “what is it” and “why is it controversial?” Ohio joined the growing number of states passing pro-school legislation by expanding its voucher program to more families. “Ohio is the eighth school-choice state in just two years,” Corey DeAngelis, a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, told Fox News. “The Dam is Breaking for Government School Monopoly.” The $86 billion budget Gov. Mike DeWine signed Tuesday included pro-school choice policies, joining Arizona, West Virginia, Iowa,…
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Fire at Newark Harbor: 2 firefighters killed as flames engulf ship in NJ
PORT NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) — Two firefighters died after becoming trapped while battling a fire on a ship docked in Port Newark Wednesday night. The fire broke out around 9:30 p.m. at Export Street and Marsh Street in Newark. Newark firefighters were dispatched to the scene after a report of multiple vehicles on fire on a boat in Port Newark. The fire started on deck 10 when crew members and local stevedores were moving cars, vans and trucks. Upon arrival, the firefighters located the fire, which occurred in five or seven cars and spread to the 11th and 12th…
Read More » 2 firefighters died while fighting boat fire in Newark, NJ
PORT NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) — Two firefighters died after becoming trapped while battling a fire on a ship docked in Port Newark Wednesday night. The fire broke out around 9:30 p.m. at Export Street and Marsh Street in Newark. Newark firefighters were dispatched to the scene after a report of multiple vehicles on fire on a boat in Port Newark. The fire started on deck 10 when crew members and local stevedores were moving cars, vans and trucks. Upon arrival, the firefighters located the fire, which occurred in five or seven cars and spread to the 11th and 12th…
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Authorities investigate suspicious death of NH woman with ‘traumatic’ injuries – Boston 25 News
HUDSON, NH – Authorities are investigating the suspicious death of a woman who was found with a “traumatic” wound in New Hampshire Wednesday night. Officers responding to a disturbance call at a home on Shoal Creek Road in Hudson around 9:45 p.m. found a woman in need of immediate emergency medical treatment, New Hampshire Attorney General John M Formella, New Hampshire State Police Chief Matthew S. Shapiro and Hudson Police Chief Tad Dionne said in a joint statement. The woman, whose name has not been released, was taken to Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. “Based…
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Employee shot by co-worker at Coweta County manufacturing plant, deputies say – WSB-TV Channel 2
COWETA COUNTY, Ga. – Authorities are investigating a shooting at a manufacturing plant in Coweta County. Coweta County Sheriff’s officials told Channel 2 Action News shortly after 8 a.m. Thursday, deputies received reports of an employee being shot by another employee at a business on Dart Road. We have a crew en route to the scene and will provide an update to Channel 2 Action News at noon. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Newnan police confirmed the business was the Global Powertrain plant. When officers arrived, they were told the shooter was barricaded somewhere in…
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At least 41 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border
Kampala, Uganda – Ugandan authorities recovered the bodies of 41 people, including 38 students, who were burned, shot or hacked to death after suspected rebels attacked a high school near the border with Congo, the mayor said Saturday local At least six people were kidnapped by the rebels, who fled across the porous border into Congo after Friday night’s attack, according to the Ugandan military. The victims included the students, a guard and two members of the local community who were killed outside the school, Mpondwe-Lhubiriha Mayor Selevest Mapoze told The Associated Press. Mapoze said some of the students suffered…
Read More »Road rage incident on Route 15 leads to arrest | News, Sports, Employment
A motorcyclist who allegedly shot another on Route 15 at the Beautys Run Road interchange around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday was in police custody and awaiting arraignment on felony charges, according to Lycoming Regional Police. The driver’s identity had not yet been released. No one was injured and no vehicles appeared to have been struck by the three or four bullets that were fired, police said. The road rage incident was the result of the two drivers being involved in a minor fender-bender in the city, but efforts to obtain any details of that incident were unsuccessful. The two drivers continued…
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Questions arise about the disappearance of a Texas teenager who was found 8 years later
Houston police said Wednesday have opened an investigation into the alleged disappearance — and discovery — of a 25-year-old man who had reportedly been missing for eight years. It was widely reported over the weekend that Rudy Farias was “safely located” in Houston after a years-long search. But at least one neighbor insists Farias was never missing and had been living with his mother on their block. The account was backed up by a community activist who said he was with Farias when he met with Houston police detectives on Wednesday. Rudy Farias.Texas Center for the Missing “This young man…
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