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Castelli wins NY-21 Democratic primary | News, Sports, Employment

Matt Castelli, candidate for New York’s 21st Congressional District, is seen here at Lloyd’s of Lowville Diner in July. (Photo provided: Kara Dry/Watertown Daily Times) GLENS FALLS — Matt Castelli convincingly defeated Whitehall resident Matt Putorti in Tuesday’s Democratic primary to earn the right to face Republican U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik in the fall. Putorti gave up the race around 10.30pm on Tuesday. Castelli, a former CIA counterterrorism expert who had served in Afghanistan, had 81 percent of the vote with nearly two-thirds of the precincts reporting as of 11 p.m. For complete results, see poststar.com. Castelli, who currently lives…

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Dr. Joris Ray steps down as superintendent of Memphis-Shelby County Schools – FOX13 News Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Dr. Joris Ray has resigned as superintendent of Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS), Herman Morris said during a Memphis-Shelby County Schools meeting Tuesday evening. Morris, who was hired by MSCS to investigate the allegations against Ray, presented the resolution that would terminate Ray’s employment with the school district to the MSCS Board around 7 p.m. READ MORE: MSCS school board launches investigation into Superintendent Joris Ray The Memphis-Shelby County School Board voted to accept the resignation of Dr. Ray, 8-0-1, with one board member abstaining. WATCH: Breakdown of the MSCS Board’s vote to accept the resignation of Dr….

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Summer vacation in a danger zone – Medford News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News

Ashland teacher Paul Huard gets his hands dirty during summer break helping Ukrainian refugees escape to Poland Paul Huard, an Ashland history teacher, holds up a vest he wore this summer in Poland that identified him as an aid worker helping Ukrainian refugees. [Morgan Rothborne/Mail Tribune] Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a three-part series about local people who recently traveled to Eastern Europe to help Ukrainians in need. Paul Huard, a history teacher at Ashland High School, traded his summer vacation from walking another leg of the Camino de Santiago in Spain to help Ukrainian refugees escape…

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Malaysia’s jailed former prime minister Najib was once a political star

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – Najib Razak is the first former Malaysian prime minister to go to jail, a major setback for a British-educated politician whose father and uncle were the second and third prime ministers of the country, respectively. The huge 1MDB financial scandal directly linked to him was not only a personal blow, but also shook, at least temporarily, the control his party, the United Malays National Organization, had over Malaysian politics . UMNO had traditionally enjoyed the support of the country’s ethnic Malay majority and had headed the National Front coalition government since the country gained independence…

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News consumers should feel “uncomfortable,” the author says

St. LOUIS – A new book examines news coverage and its impact on the political divide in America. NewsNation political editor Chris Stirewalt’s book, “Broken News: Why the Media Rage Machine Divides America and How to Fight Back,” is available for purchase. In an interview with FOX 2 News, Stirewalt explains how his experience working in political media inspired the book. “What I’ve seen throughout my career has been how politics has moved from the periphery to the center of everything,” he said. “Every time, every story goes through a political prism before we can talk about reality.” In “Breaking…

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State Rep. Justin Holland names a Rockwall resident as the new political director of Blue Ribbon News

ROCKWALL, TX (August 23, 2022) State Representative Justin Holland today announced key staff changes, including the departure of Alexandra Fowler, who has served HD-33 as Policy Analyst and Interim District Director , as well as Deputy Holland’s political director during the spring primary. Fowler has accepted the role of campaign manager for the Jamee Jolley campaign, which is seeking the HD-70 Collin County seat in the Texas House. “Alex has been a valuable asset to both my office and my campaign and will do a tremendous job running HD-70. I appreciate his loyalty and service to HD-33. I am very…

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Asylum seekers caught in political battle in New York, Washington | News, Sports, Employment

NEW YORK – Tired of Venezuela’s autocratic government and the misery he earned in the military, Dario Maldonado defected and fled with his family to neighboring Colombia. But life was still hard: money was tight and expenses were mounting. So he left for the United States, an odyssey that required him to travel on foot through the Central American jungle infested with poisonous snakes and gun-toting bandits, sometimes dodging the corpses of people who died on the same trip. Now Maldonado and thousands of other asylum seekers from Latin America and the Caribbean are caught up in the political battle…

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Harmeet Dhillon: Trump’s attack ‘purely political in nature’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Attorney Harmeet Dhillon shared the latest political fallout from the FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago Tuesday on “The Ingraham Angle,” saying former President Donald Trump is being treated differently than other past presidents . Harmeet Dhillon: Well, it was a very interesting piece by Rivkin and Casey, and they basically said that regardless of what that search warrant said, the Presidential Records Act provides very broad protection for former presidents to take these papers, and it explains how it’s been up to 12 years since a president working in conjunction with the archives…

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