7 h. ago 150 students and 50 adults are rescued from elementary school after flood waters consume town

Students and staff at Westernport Elementary School in Maryland evacuated the school on rescue boats as flood water reached the ceiling of the first floor.

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26 h. ago Texas prosecutor sues to compel Border Patrol testimony in trial of Uvalde police officer

A Texas prosecutor has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to force three U.S. Border Patrol agents who responded to the Robb Elementary School shooting to testify in the prosecution of a former school police officer

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27 h. ago Flash flooding forces evacuation of elementary school in western Maryland

Flooding in rural western Maryland forced the evacuation of an elementary school as downtown homes and businesses were inundated with rising floodwaters in Westernport

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28 h. ago Facing jail, law student who was caught with £150,000 worth of cannabis at airport

A university law student is facing a lengthy jail sentence after she was caught attempting to smuggle £150,000 of drugs through Edinburgh Airport.

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3 d. ago Pioneering mapping data shows 80% of England’s peatlands are dry and degraded

As vital carbon sinks, healthy peatlands can help tackle climate change, reduce flood risk, improve water quality and support rare wildlife.

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7 d. ago Louisiana mom accused of trying to run over children who got into a fight with her kid

Lejonkica Sharp was charged with six counts of aggravated assault after allegedly trying to run over a group of elementary school kids who had a fight with her child.

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1 week ago Post office worker seen on camera beating young girl while in full uniform

Disturbing video shows grown woman hurl child to the ground and grappling with her outside an elementary school in Cleveland, Ohio

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2 w. ago Florida boy, 11, dies by suicide after being bullied by female teacher who called him 'stupid,' lawsuit alleges

Louis Johnson, 11, tragically took his on life after allegedly being bullied by his fifth grade teacher Donna White at Legacy Elementary School in Ocala, Florida, according to a lawsuit.

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2 w. ago Parents outraged after ‘whites’ and ‘colored’ signs are posted above water fountains in Georgia elementary school

‘To me, that’s not a history lesson,’ one parent said

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3 w. ago Suburban mom arrested after unspeakable act on 5th graders at school party

Teresa Isabel Bernal, 33, was was arrested and charged with recklessly causing bodily injury to a child after the Christmas party at Jones Elementary School in Tyler, Texas.

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3 w. ago Uvalde leaders approve $2M for Robb Elementary families in first settlement over 2022 attack

City leaders in Uvalde, Texas, have given final approval to a $2 million settlement with families of the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in 2022

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3 w. ago ‘Oh my God sir, you’re on Love Island!’ What happens to teachers who do reality TV?

How do you control a class of kids after the whole nation’s watched you backstabbing on The Traitors, snogging strangers on Love Island or starving half to death on Hunted? Three teachers reveal allWhen English teacher Joe Scott used to sign homework planners, it was because students were in trouble. But things changed in January, when the Southampton-based secondary schoolteacher appeared in the latest series of the BBC reality show The Traitors. Pupils started voluntarily pressing their planners into his hands – for autographs. “It felt funny,” says the 38-year-old. “It was such a juxtaposition.”Teachers have always gone on reality TV – but they haven’t always come off well. In 2001, a contestant on the second series of Big Brother was fired from her job at an east London girls’ school after her towel slipped on air. Six years later in 2007, parents complained after an American elementary school teacher missed 22 days of work to appear on The Bachelor. Just last year, a Canadian e...

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3 w. ago US supreme court seems inclined to allow exemption of LGBTQ+ books for elementary schoolers

Justices heard from Christian and Muslim parents from Maryland seeking to pull children from certain classesThe US supreme court appeared inclined to rule in favor of Christian and Muslim parents in Maryland seeking to keep their elementary school children out of certain classes when storybooks with LGBTQ+ characters are read in the latest case involving the intersection of religion and LGBTQ+ rights.The nine justices heard arguments on Tuesday in an appeal by parents with children in public schools in Montgomery county, located just outside of Washington, after lower courts declined to order the local school district to let children opt out when these books are read. The plaintiffs – including Muslim, Roman Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox parents – contend that the school board’s policy of prohibiting opt-outs violates the US constitution’s first amendment protections for free exercise of religion. Donald Trump’s administration backed them in the case. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Hiking couple swept to deaths in massive freak flood waterfall horror

Thassia de Almeida and Leone Barbosa died after they were swept away in a current caused by a storm surge at the Serra do Intendente State Park in Minas Gerais, Brazil

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3 w. ago Woman and boy killed as car swept away in ‘historic’ Oklahoma flooding

Officials expect flood waters to continue into Sunday

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3 w. ago A prince and knight fall in love and the Supreme Court is asked to intervene

Some parents in a suburban Maryland county want to pull their children from elementary school classes that use books featuring LGBTQ characters

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3 w. ago School principal arrested after hosting boozy house party for 100 of her students

Elizabeth Hill-Brodigan has been suspended from Roosevelt Elementary School in Cocoa Beach, Florida, after several teenagers were found drunk at a party held at her home

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4 w. ago Astonishing way Tennessee family protected their home from biblical floods

A large home in Ridgely, Tennessee was left untouched by flood water after a family took matters into their own hands to protect it against disastrous storms that hit the Midwest last week.

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last month Flood water and thick mud flow through Lanzarote streets as state of emergency declared

Roads have become muddy rivers in Lanzarote on Monday, 14 April, after torrential rainfall over the Spanish Canary Island.

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