46 h. ago US Catholic school fires teacher after husband’s obituary reveals his marriage to a man

Mark Richards says a parent complained to New Orleans’ St Francis Xavier school after reading his late husband’s obituaryA longtime music teacher at a Catholic school in the New Orleans area recently lost his job when it was revealed to an evidently “disgruntled” parent that he was another man’s widower, igniting a scandal within an archdiocese that has otherwise largely been occupied with trying to reorganize its finances in federal bankruptcy court after its clergymen spent decades sexually molesting children.In an email to community members at the archdiocese-run school from which he was dismissed, Mark Richards explained that he had been fired because a parent notified officials about an obituary for his husband, who died of a heart attack in September 2023. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Who is Emma Grede? Podcast host who interviewed Meghan Markle is a high school dropout turned Kardashians business partner

Her recent podcast sit-down with Meghan Markle is making global headlines after the Duchess of Sussex appeared to take aim at the Royal Family.

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2 w. ago East Lothian woodworking school marks 40 years with Graduate Exhibition and Furniture Sale

The Chippendale International School of Furniture, a globally recognised woodworking school based in East Lothian, Scotland, will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2025 with a milestone Graduate Exhibition and Fine Furniture Sale, taking place from 12 to 14 June.

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2 w. ago Cole Cooper death still unexplained five days on as cops review CCTV

The 19-year-old was discovered dead in a wooded area near the Falkirk village on Friday, June 6.

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3 w. ago Falkirk village school marks end of an era as pupils gather ahead of closure

Blackness Primary School will close for the last time at the end of term, and parents and pupils gathered to say a final farewell.

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3 w. ago Blackness pupils mark historic school closure with time capsule to remember village primary

Staff and pupils buried the capsule to maintain the link between the school and village that goes back to 1857

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3 w. ago Conversations with strangers: inviting people to join my daily walk has made my life fuller | Jacqueline Asiimwe

From Kampala to Bangkok, I’ve walked with young and old, students and politicians, artists and ambassadors. Everyone has a story to tellIn the Uganda of the 1980s, my family lived in Kampala. We did not own a car, so walking was part of daily life: to school, to church, to the market, to the hospital and to visit relatives.As the eldest child, I often accompanied my mother to Owino market. We would walk there from our neighbourhood, Namirembe, and I’d trail behind her with a basket balanced on my head, collecting the week’s groceries. Those early walks were not just about errands – they were quiet rituals of bonding, observation and endurance. Continue reading...

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