15 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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16 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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42 h. ago Flash flooding and cable car closed as thunderstorms cause chaos in London

A thunderstorm flooded roads and shut London’s cable car on Monday

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4 d. ago Warning to British tourists after Valencia is battered by flash flooding almost six months after 232 lost lives in freak storm

The hailstorm and resulting floods gave way to chaotic scenes as Valencians rushed for cover in a month where daytime temperatures typically hover around 20 degrees Celsius.

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6 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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8 d. ago Horror as mum and son found dead after flash flooding at Petra tourist hotspot

The bodies of a mother and son who went missing while on holiday in Petra, Jordan, have been discovered after flash flooding decimated the historic desert city

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8 d. ago Mother and son killed after flash flooding hits Middle East tourist site

The pair were part of a group of 18 tourists on an adventure trip

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9 d. ago 'Tenement timebomb' warning amid fears of forced evacuations costing Glasgow £10bn

Many of Scotland's crumbling tenements, aged over 100 years, need massive overhaul - or residents could be forced out of their homes

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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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1 week ago Two people drown in Oklahoma floodwaters after getting trapped in their cars during thunderstorms

Flash floods struck Oklahoma on Wednesday following a spate of thunderstorms that have been tearing across the Southern Plains

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1 week ago Israel declares national emergency as wildfires force evacuations

Witnesses tell of ‘walls of flame’ surging across woodland, while high winds disrupt Independence Day eventsWildfires continued to threaten swaths of forest and fields in Israel on Thursday, though firefighters successfully reopened the main road linking the country’s two principal cities.Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, declared a national emergency after the fires broke out on Wednesday along the main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, prompting police to shut the route and evacuate thousands of people from nearby communities. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Bristol gas explosion: Hero rescuer relives terrifying moment 'bomb went off'

Charlie Danes, 47, ran to help after a huge explosion destroyed a home in Yate, near Bristol and forced 40 people to evacuate - she said the sound was 'like a bomb had gone off'

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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 Weather tracker: thunderstorms lash Italy in aftermath of Storm Hans

Authorities warn of mudslides during intense rainfall, as Kenya is hit by deadly flash floodingEurope live – latest updatesAfter Storm Hans battered northern Italy in the runup to Easter, severe weather continued to lash much of the country this week. Since Tuesday, the conditions have triggered potent showers and thunderstormsand yellow and orange weather warnings have been issued.With winds generally remaining light this week, the greatest concerns surround the risks from intense rainfall, as slow-moving heavy showers can deliver a prolonged downpour to a fairly localised area. The authorities have warned people to avoid high-risk areas such as roads with steep embankments amid a threat of flash flooding and mudslides. Continue reading...

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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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2 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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2 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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2 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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2 w. ago Huge New Jersey wildfire continues to burn but evacuation orders lifted

The blaze covered more than 8,500 acres, with 3,000 residents forced to evacuate their homes and 25,000 without power

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3 w. ago New Jersey wildfire forces evacuations and reaches closed nuclear power plant

Stretch of major highway shut as 3,000 people moved to safety and homes left without powerA fast-moving wildfire burning in New Jersey has forced thousands of people to evacuate, closed a stretch of a main highway and reached a shuttered nuclear power plant.Flames from the Jones Road wildfire in Ocean County had reached buildings on the campus of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant, according to the local Lakewood Scoop newspaper. Continue reading...

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