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Michelle Obama’s Program for Healthy School Lunches Is Target of Lobbying Group Seeking to Change Nutrition Standards
A key lobbying group is proposing changes that would reduce federal nutritional standards that former first lady Michelle Obama implemented with the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. The School Nutrition Association released its Federal Nutrition Standards recommendations in early March, and Newsweek reports that it is asking the Department of Agriculture to allow more flexibility in…
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#Flint: Donald Trump to Meet With Mayor Karen Weaver to Discuss Water Crisis
It has been more than 1,000 days since the city of Flint, Mich., had clean water, and President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Flint Mayor Karen Weaver late Wednesday to discuss the city’s ongoing water crisis. NBC News reports that Weaver has “vociferously criticized state and federal officials lack of response during the…
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Federal Judge in Hawaii Blocks Trump’s Revised Travel Ban
President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, which barred the issuance of new visas to citizens of six Muslim-majority countries and suspended the admission of new refugees into the United States, was blocked by a federal judge in Hawaii on Wednesday. The executive order, which was to have taken effect Thursday, was blocked nationwide by U.S.…
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UCLA Guard Lonzo Ball’s Childhood Home Burglarized During Brothers’ Game
While Lonzo Ball is getting geared up to lead the UCLA Bruins into March, and his brothers, LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball, were busy starring for Chino Hills High School, burglars were busy breaking into the family’s Chino Hills, Calif., home. LaVar Ball, the boys’ outspoken father, told ESPN that the burglars threw a rock through…
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Ethiopian Father Imprisoned in US for Female Genital Mutilation Is Deported
The Ethiopian man who in 2006 became the first person in the United States to be convicted in a female genital mutilation case was deported back to his home country on Monday after serving 10 years in prison, authorities confirmed. Khalid Adem, 41, was convicted of aggravated battery and cruelty to children after using scissors…
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Member of Trump’s Leadership Team Found in Motel With Teen Boy: Report
Oklahoma state Sen. Ralph Shortey, who was a noted Birther and a member of President Vladimir TrumPutin’s leadership team, is under investigation after he was reportedly found in a motel with a boy younger than 18. Shortey, 35, was found inside a Super 8 motel in Moore, Okla., on March 9 with a boy Cleveland…
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La. 16-Year-Old Repeatedly Harassed, Removed From Class Over Odell Beckham Jr.-Inspired Hairstyle
A Monroe, La., high school student has been repeatedly targeted and harassed by school administrators for his Odell Beckham Jr.-inspired hairstyle, with his family alleging in a complaint that the school district retaliated against the teen by “suspending him, attempting to expel him, and barring him from participation on the Neville High School football team.”…
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Fla. House Fire That Killed 3 Children Believed Started by Grandfather’s Ex: Report
Three Florida children were killed over the weekend in an early-Saturday-morning fire that authorities believe was started by their grandfather’s ex-girlfriend. Marcus Clark, 10; Kiani Clark, 8; and Kemaren Clark, 4, all died in a fire that began around 4:30 a.m. in their grandfather’s home, the Arcadia Police Department confirmed, according to WINK. The children…
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911 Dispatcher Who Took Call That Led to Tamir Rice’s Fatal Shooting Suspended for 8 Days
A 911 dispatcher who took the call that led to the fatal police shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice outside a recreation center more than two years ago has been suspended for eight days. In a disciplinary letter dated March 10, Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams found that Constance Hollinger violated protocol on the day of…
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The White House Beat Rachel Maddow to Publishing Trump’s 2005 Tax Return, but Rachel Won the Game
Unless you turned off your phone, computer and television Tuesday night in order to enjoy some quiet time with your thoughts, you have already heard that Rachel Maddow tweeted that she would be revealing Donald Trump’s 2005 tax return courtesy of the two pages of a Form 1040 that were mailed to Daily Beast reporter…