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Arizona tribe fights to stop lithium drilling on culturally significant lands

Members of an Arizona tribe are trying to persuade a federal judge to extend a temporary ban on exploratory drilling for a lithium project near lands they have used for religious and cultural ceremonies for centuries. Leaders of the Hualapai Tribe and others are scheduled to testify Tue
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17 Sep 2024

Not-so-great expectations: Students are reading fewer books in English class

Chris Stanislawski didn't read much in his middle school English classes, but it never felt necessary. Students were given detailed chapter summaries for every novel they discussed, and teachers played audio of the books during class. Much of the reading material at Garden City Middle S
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17 Sep 2024

Major companies abandon an LGBTQ+ rights report card after facing anti-diversity backlash

More than two decades ago, when gay men and lesbians were prohibited from serving openly in the U.S. military and no state had legalized same-sex marriages, a national LGBTQ+ rights group decided to promote change by grading corporations on their workplace policies. The Human Rights Cam
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17 Sep 2024

Railroads and regulators must address the dangers of long trains, report says

As freight trains have grown ever longer, the number of derailments related to the forces created when railcars push and pull against each other also increased, so the National Academies of Sciences said Tuesday in a long-awaited report that regulators, Congress and the industry should reexamine
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17 Sep 2024

Florida sheriff fed up with school shooting hoaxes posts boy's mugshot to social media

A Florida sheriff fed up with a spate of false school shooting threats is taking a new tactic to try get through to students and their parents: he's posting the mugshot of any offender on social media. Law enforcement officials in Florida and across the country have seen a wave of schoo
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17 Sep 2024

Georgian parliament approves anti-LGBTQ legislation, echoing measures in Russia

Georgia's parliament on Tuesday approved sweeping legislation that curtails LGBTQ+ rights, a measure that echoes laws adopted in neighboring Russia . The bill, introduced by the ruling party Georgian Dream earlier this year, includes bans on same-sex marriages, adoptions by same-sex cou
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17 Sep 2024

Facebook owner Meta bans Russia state media outlets over 'foreign interference'

Meta said it's banning Russia state media organization from its social media platforms, alleging that the outlets used deceptive tactics to amplify Moscow's propaganda. The announcement drew a rebuke from the Kremlin on Tuesday. The company, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram,
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17 Sep 2024

Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts on the app to protect children

Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people's lives. Beginning Tuesday in the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia, anyone under under 18 who signs up for Insta
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17 Sep 2024

Schools reopen in a Kentucky county where a gunman wounded 5 on an interstate highway

Schools reopened with extra security on Tuesday in the rural Kentucky county where a gunman who remains at large opened fire on an interstate highway , hitting a dozen vehicles and wounding five people. As authorities continue searching for the shooter, public schools in Laurel County w
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17 Sep 2024