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AMERICA-DIVIDED-THE-FLAGPOLE-TOWN — In the US, many individuals view larger as higher. However some residents of a tiny group in Maine are balking at measuring patriotism by the dimensions of a flagpole. Located on the nation’s japanese tip, Maine’s Down East area is the place the place the daylight first kisses U.S. soil every day. It’s the place the huge wilderness and ocean meet. It’s additionally the place the place a patriotic household has proposed the world’s tallest flagpole — one which’d be taller than the Empire State Constructing, with an enormous American flag on high. The proposal was imagined to unite individuals across the flag and create jobs. As an alternative, it’s laying naked group and cultural flashpoints. By David Sharp. SENT: 1,760 phrases, photographs, video. An abridged model of 980 phrases can be out there.
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SUPREME-COURT-AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION — The Supreme Court docket struck down affirmative motion in faculty admissions, declaring race can’t be an element and forcing establishments of upper training to search for new methods to realize various pupil our bodies. The court docket’s conservative majority overturned admissions plans at Harvard and the College of North Carolina, the nation’s oldest non-public and public schools, respectively. By Mark Sherman. SENT: 1,330 phrases, photographs, video, audio.
SUPREME COURT-AFFIRMATIVE ACTION DIVERSITY — The Supreme Court docket has despatched shockwaves by means of increased training with a landmark resolution that struck down affirmative motion and left schools throughout the nation looking for new methods to advertise pupil variety. By Collin Binkley. SENT: 1,290 phrases, photographs.
FRANCE-POLICE-SHOOTING — French protesters erected barricades, lit fires and shot fireworks at police within the streets of some French cities in a single day as tensions mounted over the lethal police taking pictures of a 17-year-old that has shocked the nation. Armored police automobiles rammed by means of the charred stays of vehicles that had been flipped and set ablaze within the northwestern Paris suburb of Nanterre, the place a police officer shot the teenager, who is simply being recognized by his first identify, Nahel. By Sylvie Corbet, John Leicester and Alex Turnbull. SENT: 1,000 phrases, photographs, video, audio.
RUSSIA-UKRAINE-COUNTEROFFENSIVE — When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Ukraine’s army was largely reliant on Soviet-era weaponry, from tanks to artillery to fighter jets. Whereas that arsenal helped Ukraine fend off an assault on the capital of Kyiv and forestall a complete rout within the early weeks of the conflict, billions of {dollars} in army help has since poured into the nation, together with extra fashionable Western-made weapons. Ukraine’s counteroffensive is now in its early levels. It may provide a glimpse of whether or not and to what extent the newer weapons methods have strengthened Kyiv’s skill to face as much as Russia. Analysts are cautiously optimistic. By Samya Kullab. SENT: 940 phrases, photographs. With RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR-GLANCE — Ukraine has an array of latest Western weapons. What benefits may they provide in a counteroffensive? (despatched).
HEAT-WAVE — Warmth waves just like the one which engulfed components of components of the South and Midwest and killed greater than a dozen individuals are turning into extra frequent, and consultants say the acute climate occasions, which declare extra lives than hurricanes and tornados, will possible improve sooner or later. By Anita Snow. SENT: 890 phrases, photographs, video, audio.
JAPAN-QUITTING-BUSINESS — In Japan, a nation reputed for loyalty to firms and lifelong employment, individuals who job-hop are sometimes considered as quitters. And that’s thought of shameful. Enter “taishoku daiko,” or “job-leaving brokers.” Dozens of such companies have sprung up within the final a number of years to assist individuals who merely need out. By Yuri Kageyama. SENT: 970 phrases, photographs.
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PRIDE-JUNETEENTH — From talking at a well being fairness discussion board to putting a pose to the beats of a DJ at a celebration on a pedestrian bridge, Naomi Inexperienced spent final weekend leaping from one Dallas occasion to a different celebrating each Juneteenth and Delight. “Generally I believe the Black group forgets that LGBTQ individuals are nonetheless Black as nicely,” stated Inexperienced, a transgender girl. “And so we have now the chance to essentially have a good time each of these on the similar time as a result of simply because we’re LGBTQ doesn’t take away our blackness. We’re each.” Because the lives of LGBTQ+ individuals are celebrated throughout Delight month, teams have discovered methods to merge these festivities with Juneteenth, America’s latest vacation, which marks the top of slavery. SENT: 900 phrases, photographs, video.
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RUSSIA-MILITARY-MUTINY — Gen. Sergei Surovikin, the deputy commander of the Russian group of forces preventing in Ukraine, is believed to have been detained days after mercenaries staged a revolt inside Russia, two individuals acquainted with the matter informed The Related Press, citing U.S. and Ukrainian intelligence assessments. SENT: 740 phrases, photographs.
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MUSIC-FESTIVAL-DEATHS — A Texas grand jury has declined to indict rap celebrity Travis Scott in a prison investigation of a lethal crowd surge on the 2021 Astroworld competition, the place some spectators have been packed so tightly they may not transfer their arms and even breathe, his lawyer and prosecutors say. SENT: 680 phrases, photographs, audio.
TRUMP-COLUMIST-LAWSUIT — Former President Donald Trump’s claims that absolute presidential immunity and free speech rights defend him from the defamation claims of a New York columnist have been rejected by a federal choose. SENT: 570 phrases, photographs, audio.
GEORGE-SANTOS — U.S. Rep. George Santos is ready to return to court docket for the primary time since pleading not responsible final month to costs that he duped donors, stole from his marketing campaign, collected fraudulent unemployment advantages and lied to Congress about being a millionaire. SENT: 340 phrases, picture.
JAN.-6-ARREST — A person armed with explosive supplies and weapons, and needed for crimes associated to the Jan. 6, 2021, revolt on the U.S. Capitol, was arrested within the Washington neighborhood the place former President Barack Obama lives, legislation enforcement officers say. SENT: 320 phrases, picture.
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ELECTION 2024-MOMS FOR LIBERTY – Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the primary rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, are scheduled to talk Friday on the annual gathering of Mothers for Liberty, a two-year-old group that has fiercely opposed instruction associated to race and gender id within the nation’s classroom. By Ali Swenson. SENT: 800 phrases, photographs. Might be led after DeSantis speech, scheduled to start out at 9a ET.
BIDEN-INTERVIEW — President Joe Biden hardly ever offers community interviews, and when he sat down within the MSNBC studio it got here at an particularly busy time, with the Supreme Court docket having simply overturned the usage of affirmative motion in faculty admissions and within the aftermath of a revolt in Russia. SENT: 730 phrases, photographs.
NEW-STATE-LAWS-TENNESSE — Months after Tennessee lawmakers completed a chaotic legislative session, most of the most hotly contested legal guidelines are poised to take impact Saturday, together with measures on well being take care of transgender kids, police oversight, faculty security and trainer pay. SENT: 1,010 phrases, photographs.
SUPREME COURT-AFFIRMATIVE ACTION-EDUCATION EXPLAINER — Faculties throughout the nation shall be compelled to cease contemplating race in admissions underneath a Supreme Court docket ruling, ending affirmative motion insurance policies that date again a long time. Colleges which have relied on race-conscious admissions insurance policies to construct variety should rethink how they admit college students. It’s anticipated to lead to campuses which have extra white and Asian American college students and fewer Black and Hispanic college students. SENT: 1,020 phrases, photographs.
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JERSEY-SHORE-ROWDY-TEENS — Officers and residents of a number of New Jersey shore cities say the state’s legislation decriminalizing marijuana use is having an unintended impact: emboldening massive teams of youngsters to run amok on seashores and boardwalks, realizing there may be little probability of them getting in bother for it. Now, some lawmakers are attempting to stroll again a few of the modifications. Critics say the modifications, which embody a prohibition on looking teenagers for alcohol and medicines, went too far. By Wayne Parry. SENT: 1,060 phrases, photographs.
SCHOOL-SHOOTING-FLORIDA-DEPUTY — A Florida sheriff’s deputy has been acquitted of felony baby neglect and different costs for failing to behave throughout the 2018 Parkland faculty bloodbath, concluding the primary trial in U.S. historical past of a legislation enforcement officer for conduct throughout an on-campus taking pictures. By Terry Spencer. SENT: 1,070 phrases, photographs, video.
MEDICAID-GEORGIA — Georgia is providing a brand new cut price to some adults with out medical health insurance starting Saturday: Go to work or faculty and the state will cowl you. However advocates decry the plan, which can insure far fewer individuals than a full growth of the state-federal Medicaid program, as needlessly restrictive and costly. SENT: 890 phrases, photographs,
FIREFIGHTERS DEATHS’ ANNIVERSARY — It was one of many deadliest wildland fires ever within the U.S., killing 19 members of an elite central Arizona firefighting crew in 2013 after flames trapped them in a brush-choked canyon. Town of Prescott and the neighboring city of Yarnell are anticipated to honor the fallen Granite Mountain Hotshots with public occasions. Lew Theokas, who misplaced his grandson, 27-year-old Garret Zuppiger, stated it’s nonetheless powerful for him to speak concerning the Yarnell Hill Hearth a decade later. SENT: 780 phrases, photographs.
BLACK LIVES MATTER-LAWSUIT DISMISSED — A California choose has dismissed a civil lawsuit that grassroots racial justice activists from across the U.S. introduced final summer time towards a basis with stewardship of the Black Lives Matter motion’s charitable endowment price tens of thousands and thousands of {dollars}. SENT: 740 phrases, picture.
TRANSGENDER-IDENTITIES-KANSAS — 4 occasions as many Kansans modified their gender on beginning certificates and driver’s licenses this 12 months forward of a brand new state legislation that stops residents from figuring out themselves otherwise than the intercourse assigned them at beginning. SENT: 560 phrases, photographs.
BLACK-CITY-WHITE-LEGISLATURE — A federal choose has quickly blocked a brand new Mississippi legislation that requires permission from state police for protests or different gatherings close to state authorities buildings within the capital metropolis of Jackson. SENT: 480 phrases, photographs.
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HAJJ-HOSPITALITY — Saudi Arabia is pumping billions of {dollars} into the holy metropolis of Mecca to fulfill its bold financial targets, with high-end resorts, residence blocks, retailers and eating places deliberate for areas across the Grand Mosque. The dominion needs to draw greater than 30 million faith vacationers per 12 months by 2030 and for tourism to make an even bigger contribution to the economic system. The federal government is homing in on non secular tourism as a result of the demand already exists. SENT: 1,170 phrases, photographs.
CLIMATE-INDIA-HEAT-AMBULANCES — Excessive warmth is quick turning into a critical public well being disaster in India, with greater than 150 individuals dying throughout a extreme warmth wave that blasted the nation earlier in June. India is among the many international locations most weak to local weather change and extreme warmth, which is usually labeled as a slow-onset catastrophe. Ambulance crews may be the primary line of take care of these affected by warmth. SENT: 930 phrases, photographs, video.
CUBA-ELIAN-GONZALES — Elián González has the identical massive, expressive eyes he did 23 years in the past when a global custody battle remodeled him into the face of the long-strained relations between Cuba and the US. Now 29, González is moving into Cuban politics. He not too long ago entered his nation’s congress with hopes of serving to his individuals at a time of document emigration and heightened pressure between the 2 seaside neighbors. By Andrea Rodriguez. SENT: 850 phrases, photographs, video.
UNITED-NATIONS-SYRIA-MISSING — The U.N. Common Meeting has accepted a decision that can set up an unbiased physique to find out what occurred to greater than 130,000 individuals lacking on account of the battle in Syria. SENT: 650 phrases, photographs.
UNITED-NATIONS-HAITI — Near half of Haiti’s individuals, 2.2 million adults and three million kids, want humanitarian assist and 1000’s of kids face “staggering ranges” of gender-based violence, the top of the U.N. kids’s company say. SENT: 550 phrases, photographs.
MEXICO-ACTIVIST-KILLED — The chief of an armed civilian motion that when drove a drug cartel out of the western Mexico state of Michoacan has been killed, authorities have confirmed. SENT: 790 phrases, photographs.
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FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Shares have been blended in Asia after China reported slower manufacturing facility exercise in June attributable to weaker client spending and export demand. SENT: 640 phrases, photographs, audio.
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FBN–NFL-GAMBLING-SUSPENSIONS — The NFL has suspended three gamers indefinitely for violating the league’s playing coverage and a fourth was sidelined for six video games. Isaiah Rodgers and Rashod Berry of the Indianapolis Colts together with free agent Demetrius Taylor acquired indefinite suspensions by means of a minimum of this season for betting on NFL video games in 2022. SENT: 1,000 phrases, photographs. With FBN–Sports activities Betting-Leagues-Explainer — As NFL cracks down on gamers playing, what occasions are professional athletes allowed to wager on? (despatched).
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