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A new Mass. high school is catering specifically to LGBTQ+ students. Here’s what to know.

December 21, 2024
“There are many schools across the country that are welcoming to the LGBTQIA community, but they don’t solely focus on the needs and the wants of the community,” said J.S.…
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Supreme Court turns away challenge to admissions criteria at Boston high schools

December 21, 2024
By Melissa Quinn December 9, 2024 / 9:55 AM EST Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to race-neutral admissions criteria at three prestigious Boston high schools that…
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Why these doctors started writing medical ‘prescriptions’ for solar power

December 21, 2024
December 9, 20245:00 AM ET By Martha Bebinger Anna Goldman, a primary care physician at Boston Medical Center, got tired of hearing that her patients couldn’t afford the electricity needed to…
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Border crossings in November fell to lowest level of Biden’s term

December 21, 2024
The sharp drop in illegal crossings is due to stronger enforcement by both the United States and Mexico, U.S. officials and analysts say. December 19, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. EST…
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Man arrested for child sex trafficking with criminal record of no-shows at court

December 21, 2024
By Lindsey Ragas and FOX 10 Staff Updated  December 13, 2024 5:20pm MST Court documents reveal a checkered past for a 31-year-old man who was arrested in Scottsdale for sex trafficking. FOX 10’s…
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California’s jail population will rise due to Prop. 36. So will inmate deaths, advocates say

December 21, 2024
by Nigel Duara December 17, 2024 In summary California recorded historically high numbers of deaths in county jails for the past six years. Now, counties expect to house more prisoners as…
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Hospitals gave patients meds during childbirth, then reported them for positive drug tests

December 21, 2024
By Shoshana Walter Published December 11, 2024 at 2:33 PM CST Amairani Salinas was 32 weeks pregnant with her fourth child in 2023 when doctors at a Texas hospital discovered that her…
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Texas professors self-censor for fear of retaliation, survey found

December 21, 2024
By Kate McGee Published December 12, 2024 at 1:02 PM CST University professors across the political spectrum in Texas are preemptively self-censoring themselves for fear of damaging their reputations or losing their…
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Texas conservatives plan to further restrict trans lives this legislative session

December 21, 2024
Emboldened by the recent election, some Texas lawmakers are already filing bills that would dictate bathroom use, limit gender identity markers on documents and restrict funding for surgeries. By Eleanor Klibanoff…
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Advancing Disability Inclusion in Post-Crisis Recovery

December 16, 2024
December 3, 2024 By Ioana Creitaru, Programme Specialist, Vanessa Schultz, Programme Analyst and Gloria Ferrara, Intern, UNDP Crisis Bureau As we commemorate the 2024 International Day of Persons with Disabilities,…
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