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Month: July 2023

New Orleans nonprofit making sure students with disabilities have a successful school year

By Anum Siddiqui Click here for updates on this story     JEFFERSON PARISH, Louisiana (WDSU) — Volunteers with the nonprofit, AMAANA, are spending the next few days packing school bags full of supplies for their students. AMAANA stands for American Muslims for Accessibility Advocacy and Nurturing Acceptance. The organization launched less than a year ago and

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Supreme Court’s student loan decision will lower US deficit according to new White House projection

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruling that upended President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive student loan debt changed his budget math. As a result, the White House is modestly lowering the projected deficit for this year. It expects to pare back $259 billion in spending that otherwise would have

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Tennessee governor declines to say if he has enough votes for gun proposal

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Lee wouldn’t say whether his proposal to keep firearms away from dangerous people has enough support inside Tennessee’s Republican-dominant Statehouse to survive the upcoming special legislative session. In roughly three weeks, lawmakers are expected to be called back to Nashville to address possible changes

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RAGBRAI rolls out of Des Moines

By Nicole Tam Click here for updates on this story     DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — The excitement continues among RAGBRAI riders on Day 5 of the ride. Hundreds of riders exited Water Works Park early Thursday in an effort to beat the heat. Dozens of people took off before sunrise, and the groups kept growing.

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Carlee Russell, la mujer que desapareció en Alabama tras reportar al 911 un niño solo en una carretera, se entrega a la Policía

macamilarincon (CNN) –– Carlee Russell, la mujer de Alabama que llamó al 911 para informar que un niño pequeño caminaba por una carretera y que luego desapareció durante 49 horas, se entregó a las autoridades este viernes. A la joven de 26 años ahora la acusan de dar información falsa a las autoridades y de

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Tom Durden, Georgia DA who ordered takeover of stalled Ahmaud Arbery investigation, dies at 66

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The longtime Georgia prosecutor who called in state investigators to build a case against the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery has died. Tom Durden served as district attorney for southeast Georgia’s Atlantic Judicial Circuit for 24 years before stepping down last year. The DA’s office said

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