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Shooting at Santa Fe High School

There have been multiple fatalities at the shooting at Santa Fe High School. Although the scene is still being processed and cleared, the situation has been contained. There have been confirmed injuries, police reported. The Houston police responded to reports of shots fired at at Santa Fe High School near Houston, Texas. Law enforcement will continue to secure the building and initiate all emergency management protocols to release and move students to another location. This article is…

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Added by Shavelly Then on May 18, 2018 at 10:13am — 1 Comment

Families Can't Afford Basics

Nearly 51 million families don't earn enough money to afford a monthly budget. Monthly budget normally includes housing, food, childcare, healthcare, transportation and a cell phone. According to a study released today May 17, 2018, by the United Way ALICE Project, 43% of households in the United States can't afford a monthly budget. Household's living in poverty is nationwide. States like California, New Mexico, and Hawaii have the largest share of struggling…

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Added by Shavelly Then on May 17, 2018 at 10:04pm — 2 Comments

John Bunn

Officers Rolando Neischer and Robert Crosson were shot while sitting in a car at a Brooklyn housing project at around 4 a.m. on August 13, 1991. The suspects were two African-American men who wanted to steal the officers car. The police got an anonymous tip that led them to John Bunn and his co-defendant Rosean Hargrove. John Bunn was just 14 when he got convicted for murder and sent to jail for the murder of the off-duty correction officer in Brooklyn. However,…

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Added by Shavelly Then on May 16, 2018 at 2:41pm — 2 Comments

Iowa Passes Abortion Bill

According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, of 3,722 abortions were performed in the state in 2016. But, as of May 2, 2018 the Iowa Legislature approved what would be the nation’s strictest abortion law. This law prohibits women to have an abortion after six weeks into pregnancy. The point at which doctors typically can detect the flicker of a fetal heartbeat on an ultrasound is at six weeks. Iowa would be saving 3,475 lives, because in the Iowa Department of Health survey about…

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Added by Shavelly Then on May 15, 2018 at 2:17pm — 1 Comment

US Embassy in Jerusalem

In 1995, Congress approved the funding and relocation of the embassy to Jerusalem, but the law included a stipulation, allowing for presidents to sign continuous waivers to stall the relocation. However,  23 years later every president elected since had used the 1995 waiver in an effort to avoid conflict with the peace negotiations. Today, the United States embassy in Jerusalem officially opened under the administration…

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Added by Shavelly Then on May 15, 2018 at 1:38pm — 1 Comment

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