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Details: Written by SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America; Published: 22 September 2023

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The legislation would ban self-driving trucks weighing more than 10,000 pounds — which would include vehicles from UPS delivery trucks to massive semi-trucks — from operating on public roads unless a human driver is on board.

Details: Written by MATTHEW DALY Associated Press; Published: 22 September 2023

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The White House said the program will employ more than 20,000 young adults who will build trails, plant trees, help install solar panels and do other work to boost conservation and help prevent catastrophic wildfires.

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Details: Written by REBECCA BOONE Associated Press; Published: 21 September 2023

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“It's not something we see very commonly, but when we do see it we worry about spread in pockets of people who are not vaccinated. For those of us who are vaccinated, we don't have to worry about it,” said Dr. Christine Hahn.

Details: Written by Matthew Valasik, University of Alabama and Shannon Reid, University of North Carolina – Charlotte; Published: 21 September 2023

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Gangs are defined as street-oriented groups whose identity includes involvement in illegal activity. If police had treated Proud Boys as members of a street gang from the group’s inception, the events of Jan. 6, 2021, might have been avoided

Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 21 September 2023

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Rapper Megan Thee Stallion has teamed up with Frito-Lay’s Flamin’ Hot brand to raise money for her alma mater, Texas Southern University, with hopes to launch a HBCU scholarship fund of up to $150,000

Details: Written by MARY CLARE JALONICK and TARA COPP Associated Press; Published: 21 September 2023

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after a weekly caucus meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Gen. CQ Brown’s confirmation on a 83-11 vote, months after President Joe Biden nominated him for the post, comes as Democrats try to maneuver around holds placed on hundreds of nominations by Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville over the Pentagon’s abortion policy.

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 20 September 2023

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An Alabama high school band director said that he was just “doing my job” when police officers arrested him and shocked him with a stun gun after he refused to immediately stop the band as it played in the bleachers following a football game.

Details: Written by By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia; Published: 19 September 2023

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Drawing on data from the National Center for Education Statistics from 1987 to 2020, officials said the discrepancies in appropriated funding ranged from $172 million to $2.1 billion, creating significant financial disparities.

Details: Written by Diana J. Wilkie, University of Florida; Published: 18 September 2023

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The pain from a heart attack is so bad that it can feel like an elephant sitting on you. Patients with sickle cell disease, a genetic condition affecting the red blood cells, report that this kind of pain begins before their first birthday and continues intermittently for a lifetime.

Details: Written by CHEYANNE MUMPHREY and JUAN LOZANO Associated Press; Published: 18 September 2023

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Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, was initially suspended the same week his state outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles.