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Students at the University of Texas at Austin are described as sharing joy over a football win and anger over a Republican candidate’s racist post aimed at South Asian students. The piece centers campus reaction around that post, though the full article text is not available in the provided preview.
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A first-person opinion essay by a self-described language snob who reflects on grammatical pet peeves such as “costed” and “I’s” as possessives, then turns to a seminary-inspired meditation on loving neighbors despite their language errors. The piece is framed as personal moral and religious reflection rather than political argument.
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Steve Hartman reflects on his parenting journey as his son George leaves home for college. The piece is a personal, emotional human-interest segment rather than political news.
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Several schools in Oakhurst, California, were briefly locked down after a black bear wandered onto the Yosemite High School campus. No one was injured, and the lockdown was lifted after wildlife officials said the bear left the area.
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The segment interviews authors of a book about four Afghan women who escaped the Taliban and rebuilt their lives in the U.S. It emphasizes their lost educational ambitions after the 2021 takeover and the chaotic evacuation effort.
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A 13-year-old student in Rome pepper-sprayed and stabbed his 66-year-old teacher and allegedly tried to livestream the attack from a helmet-mounted phone. A classmate intervened, the teacher survived, and police arrested the student. The article also notes official calls for tighter social media restrictions for minors.
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A 13-year-old Long Island boy with a reported IQ of 168 has been accepted into NYU's master's program after overcoming leukemia and Tourette's syndrome. He is expected to finish his undergraduate degree at LSU before starting at NYU next fall.
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The University of Texas at Austin will stop enrolling new students in three majors—Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, African and African Diaspora Studies, and Women’s & Gender Studies—and a fourth race-related major is also being cut. A university spokesman said the programs are changing, while Inside Higher Ed reported faculty were not given prior warning and the provost rejected a proposal to keep the majors.
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A 7-year-old girl with cerebral palsy died after becoming unresponsive in her wheelchair on an Ohio school bus, possibly due to a seatbelt mishap. Her family discovered her lifeless after the bus idled outside their home and criticized the driver and monitor for not watching closely; multiple agencies are investigating.
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A New York Post health article reports on research linking childhood reading for pleasure to better mental health, cognitive skills, and brain development later in life. It cites studies and experts while noting declining reading rates among American children.
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A lawsuit alleges seven Cornell Chi Phi fraternity members drugged and gang-raped a 20-year-old student in October 2024, texting 'Free p---y' during the assault. The suit claims Cornell failed to adequately discipline the accused and previously offered essays as a way to mitigate conduct. A criminal investigation did not result in charges.
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Students from Gordonstoun in Scotland uncovered altar foundations and a step at ruins on the uninhabited Orkney island of Swona, believed to be a 1,000-year-old Viking-era church. The school plans further archaeological investigation and a 3D model of the site.