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High school student told she was ‘too dark’ to perform with dance team, lawsuit claims
liangpv/iStock(NEW YORK) — A young woman is suing a school district in Kansas for discrimination and retaliation, claiming she was told she couldn’t perform with the dance team because her skin was “too dark,” according [Read More…]

Infant, 3 adults killed in ‘horrific’ domestic violence incident in Oregon: Officials
Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office(NEW YORK) — An infant and three adults were killed in a “horrific” incident at an Oregon home in which sheriff’s deputies shot and killed the suspect as he was about to [Read More…]

Duke of Edinburgh reportedly driving without a seat belt days after car accident
Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images(LONDON) — The Duke of Edinburgh and his driving are back in the British headlines again. Several Sunday papers have splashed photographs of the Queen’s 97 year old husband back behind the wheel [Read More…]

Family of American man held in Syria appeals to Trump to intervene
Kamalmaz family(DAMASCUS, Syria) — For almost two years, the family of an American man detained in Syria says it has operated quietly, working with the U.S. government and its allies to try to gain information [Read More…]

Major blast of cold air moves into Northeast after winter storm delivers snow, ice
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A powerful storm continues to move through the Northeast on Sunday, after it brought up to 15 inches of snow in the Midwest and three reported tornadoes in the South. The [Read More…]

University of Oklahoma sorority kicks out member over racist blackface video
KOCO-TV(NORMAN, Okla.) — A racist video that swept across the campus of the University of Oklahoma (OU) this week received widespread condemnation and resulted in one student being kicked out of her sorority. The video [Read More…]

Viral video of teens taunting Native Americans draws widespread condemnation
David Cliff/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Outrage was growing across the political spectrum over the weekend after dozens of teens from an all-male Catholic school in Kentucky — some wearing bright-red “Make America Great Again” baseball [Read More…]

Soil health boosts public perception
The National Corn Growers Association says collaboration among industry partners is giving momentum to soil health improvement. Soil health is getting more attention. There’s evidence by the number of people who attended the Soil Health [Read More…]


Women’s March 2019: Thousands of protesters across US rally amid controversy over anti-Semitisms amid controversy
Carsten Koall/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For the third year in a row, women across the world came out in the thousands Saturday to protest the Trump administration and to fight for women’s rights. But the [Read More…]

How one architect is helping young people remember Beirut’s complicated past
Simone Cecchetti/Corbis/Getty Images(BEIRUT) — To enter the Beirut nightclub B018, one arrives on what appears to be a helicopter landing pad and descends a staircase to enter the underground music mecca. The club is located [Read More…]

Body cam video shows cop fatally shoot 14-year-old as he ran away from police
iStock(TEMPE, Ariz.) — Police released body cam footage on Friday of a shooting from earlier in the week in which a 14-year-old was shot and killed while running away from a Tempe Police Department officer. [Read More…]

Third annual Women’s March ascends upon cities amid controversy
Carsten Koall/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — For the third year in a row on Saturday, women across the world will protest in response to the Trump administration. But the Women’s March of today is poised to look [Read More…]

Elon Musk warns ‘the road ahead is very difficult’ as Tesla lays off 7 percent of workforce
Robyn Beck-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Tesla announced on Friday that it will cut 7 percent of its workforce, marking the second round of job cuts in just over six months, as it faces the pressure [Read More…]

Winter storm could dump more than a foot of snow on interior Northeast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A major winter storm is set to bring heavy snow from the Midwest to the Northeast this weekend — with widespread totals of 10 to 20 inches in the interior Northeast. [Read More…]

Wind Chill Advisory issued January 19 at 4:30AM MST until January 19 at 9:00AM MST by NWS
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING… * WHAT…Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 30 below zero ongoing. * WHERE…Portions of central, east central, south central [Read More…]

Wind Chill Advisory issued January 18 at 10:54PM MST until January 19 at 9:00AM MST by NWS
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY… * WHAT…Lingering light snow will gradually end through the evening. Little additional accumulation is expected. Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low [Read More…]

Wind Chill Advisory issued January 18 at 5:10PM MST until January 19 at 9:00AM MST by NWS
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY… …WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED… * WHAT…Lingering light snow will gradually end through the evening. Little additional accumulation is expected. Very [Read More…]

Companies disproportionately target black, Latino youth in TV ads for unhealthy foods
Robert Alexander/Getty ImagesBY: DR. ROBIN ORTIZ (NEW YORK) — Extreme weight gain in children is a dangerous mental and physical health epidemic in the United States, and public health officials have implored children and their [Read More…]

Pelanda named Ohio’s new director of agriculture
Dorothy Pelanda, who is no stranger to agriculture, was sworn in as the 39th Director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture this week. She tells Brownfield she is looking forward to working with Ohio Governor [Read More…]