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Meet the 2018-2019 National FFA Officers
The six students who will lead and represent the National FFA Organization over the next year were selected during the 91st National FFA Convention. Luke O’Leary of California is the new national FFA president. His [Read More…]

Student shot at North Carolina school, another student in custody: Police
Google Maps Street View(MATTHEWS, N.C.) — A student was shot dead at a North Carolina high school Monday morning, prompting parents to descend on the campus to find their children. A student was taken into [Read More…]

Student shot at North Carolina school, another student in custody: Police
iStock/Thinkstock(MATTHEWS, N.C.) — A student was shot and injured at a North Carolina high school Monday morning and another student was taken into custody, police said. The wounded student was taken to a hospital in [Read More…]

Pittsburgh synagogue rabbi recounts shooting: Congregants ‘were slaughtered in my sanctuary’
ABC News (PITTSBURGH) — The rabbi of the Pittsburgh synagogue where 11 worshippers were gunned down Saturday said the massacre was not just an attack on the Jewish community. “It was an attack on America,” [Read More…]

Pittsburgh synagogue rabbi said massacre that killed 11 not just against Jews but ‘an attack on America’
ABC News (PITTSBURGH) — The rabbi of the Pittsburgh synagogue where 11 worshipers were gunned down Saturday said the massacre was not just an attack on the Jewish community. “It was an attack on America,” [Read More…]

Rent the Runway Co-Founder Jenny Fleiss on the worst advice she’s never taken
Brian Ach/Getty Images for Visa(NEW YORK) — When it comes to being a successful entrepreneur, Jetblack CEO and founder Jenny Fleiss is two for two. She’s half the duo that created Rent the Runway, the [Read More…]

Indonesia Lion Air flight crashes with 189 aboard
iStock/Thinkstock(JAKARTA, Indonesia) — An Indonesian passenger jet carrying 189 people crashed into the ocean shortly after takeoff on Monday, authorities said. Search and rescue officials said they lost contact with Lion Air flight JT610 minutes [Read More…]

Indonesia Lion Air flight crashes with 189 aboard
iStock/Thinkstock(JAKARTA, Indonesia) — An Indonesian passenger jet carrying 189 people crashed into the ocean shortly after takeoff on Monday, authorities said. Search and rescue officials said they lost contact with Lion Air flight JT610 minutes [Read More…]

‘Screw the optics, I’m going in’: Alleged shooter posts on social media before attack
ABC News(PITTSBURGH) — The man who allegedly gunned down 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue used three handguns and an AR-15 assault rifle in the 20-minute rampage and screamed to SWAT officers who wounded him [Read More…]

Ninth child dies in New Jersey facility suffering adenovirus outbreak
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A ninth child has died in a New Jersey rehabilitation facility that is currently suffering an adenovirus outbreak, according to officials. The child, whose name has not been released, died late Saturday [Read More…]

Eight men, three women killed in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting mourned
ABC News(PITTSBURGH) — They were two brothers, a longtime married couple, a respected doctor and one was a 97-year-old woman. All had come to the Tree of Life temple in Pittsburgh on Saturday morning to [Read More…]

Winners in New York, Iowa claim $687.8 million Powerball jackpot, third-largest in game history
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Two winners have claimed the third-largest Powerball jackpot in the game’s history. Two lucky ticket holders in Iowa and New York have claimed the grand prize. The winning numbers for [Read More…]

Pittsburgh synagogue alleged mass shooter told SWAT officers he wanted ‘all Jews to die’: Officials
ABC News(PITTSBURGH) — The man who allegedly gunned down 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue used three handguns and an AR-15 assault rifle in the 20-minute killing rampage and screamed to SWAT officers who wounded [Read More…]

EXCLUSIVE: Surveillance video shows alleged mail bomber reading newspapers at strip club night before arrest
Ultra Gentlemens Club/ABC News(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Mail bombing suspect Cesar Sayoc spent the early morning hours of the day he was arrested shuffling through press clippings at the Ultra Gentlemen’s Club in West [Read More…]

Trump: no one embodies the American spirit like FFA members
Speaking at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, President Trump said no one embodies the American spirit quite like FFA members. “You know that success only comes through hard work and perseverance- you know that [Read More…]

Authorities: Alleged mass shooter Robert Bowers acted alone
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images(PITTSBURGH) — The man who allegedly opened fire on worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in what is likely the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history acted alone, authorities said. Eleven [Read More…]

8th child dies in New Jersey rehab facility at the center of viral outbreak
BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Another child living in a New Jersey rehab facility that has been at the center of an adenovirus outbreak this week has died. The child is the eighth to [Read More…]

Day before Pittsburgh synagogue attack, new study showed a spike in online, anti-Semitic harassment
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images(PITTSBURGH) — Ahead of the looming midterm elections, far-right political extremists in the U.S. have ratcheted up online attacks and anti-Semitic harassment against Jewish candidates, journalists and other high-visibility members of the faith, [Read More…]

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting prompts wide outpouring of public support
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images(PITTSBURGH) — The shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh prompted an immediate outpouring of widespread support online, from public figures of all political leanings. The deadly shooting — which the Anti-Defamation League said [Read More…]

For highly skilled refugees, an opportunity to translate language skills into work
Sona Circle(LONDON) — Ahmed fled Syria knowing he might never return. He understood he would have to say goodbye to friends and loved ones, to the life he had worked so hard to build. But [Read More…]