Steve Nedved
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Jan 20
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 to a lawsuit. Camille Sturdivant was one of two African-American members on the 14-person “Dazzlers” dance team at Blue Valley …
Jan 20
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 take the life of another child, officials said Sunday. The eruption of domestic violence occurred Saturday night in the Portland …
Jan 20
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 of a brand-new Land Rover. The photos appeared just two days after he was part of a car crash involving …
Jan 20
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 about their husband and father. But now, in the hopes that President Donald Trump may be moved to personally intervene, …
Jan 20
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 winter storm will dump snowfall totals of 10 to 20 inches in parts of the Northeast before moving out of …
Jan 20
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 was posted to Twitter on Friday and includes a student from the Tri Delta sorority filming her friend as she …
Jan 20
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 caps — appeared to mock and chant over the voices of a small group of Native Americans who were singing …
Jan 19
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 Summit. Producers are giving cover crops a try now that there’s data suggesting they don’t create a yield drag, but …
Jan 19
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 Women’s March looked different from the first one in 2017. Back then, it was organized in response to the incoming …