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CEO pens post to working parents and the internet is cheering

Charity Delmo(NEW YORK) — A CEO is making news. Not because of a deal she brokered or a company she acquired. She’s making news by telling working parents to go home. Charity Delmo, the CEO and founder of Ideal Visa Consultancy in the Philippines, has a new rule: “Family over boss.” Delmo’s now-viral post has …

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UK PM Theresa May faces possible ouster in vote of no confidence over Brexit

Leon Neal/Getty Images(LONDON) — United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May defended her leadership outside 10 Downing Street just before 9 a.m. Wednesday, revealing that her Conservative Party had demanded a vote of confidence in her premiership amid the tumult of Britain exiting the European Union. The results of the vote will be announced at 9 …

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NC police officer under investigation after slamming teen sisters to ground

WTVD-TV(DURHAM, N.C.) — A North Carolina sheriff’s deputy was placed on leave after a video emerged of him slamming two teenage girls to the ground. The Harnett County Sheriff’s Office said it placed the officer on administrative leave on Tuesday, a day after video surfaced on Facebook showing the girls being wrestled to the ground …

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Breaking down the string of attacks on Jehovah’s Witness houses of worship

anouchka/iStock(SEATTLE) — A string of attacks on houses of worship used by Jehovah’s Witnesses in Washington state are under investigation. There have been four instances of arson and one shooting — spanning nine months and four locations — that investigators believe are connected to one another. “As these incidents were located in close proximity to …

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Chinese exec’s arrest comes at sensitive time, part of years-old clash with U.S. over tech giant

VCG/VCG via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — American and Chinese leaders are now in an international showdown over the U.S.-orchestrated arrest of a top executive at Huawei Technologies, the Chinese telecom giant that has become the world’s biggest supplier of network equipment for phone and internet services. The executive, Meng Wanzhou, was being detained in Canada after …

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Church of England issues new guidelines on welcoming trans people into the faith

ChrisHepburn/iStock(LONDON) — The Church of England has issued new guidance saying that it “welcomes and encourages the unconditional affirmation of trans people” and offers clergy ways to help them celebrate the sacrament of baptism in a meaningful, inclusive way. The pastoral guidance will be incorporated into a revised edition of Common Worship, the Church of …

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Nuns accused of embezzling $500K removed from public ministry, religious order says

KABC-TV(LOS ANGELES) — Two nuns accused of embezzling at least $500,000 in tuition, fees and donations from a Southern California Catholic school have been removed from public ministry, according to the religious order they were serving under. Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper and Sister Lana Chang allegedly stole the funds by depositing checks for tuition and …

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One dead, 10 injured in shooting in France, local authorities say

pixinoo/iStock(STRASBOURG, France) — At least one person has been killed and 10 injured in a shooting in France, according to local authorities. The local prefecture in Strasbourg, about 300 miles east of Paris, wrote on Twitter than an individual opened fire in the center of the city on the Rue des Orfèvres around 8 p.m. …

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Indiana teen pleads not guilty in stabbing death of classmate pregnant with his child

St. Joseph County Prosecutors Office(SOUTH BEND, Ind.) — A 16-year-old Indiana high school football player arrested in the stabbing death of a classmate pregnant with his child pleaded not guilty to murder charges Tuesday. Aaron Trejo, 16, is charged as an adult in the killing of 17-year-old Breana Rouhselang, who was six months pregnant. Her …

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Three law enforcement officers wounded in shooting while trying to serve warrant: Sheriff

KTRK-TV(HOUSTON) — A sheriff’s deputy and two officials from the Texas attorney general’s office were hurt in a shooting while trying to serve a felony warrant in Houston, authorities said. The “primary suspect” is “possibly barricaded” at the scene and a second man is in custody, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez tweeted Tuesday afternoon. The …

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