New Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds order to teach Bible in classrooms

[ad_1] Under new leadership, the Oklahoma State Department of Education will rescind a mandate from the previous superintendent that forced public schools to place Bibles in classrooms and incorporate the book into lesson plans for students. The Oklahoma State Department of Education plans to file a motion to dismiss pending lawsuits brought against the previous superintendent…

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Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre details her claims in posthumous memoir mentioning many famous names

[ad_1] New York — A posthumous memoir by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre offers an expanded account about her longstanding claims to have been sexually trafficked by the late financier to billionaires, politicians and Britain’s Prince Andrew. Many Epstein victims have told their stories publicly over the years, but Giuffre always stood apart with…

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Maryland mother freed after ICE detained her for months over decades-old theft conviction

[ad_1] Melissa Tran is back in Maryland after federal immigration authorities detained her more than five months ago over a non-violent conviction two decades earlier.  The mother of five, and Hagerstown business owner, spoke with WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren as her future remains uncertain. Melissa Tran is back in Maryland after federal immigration authorities detained…

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Man dubbed “White Tiger” charged with murder over U.S. teen’s livestreamed suicide

[ad_1] A man accused of luring children worldwide into a sadistic online abuse network was charged by German prosecutors Wednesday with hundreds of crimes — including murder, for a 13-year-old American’s livestreamed suicide. Using the pseudonym “White Tiger,” the 21-year-old Hamburg man, a German-Iranian national, allegedly victimized more than 30 children with online sexual abuse,…

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Grand Sumo Tournament comes to London for the second time outside Japan in the sport’s 1,500-year history

[ad_1] London — The world of professional sumo wrestling stepped outside of Japan for only the second time in its centuries-long history on Wednesday night, as fighters clashed on a specially constructed ring in the middle of London’s Royal Albert Hall. The iconic venue in the British capital is hosting the Grand Sumo Tournament —the roughly 1,500-year-old…

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Uruguay’s legislature votes to legalize euthanasia, a first for South America

[ad_1] Uruguay’s senate passed a law decriminalizing euthanasia on Wednesday, putting the South American nation among a handful of other countries where seriously ill patients can legally obtain help to end their lives. It makes Uruguay the first country in predominantly Catholic Latin America to allow euthanasia via legislation. Colombia and Ecuador have decriminalized the…

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