Author: Martin Smith
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Slack Co-founder’s 16-year-old Child Was Found Alive in San Francisco Days After Going Missing
Mint Butterfield, the teenage daughter of Stewart Butterfield, a wealthy co-founder of Slack, and Caterina Fake, co-founder of Flickr, was last seen almost a week ago. Mint Butterfield, 16, is the daughter of Slack’s wealthy co-founder Stewart Butterfield. They were last seen alive in San Francisco, almost a week after going missing. Researchers say that…
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2-year-old Arizona Boy Dead after Strong Wind Gust Threw Bounce House in Neighborhood
Authorities in Arizona say a 2-year-old boy died in a “tragic accident” when his bounce house flew into the air on Saturday. The crime took place around 5 p.m. near Casa Grande, a city 50 miles south of Phoenix, according to a statement from the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office. A strong gust of wind blew…
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Eleven-year-old Son With Autism Was Found Locked Up in a Dirty Metal Cage in Nevada. His Parents Were Arrested
Police in Nevada arrested two parents after they were called to their home about a child not going to school. When they arrived, they allegedly found their 11-year-old son locked in a dirty cage. The Henderson Police Department said in a statement that Misty Scanlan, 46, and Jeffery Scanlan, 41, were arrested on April 23…
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Special Election Will Be Held in New York to Fill the Seat Left Open in Congress by the Resignation of Democrat Higgins
BUFFALO, New York— In a special election Tuesday, people in upstate New York will choose between a Democrat who many see as the likely successor to the longtime congressman who left his seat earlier this year and a Republican who has crossover appeal. Representative Brian Higgins, a Democrat, quit in February to become president of…
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McConnell Stuns with Declaration Despite ‘Violent Insurrection,’ Still Supports Trump for Future Votes
Lawyer Elie Honig of CNN said he doesn’t understand why Judge Juan Merchan hasn’t decided yet if Donald Trump broke the gag order in his New York criminal trial. Early this month, Merchan gave the order after the former president attacked witnesses and the daughter of the judge in the case. Trump has said a…
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DeSantis Announced Funding for Persons with Disabilities, APD releases Guidelines and Eligibility
Tallahassee, FL: Family members are wondering how to apply after Gov. DeSantis’s big news about funding for the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD). Monday, the governor said that APD would get $2.2 billion from this year’s state budget. The governor called this a record-high investment in services for people with developmental disabilities. The applicants…
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Low Enrolment Figures to Shut 3 Broward Schools, Community Worried about the Impact
Broward County Public Schools announced on Monday that schools would be changing in order to fix the problem of too few students in the area. Community members, teachers, and parents worried about how possible school cuts would affect their neighborhoods spoke to school leaders at a town hall meeting. The plan calls for closing three…
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It is Said That a Man Throws Bleach Into an Oregon Hatchery Tank, Killing 18,000 Salmon
There are almost 200 programs in Oregon’s rivers that hold baby fish until they are ready to be released into the wild to finish their life cycle. Last week, someone broke into the Step program in Winchester Bay and put bleach into a Chinook salmon tank, killing about 18,000 fish. Joshua Alexander Heckathorn, 20, was…
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A Guy From Maine Was Last Seen Almost a Year Ago, and His Body Was Found in New Hampshire
STARK, New Hampshire: State police recently found the body of a 34-year-old man who had been missing after arresting a suspect in his death. Maine State Police say that Alex Jackson’s family reported him missing on May 14, 2023, because they hadn’t heard from him since May 12, 2023. Family members were said to have…
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Republican-Led States File Lawsuit Against Biden Administration Over New Title IX Transgender Protections
Five states led by Republicans have sued the Biden administration over its new rules that protect transgender students under Title IX. Title IX is a federal civil rights law that protects students from sex-based discrimination in publicly funded schools. A few Republican leaders in other states have said in public that they will not follow…