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Black Student's Suspension From US School Over Hairstyle Sparks Controversy
George was suspended from his school in Houston twice in a week for his hairstyle. His mother, Darresha George, said that he was crying when he was suspended the second time.
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US Has Reported 36 Mass Shootings In First 23 Days Of This Year
The shooting was the deadliest in the US since a shooter in Uvalde, Texas killed 22 people at an elementary school last year on May 24.
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Shashi Tharoor Fact-Checked On Photo Of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has stepped into a mess with a tweet that was meant as a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rockstar outing at Houston for "Howdy, Modi!" He has been schooled by Twitter users for not one, but two mistakes in that post.
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Massive Fire At Houston Petrochemical Storage May Last 2 More Days
A massive fire at a fuels storage company along the Houston Ship Channel may burn for two more days, an official said on Monday as the blaze spread a plume of black smoke across the city, shutting schools in two nearby communities.
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As A Young Man, He Had To Drop Out Of Georgetown University. Six Decades Later, He Finally Made Up For It
Dressed in a black cap and gown with a velvet-trimmed stole and surrounded by family, Carlos Manuel Sera watched the live stream in his son's house in Houston Friday and waited. First came the valedictorian. Then the salutatorian. And then the senior associate dean for the undergraduate program at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Busines...
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"He Said 'Surprise,' And Started Firing": Student Kills 10 At US School
A 17-year-old student armed with a shotgun and a pistol went on a rampage Friday morning at his school here outside Houston, killing 10 people - mostly students - before surrendering to the officers who confronted him, officials said. Ten others were wounded, including a school resource officer who was left in critical condition.
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US Teacher Calls Police After Six-Year-Old Says "Allah" In Class: Report
A six-year-old Muslim boy with Down syndrome was feared as a terrorist by his teacher in a US school after he kept repeating 'Allah' and 'boom' in his classroom, a media report said today.
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The Terrifying Mystery Of Who Stabbed A Houston Sixth-Grader As He Walked Home From School
Who would kill an 11-year-old boy for no apparent reason? That is the question haunting Houston after Josue Flores was stabbed to death last week.
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Houston Schools Receive Threat Of Violence, Says Campuses To Remain Open
The Houston Independent School District said on Wednesday it had received an emailed threat of violence similar to those made against schools in New York City and Los Angeles this week, but there were no plans to cancel class for its more than 213,000 students.
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Houston Schools Receive Threat Of Violence, Says Campuses To Remain Open
The Houston Independent School District said on Wednesday it had received an emailed threat of violence similar to those made against schools in New York City and Los Angeles this week, but there were no plans to cancel class for its more than 213,000 students.
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1 Killed, 1 Wounded in Shooting Near Texas Southern University
One person was fatally shot on Friday and another person was wounded in a shooting an apartment complex adjacent to the campus of Texas Southern University in Houston, and two suspects have been taken into custody, the school said.
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Mumbai Schoolgirls Bag Bronze at Global Engineering Contest
Sakshi Pandey and Kajol Shelke, both Standard IX students of North Mumbai Welfare Society High School, Ghatkopar, have won the bronze medal in the Engineering category for their 'agro-dehydrator' project, at the International Sustainable World Project Olympiad (Energy, Engineering & Envi-ronment), or I-SWEEEP, held on May 9 at Houston, Texas.
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US Schools Safe Haven for Many Unaccompanied Minors
For tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors crossing the US border, primarily from Central America, US schools are one of the few government institutions where they are guaranteed services.
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Nigerian Communities in Texas Look Home in Grief
The large Nigerian populations in Texas are seeking to help resolve a crisis in their native country in which nearly 300 girls were kidnapped from a school by Islamic militants and more than 100 others were killed in a marketplace in Borno state.
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One dead, several hurt in Houston-area high school stabbing
One person was killed and several others injured in a stabbing incident today at a suburban high school north of Houston in Texas, police said.
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Black Student's Suspension From US School Over Hairstyle Sparks Controversy
George was suspended from his school in Houston twice in a week for his hairstyle. His mother, Darresha George, said that he was crying when he was suspended the second time.
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US Has Reported 36 Mass Shootings In First 23 Days Of This Year
The shooting was the deadliest in the US since a shooter in Uvalde, Texas killed 22 people at an elementary school last year on May 24.
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Shashi Tharoor Fact-Checked On Photo Of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has stepped into a mess with a tweet that was meant as a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rockstar outing at Houston for "Howdy, Modi!" He has been schooled by Twitter users for not one, but two mistakes in that post.
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Massive Fire At Houston Petrochemical Storage May Last 2 More Days
A massive fire at a fuels storage company along the Houston Ship Channel may burn for two more days, an official said on Monday as the blaze spread a plume of black smoke across the city, shutting schools in two nearby communities.
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As A Young Man, He Had To Drop Out Of Georgetown University. Six Decades Later, He Finally Made Up For It
Dressed in a black cap and gown with a velvet-trimmed stole and surrounded by family, Carlos Manuel Sera watched the live stream in his son's house in Houston Friday and waited. First came the valedictorian. Then the salutatorian. And then the senior associate dean for the undergraduate program at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Busines...
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"He Said 'Surprise,' And Started Firing": Student Kills 10 At US School
A 17-year-old student armed with a shotgun and a pistol went on a rampage Friday morning at his school here outside Houston, killing 10 people - mostly students - before surrendering to the officers who confronted him, officials said. Ten others were wounded, including a school resource officer who was left in critical condition.
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US Teacher Calls Police After Six-Year-Old Says "Allah" In Class: Report
A six-year-old Muslim boy with Down syndrome was feared as a terrorist by his teacher in a US school after he kept repeating 'Allah' and 'boom' in his classroom, a media report said today.
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The Terrifying Mystery Of Who Stabbed A Houston Sixth-Grader As He Walked Home From School
Who would kill an 11-year-old boy for no apparent reason? That is the question haunting Houston after Josue Flores was stabbed to death last week.
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Houston Schools Receive Threat Of Violence, Says Campuses To Remain Open
The Houston Independent School District said on Wednesday it had received an emailed threat of violence similar to those made against schools in New York City and Los Angeles this week, but there were no plans to cancel class for its more than 213,000 students.
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Houston Schools Receive Threat Of Violence, Says Campuses To Remain Open
The Houston Independent School District said on Wednesday it had received an emailed threat of violence similar to those made against schools in New York City and Los Angeles this week, but there were no plans to cancel class for its more than 213,000 students.
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1 Killed, 1 Wounded in Shooting Near Texas Southern University
One person was fatally shot on Friday and another person was wounded in a shooting an apartment complex adjacent to the campus of Texas Southern University in Houston, and two suspects have been taken into custody, the school said.
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Mumbai Schoolgirls Bag Bronze at Global Engineering Contest
Sakshi Pandey and Kajol Shelke, both Standard IX students of North Mumbai Welfare Society High School, Ghatkopar, have won the bronze medal in the Engineering category for their 'agro-dehydrator' project, at the International Sustainable World Project Olympiad (Energy, Engineering & Envi-ronment), or I-SWEEEP, held on May 9 at Houston, Texas.
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US Schools Safe Haven for Many Unaccompanied Minors
For tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors crossing the US border, primarily from Central America, US schools are one of the few government institutions where they are guaranteed services.
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Nigerian Communities in Texas Look Home in Grief
The large Nigerian populations in Texas are seeking to help resolve a crisis in their native country in which nearly 300 girls were kidnapped from a school by Islamic militants and more than 100 others were killed in a marketplace in Borno state.
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One dead, several hurt in Houston-area high school stabbing
One person was killed and several others injured in a stabbing incident today at a suburban high school north of Houston in Texas, police said.
