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An explosion triggered a large fire at a chemical plant in Shepherd, Texas, sending massive plumes of black smoke into the sky. The “plant explosion” and the following chemical fire unfolded Wednesday morning at Sound Resource Solutions, which makes solvents for glue and paint remover, the San Jacinto County Office of Emergency Management said. Geoff Harfield, […]
Columbia University closed campus to the public ahead of pro-Israel and pro-Gaza rallies on Thursday. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Columbia University closed campus to the public ahead of pro-Israel and pro-Gaza rallies on Thursday. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The violence in Israel and Gaza has heightened tensions on college campuses […]
The incident recalls debates over hair discrimination in schools. A black male high school student in Texas was suspended from school twice for wearing his hair in twisted dreadlocks. After serving his first in-school suspension, he returned to school the next day with his hair in the same style. He was immediately suspended again. Darryl […]
Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty Images Tunisia’s President Kais Saied attends the opening session of the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Tunisia’s capital Tunis in August 2022. Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories.
06:54 – Source: CNN Tubman statue sparks debate over art & race Philadelphia commissioned white sculptor Wesley Wofford to re-create his popular statue of abolitionist Harriet Tubman. After local controversy, he withdrew from consideration. Wofford says, “The task ahead of us regarding underrepresentation in public spaces, is so huge that every living, working artist needs to be working […]
General view shows cannabis plants at Yammouneh in Baalbek district, Lebanon July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Emilie Madi Acquire Licensing Rights Aug 31 (Reuters) – Shares of marijuana companies jumped as much as 37% in . . .
This week at Ubisoft, it was announced that Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope’s third and final DLC, Rayman in the Phantom Show, will release on August 30; and the Ubisoft Store kicked off a major Assassin’s Creed sale. Check it out and more in this week’s roundup of Ubisoft News. Mario + Rabbids Sparks […]
ATTARAT, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s Attarat power plant was envisioned as a landmark project promising to provide the desert kingdom with a major source of energy while solidifying its relations with China. But weeks after its official opening, the site, a sea of black, crumbly rock in the barren desert south of Jordan’s capital, is […]
Dallas Independent School District issued a statement explaining why students received the controversial book. Cindy Campos’s five-year-old son was so excited about the Winnie the Pooh book he got at school that he asked her to read it with him as soon as he got home. But her heart sank when she realised it was […]
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