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Newton, Massachusetts — At the far end of Islington Road in Newton, Massachusetts, lives a little girl near and dear to the neighborhood. Samantha Savitz is deaf — but as we first reported about a year ago — she loves to talk to anyone who knows sign language.  “She’s super […]

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A woman in Iowa has been charged with attempted murder after she told police that she intentionally ran over a 14-year-old girl because she believed the teenager was Mexican, authorities said Friday. The girl, Natalia Miranda, suffered a concussion and severe bruising but is expected to make a full recovery. […]

The Democratic National Committee is upping the thresholds for the seventh Democratic presidential debate despite criticism from the candidates. On Friday, the DNC announced there will be an increase in the polling and donor thresholds to participate in the next debate, which will be held January 14th in Des Moines, […]

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A transgender former Nike contractor is seeking $1.1 million in damages from the sporting goods giant for allegedly allowing gender identity-based harassment.  According to a civil lawsuit filed this week, Nike and Mainz Brady Group, a staffing firm that hired workers for Nike, discriminated against computer engineer Jazz Lyles, who […]

Joe Biden is the latest Democratic presidential candidate to target McDonald’s in a bid to signal his concern for low-wage workers. “We should unionize McDonald’s,” the former vice president told a gathering of McDonald’s workers in Los Angeles on Thursday organized by Fight for $15, a union-backed group that pushes for a […]

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The U.S. Military Academy at West Point said Friday it has concluded after an internal investigation that cadets at the Army-Navy game last week did not flash a “white power” symbol on national television. The investigation concluded the cadets were playing the “circle game,” where the hand sign is made below […]