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TRENDING TOPICS, MOST CREDIBLE STORIES | | #1 in U.S. News • 30 articles Why is the Justice Department investigating unrest at school board meetings? |  | |
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The Justice Department will address threats against school officials and staff.
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The one-page memorandum directs the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Offices to meet with federal, state, Tribal, territorial and local law enforcement leaders over the next 30 days in the hopes of opening up channels of communication for threat reporting, assessment and response.
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The directive comes amidst a surge in confrontations at local school board meetings over topics like masking, vaccine requirements and how race is taught in schools, and a request for federal help. In a six-page letter to President Biden last week, the National School Boards Association detailed instances of threats and acts of violence (mostly related to mask mandates) at school board meetings in [several] states.
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"As these acts of malice, violence, and threats against public school officials have increased, the classification of these heinous actions could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes," the school boards association wrote.
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Critics say DOJ move to stop school board threats will deter free speech.
Washington Times (Moderate Right) • Factual Grade 72% • 3 min read - Selected long-read
Critical race theory battles are driving frustrated, exhausted educators out of their jobs.
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| | #2 in U.S. News • 10 articles How accessible are at-home Covid-19 tests? | 
ACON expects to make 100 million antigen tests per month by the end of this year. Production could double to 200 million monthly tests by February. ACON did not immediat...
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| | #1 in World News • 34 articles How widespread was sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church? |
The long-awaited 2,500-page report by the Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church laid out in detail how t...
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Frances Haugen is the Facebook whistleblower who will testify before Congress this week. She secretly copied tens of thousands of pag...
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| | #1 in Science News • 67 articles What was the basis for awarding this year's Nobel Prize in Physics? |
Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi were awarded the prize for their independent, groundbreaking resea...
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