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‘Benefit us all’: all-EV rideshare company aims to respect employees and the planet |  Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars
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‘Benefit us all’: all-EV rideshare company aims to respect employees and the planet | Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars

Raven Hernandez conceived her idea for a green transportation startup as a student at Pepperdine Law School in Malibu, California.A Nashville native, Hernandez, 26, said the move to Los Angeles opened her eyes to the world of organic food and sustainable clothing. Yet this emerging health and environmental consciousness didn't sit well with the school's proximity to Los Angeles international airport, and the dense, gray air she breathed in every day – pollution that's largely due to all the cars driving around the city.“Looking at LAX every day from Pepperdine, I thought, 'What does all this food and clothes even matter if the environment around me is polluted?'” Hernandez said. “That's where the desire of electrifying rides came about – to make a change that would benefit us all.”In ...
‘It will never make sense’: Uvalde heads back to school after tragedy |  Texas school shooting
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‘It will never make sense’: Uvalde heads back to school after tragedy | Texas school shooting

Elsa Avila slid to her phone, terrified as she held the bleeding side of her abdomen and tried to stay calm for her students.In a text to her family that she meant to send to fellow Uvalde teachers, she wrote: “I'm shot.”For the first time in 30 years, Avila will not be going back to school as classes resume on Tuesday in the small south Texas town.The start of school will look different for her, as for other survivors of the 24 May shooting at Robb elementary school in which 21 people died, with an emphasis on healing, both physically and mentally.Parents have expressed a range of fears, anxieties and hopes. Many said they were unsure whether they were putting their children in harm's way by sending them off to school.Some are frustrated and angry and said what they wanted most was an...
Photos from Uvalde: How a grief-stricken community prepared to send its children back to school
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Photos from Uvalde: How a grief-stricken community prepared to send its children back to school

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. When students return to school in Uvalde today, just 15 weeks after the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, 19 students and two teachers will not be present. In just more than three months since the massacre, residents have sought to help children return to normalcy with familiar back-to-school rituals, tinged by grief. In August, one family from Lockhart donated nearly 800 backpacks to students. The next day, an annual wellness fair at the Uvalde civic center included a booth with information on how to care for children and parents’ mental and physical health. Later that evening, people danced and enjoyed live music outs...
Superintendent Surveys: Most RI school districts facing staff shortage
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Superintendent Surveys: Most RI school districts facing staff shortage

Barrington (Michael Messore)ZeroBristol Warren (Ana Riley)no responseBurrillville (Michael Sollitto)We have posted anticipated positions early to get a head start on the process.Central Falls (Stephanie Downey Toledo)Collaborating with agencies to get teachers from around the world to come work for us.Chariho (Gina Picard)We are actively recruiting and using social media to highlight positions. We have also reached out to our local colleges.Coventry (Craig Levis)I believe one of the greatest recruitment tools is to provide support to all of the teacher preparation programs. We try and find an appropriate cooperating teacher for all student teachers and practicum requests. I believe school culture is another factor in determining what district a teacher candidate will land. Coventry ...
Huawei Mate 50 and Mate 50 Pro: Huawei’s most powerful mobiles arrive with a satellite connection and a juicy camera
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Huawei Mate 50 and Mate 50 Pro: Huawei’s most powerful mobiles arrive with a satellite connection and a juicy camera

As expected, Huawei has just announced its new batch of high-end phones. We talk, of course, about the Huawei Mate 50 and Mate 50 Protwo devices that continue to suffer from the United States blockade, but that offer the most interesting functions, especially in relation to the camera and connectivity. The devices have been launched in China and, at the moment, there is no news about their possible arrival in Spain. It is to be hoped that they will, since the Mate 40 Pro did, but it will have to wait. Once the introductions are done, let's get to know them a little better. Technical sheet of the Huawei Mate 50 and Mate 50 Pro mate 50 huawei mate 50 pro ...
Revealed: jailed Saudi woman was convicted of ‘spreading lies through tweets’ |  saudi arabia
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Revealed: jailed Saudi woman was convicted of ‘spreading lies through tweets’ | saudi arabia

A Saudi woman recently sentenced to 45 years in prison was convicted of using the internet and social media accounts to “spread lies through tweets”, among other alleged crimes, according to a newly obtained Saudi court document.Noura al-Qahtani, whose case first emerged last week, is a mother of five daughters, including one with a disability, is nearly 50 years old and has health issues, according to the court records.The document, which describes Qahtani's conviction and sentencing by a special criminal court, was shared with the Guardian by Abdullah Alaoudh, the Gulf director at Dawn, a pro-democracy group based in Washington founded by the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.The court records reveal – for a second time in weeks – a draconian sentence against a seemingly ordin...
West reluctant to put Putin on trial, say Ukrainian officials |  Vladimir Putin
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West reluctant to put Putin on trial, say Ukrainian officials | Vladimir Putin

Ukraine's major western allies have yet to sign up to establish a tribunal to try Vladimir Putin and his inner circle for the crime of aggression, wanting to leave space for future relations with Russia, according to Ukraine's top officials.“It's big politics. On the one hand, countries publicly condemn the aggression but on the other, they are putting their foot in the closing door on relations with Russia so that it doesn't close completely,” said Andriy Smyrnov, deputy head of Ukraine's presidential administration, who is leading the country's effort to establish the international tribunal. “They are attempting to keep some space for diplomatic manoeuvres,” said Smyrnov. “We know that agreements with Russia are not worth the paper they are written on.”His claims come as the US pres...
Mass. GOP voters weigh Trumpian swing of their party
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Mass. GOP voters weigh Trumpian swing of their party

Trump declared Diehl the “only conservative” running for governor in deep-blue Massachusetts during a telephone rally Monday night. Chris Doughty, Diehl's rival for the nomination, Trump said, is just a “tool” of outgoing Republican Gov. Charlie Baker, a Trump nemesis who has not endorsed in the primary. “Doughty will do nothing but surrender to the left-wing extremists,” Trump said in his five-minute speech, painting the businessman who was virtually unknown a year ago as a puppet of theestablishment. “If you want to save Massachusetts from the radical left… you must vote Republican up and down the ballot, and vote for Geoff Diehl.” A Trump endorsement also looms over a contest next week in New Hampshire, among the last primaries in the country. It's a race where insiders sa...
Top Reasons Why It’s Not A Good Idea To Drive After Drinking
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Top Reasons Why It’s Not A Good Idea To Drive After Drinking

It's a well-known fact that drinking and driving are dangerous. But what many people don't know is just how dangerous it can be. Drinking and driving are among the leading causes of death in the United States. Every year, thousands of people are killed in alcohol-related accidents. And those are just the deaths that are reported. Many accidents go unreported because the drivers involved are either killed or too injured to report. Here are the top six reasons why you should never drink and drive: 1. It's Illegal This one is pretty obvious. If caught drinking and driving, you will be arrested and could face jail time, loss of your driver's license, and steep ends. A Dallas drunk driving accident lawyer explained that you will face serious penalties if you are convicted of driv...
Flood threat continues in Georgia, other states
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Flood threat continues in Georgia, other states

SUMMERVILLE, Ga. – Flood watches were in effect in the U.S. southeast and much of the northeast on Monday as forecasters warned of the possibility of torrential downpours on Labor Day across already saturated ground.Among the hardest-hit areas in this weekend’s storms was northwest Georgia, where 12 inches (30 centimeters) of rain fell in some spots, forecasters said.The flooding knocked out water service to parts of Georgia's Chattooga County, where the school system called off classes for the next couple of days, authorities said.“Our main thrust right now is getting our water situation back in hand,” said Earle Rainwater, who owns Rainwater Funeral Home in Summerville and serves as the Chattooga County coroner.“Without water, you can’t do anything,” he said Monday. “We don’t have wat...