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This Math Teacher Saved the Day After Helping a Student Through Her Window
A father in South Dakota shared a heartwarming photo of his 6th-grade daughter getting help from her math teacher, Chris Waba. In the snapshot, the middle schooler could be seen holding up a possible notebook, while Waba drew math equations on a whiteboard outside.
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Climate Change Activists Nab French President Macron's Portraits, Divide French Judges
Is stealing a presidential portrait a prison-worthy crime? Or a laudable act of civil disobedience? Courts around France are grappling with this question in response to an unusual new environmental movement that’s aiming to push French President Emmanuel Macron to do more to fight climate change. One by one, environmental activists around France have removed Macron’s official portraits from more...
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Survivor Recounts Boat Accident That Killed 9 Family Members
“Grab the baby!” Those were the last words Tia Coleman recalls her sister-in-law yelling before the tourist boat they were on sank into a Missouri lake, killing 17 people, including nine of Coleman’s family members. A huge wave hit, scattering passengers on the vessel known as a duck boat into Table Rock Lake near Branson, Coleman said. When the Indianapolis...
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Victims of Missouri Duck Boat Accident Identified by Police
More than half of the 17 people killed when a tourist boat sank on a Branson lake were members of the same Indiana family, and they likely would not have been on the ill-fated trip but for a ticket mix-up. Tracy Beck, of Kansas City, Missouri, said she recalled the family members waiting in line. After they stopped for a...
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Paralyzed Ex-UConn Hoops Player Now a Curling Paralympian
Steve Emt was rolling himself up a hill to a pie shop in Falmouth, Massachusetts, when the coach of a wheelchair curling team noticed the former UConn basketball player. The shop’s name was Pie in the Sky. An interesting coincidence, Emt thought, when Tony Colacchio approached him and suggested that within a year he could turn Emt into a Paralympic...
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Mountain View High Teacher Arrested, Accused of Sending Inappropriate Texts to Student
A Mountain View High School teacher was arrested Tuesday morning after school officials found out he had allegedly been sending inappropriate texts to a student, police said.
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WEB_SUN 8A Hush Vegas Shooting
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Bill Aims to Tackle California's Teacher Shortage
A new bill is aimed at tackling California’s teacher shortage.
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Northern Virginia Community College Math Teacher Cleared of All Charges in Sex Assault Case
UPDATE: All charges against Youssef Taleb, a former Northern Virginia Community College math teacher, have been dismissed. Taleb tells News4 that he’s hoping to return to teaching. “I love teaching,” he said. “I don’t think I’m going to give up on teaching ever.”
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Santa Clara DA Investigating Theft Claims Against Former High School Principal
The Santa Clara County DA’s Office is looking into claims that former San Jose High principal Cary Catching stole money intended for students. The move was prompted by an NBC Bay Area investigation that uncovered allegations against Catching by parents and teachers. Vicky Nguyen reports in a story that first aired May 7, 2015.
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Santa Clara DA Investigating Theft Claims Against Former Bay Area High School Principal
The Santa Clara County DA’s Office is looking into claims that former San Jose High principal Cary Catching stole money intended for students. The move was prompted by an NBC Bay Area investigation that uncovered allegations against Catching by parents and teachers.
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Principal Accused of Stealing Student Money to Fund Private Piggy Bank
The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit exposes that a former San Jose High School principal opened an unauthorized bank account tied to the school’s PTSA, and an audit found she made thousands of dollars in purchases without receipts or an explanation. Parents, teachers and staff say the account served as the principal’s private slush fund and suspect that she...
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Principal Accused of Stealing Student Money to Fund Private Piggy Bank
The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit exposes that a former San Jose High School principal opened an unauthorized bank account tied to the school’s PTSA, and an audit found she made thousands of dollars in purchases without receipts or an explanation. Parents, teachers and staff say the account served as the principal’s private slush fund and suspect that she may...