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Police Chief Ray Martine in Hot Water Over Racial Quota System
Berkeley Police Department in turmoil over leaked texts about arrest quotas Police Chief Ray Martine has been in hot water for weeks over a police department-wide email about police arrests, which police are alleged...
sport
The National High School Progress Survey: New Jersey High School Students Did Better in the Top 25
Math Scores Fell in Nearly Every State, and Reading Dipped on National Exam-Based Growth Trends The Nation's Young Adults in the Nation's Older Adults (NEA) who took the SAT last year did better not...
entertainment
Why the Confederacy Statue Was Never Removed
Column: Campaigns flood us with reductive racial rhetoric. How can we push back? The campaign that began in late 2017 to remove the Confederate statue on the University of Southern California’s campus did not...
europe
The state’s failure to get the homeless tax on the ballot
L.A. voters approved more money to fight homelessness. Now they want to see results, and the state has pledged to match their investment. (John Munson/L.A. Times) When the Los Angeles Times asked L.A. County...
travel
The Old Jewish Men Who Are Still There
A Night Out With Old Jewish Men I’ve now been to a few of these “gathering places” (more accurately, “clubs”) and in most, there is no shortage of alcohol, drugs, and sexual acts. In...
technology
Simona Halep says she did dope in the days before her final
Simona Halep's former coach says 'no chance' the two-time grand slam champion knowingly took banned substance A former coach has called for the Australian Open finalist to be banned from tennis for life after...
national
Joko Widodo calls for tighter security measures after bomb attacks kill 150 people
Indonesian leader says locked gates contributed to deaths of hundreds of people by By The Straits Times, Singapore July 30, 2013 | 4:54pm Indonesian President Joko Widodo has appealed for calm as he addresses...
asia
WTA and ITF agree to postpone WTFs until May 2020
WTA Tour set to return to China in 2023 following suspension over Peng Shuai situation Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova, along with the likes of Andy Murray and Naomi Osaka, will all be returning...
national
Gas Prices Double in Five Years of Higher Gas Taxes and Higher Pump Prices
California's gas-car phaseout brings turmoil to mom-and-pop gas stations Share this: This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story...
health
What is an activist scientist?
Nicholas Goldberg: Can scientists moonlight as activists — or does that violate an important ethical code? By Nicholas Goldberg In a recent interview with The Guardian, scientists Stephen Hawking and Brian Cox, along with...
