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Police raid home of New Jersey couple who raised $400,000 for homeless man

Police raid home of New Jersey couple who raised $400,000 for homeless man

The seemingly heartwarming story has taken an unpleasant turn, with the once homeless man suing his would-be benefactors, saying they stole most of the money raised in a GoFundMe campaign.
by Scott Neuman

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Rochester schools settle over discipline disparities

The Rochester school district has reached an agreement with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights over the district's elevated rate of disciplining students of color and students with disabilities.
by Catharine Richert

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U.S. plans to sidestep limits on detaining immigrant children

U.S. plans to sidestep limits on detaining immigrant children

The Trump administration said Thursday it plans to circumvent a longstanding court agreement that governs how children are treated in immigration custody, in part to detain families longer as a way to deter migrants from crossing the Southwestern border illegally.
by The Associated Press

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Despite past reforms, Native women face high rates of crime

Despite past reforms, Native women face high rates of crime

For generations, Native American women have been victimized at astonishing rates, with federal figures showing that more than half have encountered sexual and domestic violence at some point during their lives -- even amid a wave of efforts aimed at reducing such crimes.
by The Associated Press

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#NotInvisible: Why are Native American women vanishing?

#NotInvisible: Why are Native American women vanishing?

In the era of #MeToo, the issue is gaining political traction as an expanding activist movement focuses on Native women -- a population known to experience some of the nation's highest rates of murder, sexual violence and domestic abuse.
by The Associated Press

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Lawyer for homeless man says $400,000 raised to help him is gone

Lawyer for homeless man says $400,000 raised to help him is gone

Johnny Bobbitt claims he has only received $75,000 of the GoFundMe money raised to get him off the streets. The rest, he argues, has been mismanaged and spent by the couple who pledged to help him.
by Vanessa Romo

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Her humanitarian missions became a way of life

Her humanitarian missions became a way of life

An incident in a Turkish marketplace led Lindsey Smith to leave her comfortable life as a geriatric nurse practitioner from Minneapolis to help people in crisis around the world.
by Riham Feshir

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