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• Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein expects to be fired, and talk swirled about his fate with the Justice Department. Now he’s scheduled to meet with President Trump on Thursday.
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• Many of Krista Holland’s students have been away from home and out of school for more than week. She says, “The lack of a sense of normalcy for the kids, I think that’s where my heart aches the most.”
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• “Sometimes, life gives you lemons. Sometimes, it gives you bananas,” says the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. “And sometimes, it gives you something you’d never expect!”
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• An analysis of Twitter accounts associated with Russia’s influence campaign shows how supportive they were of gun rights and how influential the messaging was of the National Rifle Association.
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• Florida school districts now have to ask if a new student has ever been referred for mental health services. It’s a legislative attempt to help troubled kids. Will it work, or increase stigma instead?
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• Donald Trump’s ex-campaign chairman won’t go to trial in Washington, D.C. The deal presents a potentially ominous development for Trump, but the White House said the case has “nothing” to do with him.
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• Two Sikh men lost their brother in a violent hate crime following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. At StoryCorps, they reflect on his life and how they were treated after the terrorist attacks.
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• In tweets this morning, the president disavowed studies showing the death toll was much higher than initially reported and blamed Democrats for trying to make him “look as bad as possible.”
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• “Life-threatening storm surge, heavy rainfall, and damaging wind will cover a large area,” forecasters say. Florence is predicted to creep west over South Carolina after making landfall.
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• Embattled drugmaker Purdue Pharma defends OxyContin as some insurers are dropping the drug in favor of other abuse-deterrent opioid painkillers.
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