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Chicago Public Schools end school year with 22,000 student COVID-19 cases; CTU says safety measures should remain in the fall

CHICAGO — About one in every dozen Chicago Public Schools students contracted COVID-19 this school year, the district’s first year of full-time, in-person learning since the pandemic began.

Chicago Tribune

The mysterious deaths of Popeye and Uncle Albert - two friends on the streets of Chinatown

Both men died when a fierce blaze erupted inside a derelict building - a murder probe failed to lead to any conviction

Manchester Evening News

Texas judge temporarily halts 2 transgender child abuse investigations

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas judge on Friday temporarily halted the state’s child abuse investigations into two families with transgender children, agreeing they faced immediate harm.

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Don't Call Child Services on Families Who Take Their Kids to Drag Shows

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis thinks drag shows represent "child endangerment."

Reason

UK authorises assault charges against Harvey Weinstein

London (AFP) - British prosecutors on Wednesday said they had authorised London's Metropolitan Police to charge Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein with sexual assault.

AFP

Morning mail: cabinet meets amid rising cost-of-living concerns, plastic clean-up success, death rate fell in 2020

Thursday: Labor faces calls to provide relief for households from inflation. Plus: plastic pollution on Australia’s coast falls by up to 30%

The Guardian - AU

Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein facing UK indecent assault charges

It will be alleged he indecently assaulted a woman in London more than 25 years ago

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Ex-film producer Harvey Weinstein facing UK indecent assault charges

Legal experts believe extradition could be possible.

The Independent UK

Harvey Weinstein to be charged with indecent assault in the UK

FORMER Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein is facing two criminal charges of indecent assault against a woman in London in 1996.

The National (Scotland)

Former film mogul Harvey Weinstein facing UK indecent assault charges

The incidents allegedly occurred in 1996.

The Independent UK

High school grad forgoing scholarship money to continue training as a welder: ‘College isn’t for everyone’

CHICAGO -- Quintin Scott graduated Sunday from Chicago’s Crane Medical Prep High School with a head start to becoming a professional welder and a direct pipeline to Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

Chicago Tribune

CPS sets aside $70M for long-sought Chinatown H.S., millions more for school playgrounds in new capital budget

The funding was revealed Tuesday in the district’s proposed capital budget, which details construction and maintenance spending for the upcoming fiscal year starting July 1.

Chicago Sun-Times

Afternoon Edition: June 6, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

A few CPS schools are raising big money through fundraising. None are in the neediest neighborhoods.

In 2019, just 13 schools in the entire district spent $300,000 or more in outside money raised from a variety of sources. All were in wealthier areas of the city.

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Lincoln Park H.S. student threatened to shoot a teacher, but CPS declined to press charges, police say

CPS officials said an investigation determined there was “no safety threat” and police said the student was allowed to remain at the school.

Chicago Sun-Times

Far South Side organizer appointed to Chicago school board

Mayor Lori Lightfoot picked Joyce Chapman, who founded the Pullman Community Development Corporation and is the chair of the Far South Side Community Action Council, to fill a seat that had been empty for nearly a year.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Vallas enters Chicago mayor’s race; former CPS head says Lightfoot ‘has proven incapable of dealing with these crises’

CHICAGO — Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas is running for mayor, he announced Wednesday.

Manchester Evening News

'Sexual predator', 37, with 'keen and clear interest' in child abuse is jailed

1,821 vile images were found on Steven Blake's camera and hard drive - he's been locked up for just under three years

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Calling Chicago a ‘city in crisis,’ Vallas reprises campaign for mayor

“I’ll tell you who my constituency is. It’s anyone who feels that the city is becoming increasingly unsafe and wants to ensure that, wherever you live, you’re safe and secure,” former CPS CEO Paul Vallas told the Sun-Times in announcing his second run for mayor.

Manchester Evening News

Stockport man threatened to kill veteran MP in sick Facebook message

Phillip Dowbekin, 36, walked free from court

Evening Standard

Hollywood star Kevin Spacey to ‘voluntarily’ return to UK to face sex assault charges

Spacey says he will travel to UK to defend himself against the accusations

The Independent UK

Kevin Spacey to ‘voluntarily appear’ in UK court over sexual assault charges

Actor was reported to be facing extradition if he refused to show

Daily Mirror

Crisis talks as fatal dog attacks DOUBLE with victims including four kids aged under 3

Under-fire bosses at the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs have called for round-table talks to discuss possible changes to the Dangerous Dogs Act

The Independent UK

Police threatened with fines for unlawfully seizing rape victims’ personal information

Intrusive requests are ‘traumatising’ victims and causing them to drop out of prosecutions, watchdog says

The Guardian - UK

UK investigators told to stop mass collection of personal data in rape cases

Information commissioner says indiscriminate gathering of details is undermining trust in justice system

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