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High school football coach at the center of prayer debate gets reinstated, receives $1.7 million settlement

Kennedy was terminated from his coaching position after he continued post-game prayers with students.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Bremerton's 'praying coach' to return to the sidelines next football season

The Washington high school football coach at the center of a First Amendment case that went before the U.S. Supreme Court last year will return to the sidelines for the upcoming football season.

Tribune News Service

Joe Kennedy hears call from NI firms for ‘new economic Good Friday Agreement’

US President Joe Biden’s special envoy took part in a roundtable business lunch in Washington DC

The Independent UK

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Kennedy appointed to diplomatic role in Northern Ireland amid renewed tensions

At a time of heightened concerns over renewed sectarian conflict, the Biden administration has appointed Joe Kennedy III, the grandnephew of the nation’s first Irish Catholic president, as liaison to Northern Ireland.

Boston Herald

Joe Kennedy III named as US economic envoy to Northern Ireland

Appointment of former congressman and grandson of Robert Kennedy comes amid transatlantic tension over post-Brexit trade

The Guardian - US

Four missing friends found shot and dismembered in Oklahoma river

The bodies were discovered Friday after a passer-by saw something suspicious in the river near a bridge, authorities confirmed

Irish Mirror

4 missing friends found shot, dismembered in Oklahoma river; person of interest in custody

A person of interest in the murder and dismemberment of four Oklahoma friends was arrested Tuesday on an unrelated charge, police said.

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Man wanted for questioning in murders of four men found dismembered in Oklahoma river is arrested in Florida

Joe Kennedy was arrested in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida, for allegedly driving a stolen car

The Independent UK

Police: Man arrested in connection with 4 Oklahoma slayings

Police in eastern Oklahoma say a man wanted for questioning about the deaths and dismemberment of four men has been arrested in Florida

The Independent UK

Four missing Oklahoma men found dismembered in river, police say

Investigators determined the victims died from gunshot wounds before they were dumped in the Deep Fork River

The Guardian - US

Four friends found dismembered a week after disappearing on evening bike ride

Their dismembered bodies were discovered in the Deep Fork River on Saturday

The Independent UK

Anti-gay GOPer attends son's gay wedding

“Can you imagine voting against your own child?” questioned former Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass.

Salon

Editorial: Pray for sanity: The Supreme Court lets religion back into schools

The six conservatives on the Supreme Court, who purport to revere the Constitution, have a funny way of ignoring the parts of the document that go against their conclusions. We know of no other way to rationalize their blithe ruling letting a high school football coach lead post-game prayers on…

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court school prayer ruling stirs debate over how far religion will seep into campus

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to permit a high school football coach to pray on the field after games is expected to reopen a vigorous and probably tense debate among parents, educators and others over how far religion can enter public school grounds, California education and legal experts said Monday.

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While the world talked about Roe v Wade, the US Supreme Court was quietly reshaping the landscape in other ways

While the overturning of Roe v Wade has dominated headlines and sparked protests across the United States and elsewhere, it is not the only recent ruling to come from the highest court in America.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court rules for coach whose prayers on football field raised questions about church-state separation

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a former high school football coach who prayed at the 50-yard line after games, ruling that his public prayers were protected as free speech and free exercise of religion.

The Texas Tribune

Supreme Court sides with school coach who prayed at a game, offering more protection to public displays of religion

The court ruled a Washington state coach was praying as a private citizen when he knelt after a game on the field, not as an employee of the district.

The Conversation

Why the Supreme Court's football decision is a game-changer on school prayer

The U.S. Supreme Court has consistently banned school-sponsored prayer in public schools. At the same time, lower courts have generally forbidden public school employees from openly praying in the workplace, even if no students are involved.

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Salon

Sotomayor rips SCOTUS ruling on prayer

“Today’s decision goes beyond merely misreading the record,” she said, adding that it does students a "disservice"

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court rules for coach whose prayers on football field raised questions about church-state separation

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday for a former high school football coach whose prayers at the 50-yard line drew crowds and controversy, declaring his public prayers were protected as free speech.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court rules for coach whose prayers on football field raised questions about church-state separation

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | Baseball’s Biggest Villains Are Back

The Yankees are great. Aaron Judge is even better.

Sports Illustrated

A High School Football Coach, His Covenant and the Separation of Church and State

The Supreme Court is expected to side with a public school football coach who prayed on the field. Many fear the decision will erode a bedrock of American democracy.

The Independent UK

Joe Kennedy: How Christian conservatives made a hero of a high school football coach

Case being considered by US Supreme Court among several likely to make history break with precedent, writes Andrew Buncombe

The Independent UK

‘If he wins, they’ll implement a Christian version of sharia law’: The community divided by prayers of high school football coach

US Supreme Court set to make another ruling with huge reverberations, writes Andrew Buncombe in Bremerton

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