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One of New Jerseys largest public school districts is requiring masks starting Wednesday due to rising COVID-19 cases. Passaic Public Schools has 17 schools, including Passaic High School, and enrolls approximately 14,000 students. Superintendent Sandra M. Diodonet told parents on Tuesday that, under a school board policy, masks are required during periods of a High
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UK health secretary Steve Barclay on Wednesday doubled down on the government’s decision not to negotiate on pay with striking NHS staff, as he accused ambulance unions of jeopardising patient safety. Barclay accused the unions of making a “conscious choice to inflict harm on patients” and criticised them for failing to provide sufficient cover of
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KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim could potentially unveil a smaller budget for 2023 compared with Malaysias second-largest budget of RM372.3 billion (S$113 billion) announced by his predecessor in October, with the record development expenditure of RM95 billion expected to be downsized. Economists believe there could be some rationalisation and realignment for the new
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Senate Republicans are stepping out of the way of the House Jan. 6 committee’s recommendation that the Justice Department prosecute former President Trump for crimes related to the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. GOP senators, especially those allied with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), say the Jan. 6 committee interviewed “credible” witnesses and
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Twitter users have voted for Elon Musk to step down as the social network’s chief executive, adding to turmoil over the future of the San Francisco-based company. The billionaire entrepreneur, who bought Twitter for $44bn in October, launched a poll via the platform on Sunday asking whether he should remain at the helm, adding: “I
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KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday received the backing of two-thirds of Malaysias parliamentarians in a confidence vote, cementing his position as the premier with the strongest majority since 2008. The confidence motion for Datuk Seri Anwar, 75, was passed by a voice vote which usually indicates strong majority support in the
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A dazzling fireball that ended its cosmic journey over central Alberta, Canada could change astronomers’ understanding of how the solar system formed 4.5 billion years ago. Caught on camera on Feb. 22, 2021, the grapefruit-size rocky meteoroid is thought to have come from the Oort Cloud, a reservoir of celestial objects that encircles the entire
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Lawmakers have revived a far-reaching proposal that would revamp New Jerseys campaign finance laws albeit in slightly weakened form six months after it stalled in the state Legislature. A revised version of the bill, which would double several contribution limits and remove some pay-to-play restrictions in the state, surfaced in Trenton earlier this week. Get
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