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Catholic school can legally fire gay teacher, court finds
On May 8, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a North Carolina Catholic high school that had terminated a gay teacher, Lonnie Billard, who announced plans to marry his partner. This decision reverses a previous ruling that found Charlotte Catholic High School and the Roman Catholic Diocese of...
As we pass another Mother's Day, what is the cost of motherhood?
In 2015, the USDA said it can cost more than $230,000 to raise a child in this country. In the time since, it's gone up. While that cost isn't solely on the shoulders of women, they do bear a disproportionate amount of the responsibility. Then there's the physical and mental...
Daughter moves into senior living facility to spend more time with mother
(CNN) — Cheryl Wright and her 90-year-old mother Elisabeth have always been close. “She has seven kids. I am the second youngest. She is just a fantastic mom,” Wright said. When a fall led to a major hip injury last October, it changed the course of daily life...
Encampment Protesters Remove Drawing of Harvard President as Devil After Backlash
A tent in the pro-Palestine Harvard Yard encampment with a sign for Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine. HOOP took down a poster showing interim Harvard President Alan M. Garber '76 as a devil after criticisms that it was antisemitic. By Ellen P. Cassidy. Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine, the unrecognized...
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