Federally-funded abstinence programs fraught with problems: Report
Federally-funded abstinence programs fraught with problems: Report

Thursday, December 2, 2004 WASHINGTON, DC — According to a report issued by U.S. House of Representatives Congressman Henry A. Waxman (D–CA), the majority of abstinence-only sexual education programs in schools contain incorrect or misleading information. The report found that over 80% of the curricula used by the recipients of the grants contained incorrect information, […]

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Petition pressures City of Edinburgh Council to review clause affecting live music scene
Petition pressures City of Edinburgh Council to review clause affecting live music scene

Thursday, June 25, 2015 Live music venues in Edinburgh, Scotland are awaiting a review later this year on the 2005 licensing policy, which places limitations on the volume of amplified music in the city. Investigating into how the policy is affecting the Edinburgh music scene, a group of Wikinews writers interviewed venue owners, academics, the […]

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Dying Canadian infant moved to U.S. hospital for medical treatment
Dying Canadian infant moved to U.S. hospital for medical treatment

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 A thirteen-month-old Canadian infant dying from a unknown neurological condition was transferred Sunday night from a Canadian hospital, where he had received treatment since October 2010, to a U.S. hospital. In January, a Canadian Superior Court judge had ruled that the Canadian hospital could remove the infant’s breathing tube against the […]

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Four people shot in parking lot of Wal-Mart store north of Austin, Texas
Four people shot in parking lot of Wal-Mart store north of Austin, Texas

Wednesday, August 22, 2012 Witnesses heard gunshots in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Cedar Park, Texas, near Highway 183, on Sunday morning. Police arrested eighteen year-old Soloman Onwukaife at the scene. Four, including the gunman who had facial wounds unrelated to the shooting, are being treated for injuries after the incident. A fifth victim has […]

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Wikinews interviews the research team behind ‘human-like’ Maia chess engine
Wikinews interviews the research team behind ‘human-like’ Maia chess engine

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