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Schools face tight budgets as rising costs may outstrip growth in funding – IFS

State schools in England could struggle to cover their costs in the next academic year, a report has suggested.

The Independent UK

Two out of five young passengers killed in car crashes not wearing seat belt

The AA Charitable Trust, which conducted the research, said it highlights the ‘simple importance of wearing a seat belt’.

The Independent UK

Top minister tells Tories ‘put up or shut up’ ahead of grooming gang vote

The education secretary warned that supporting symbolic Tory calls for a grooming gangs inquiry will kill a children’s safety bill ‘stone dead’

The Independent UK

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Southern England braced for snow as wintry spell continues

It has been revealed that 300 properties have flooded across England since New Year’s Eve.

The Independent UK

Georgia governor seeks to spend hundreds of millions more on prisons

Gov. Brian Kemp is proposing a big burst of new spending on Georgia’s prisons

The Independent UK

A $7m funding deficit means one of America’s busiest suicide hotlines is seeing thousands of abandoned calls

Over eight months, 18,500 calls to the state’s suicide hotline were abandoned

The Independent UK

Appeals court hears case that could dilute Black voters’ power in Louisiana

Fifth circuit, seen as primed for the Maga era, hears arguments challenging state’s newly created maps

The Guardian - US

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U.S. House approves legislation to deport undocumented immigrants charged with minor crimes

The proposal requires immigration authorities to hold and deport immigrants charged with crimes like burglary, theft, larceny or shoplifting. The bill now goes to the Senate where Republicans hold the majority.

The Texas Tribune

Woman who left 35 puppies in filthy caravan gets suspended sentence

One dachshund later died after Micaela Anderson-Letts left the animals without food or water in Eastbourne

The Guardian - UK

Mexico offers protection to famed corridos singer after drug cartel death threats

Authorities in Mexico are offering famed corridos singer Natanael Cano and other artists state protection after a drug cartel in northern Mexico publicly threatened them, prosecutors say

The Independent UK

TikToker who gained fame for speeding down highways gets sweetheart plea deal for killing six in crash

Noah Galle, the son of a prominent attorney, could have faced a 55-year sentence for causing the deadly car crash

The Independent UK

5th Circuit Reaffirms That Prosecuting a Marijuana User for Illegal Gun Possession Was Unconstitutional

Patrick Darnell Daniels Jr. was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for violating a federal law that bars drug users from owning firearms.

Reason

Former representative Barbara Lee files paperwork to run for Oakland mayor

California ex-congresswoman would run in a special election to replace Sheng Thao, who was recalled in November

The Guardian - US

US House passes bill allowing detention of undocumented immigrants for theft

Laken Riley Act, named for nursing student murdered by Venezuelan, is resurrected after failing in Senate last year

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Senegal and Chad rebuke Macron over 'inaccurate' French troop withdrawal claims

The Senegalese prime minister and the Chadian foreign minister have condemned claims made by Emmanuel Macron regarding negotiations about the withdrawal of French troops from several African countries, dismissing them as inaccurate.

Salon

NC Supreme Court blocks Democrat's win

The apparent loser of the November election, Jefferson Griffin, is seeking to throw out some 60,000 ballots

The Guardian - UK

Strasbourg court finds Greece guilty of ‘systematic’ pushback of asylum seekers

In ‘potentially trailblazing’ decision, European court of human rights finds country engaging in illicit deportations

The Guardian - US

‘A snowball’s chance in hell’: Trudeau rejects Trump threat to annex Canada

President-elect threatened to use ‘economic force’ to make northern neighbor part of US

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The Independent UK

MPs support proposals to give Crown Estate more investment and borrowing powers

Plaid Cymru MP Llinos Medi criticised the ‘huge extraction of wealth’ from Welsh communities and called for devolved control over the Crown Estate.

The Guardian - US

Louisiana mayor arrested in connection with drug-trafficking investigation

One of US’s youngest municipal mayors charged with drug transactions and solicitation of sex work, police say

Latin Times

Michigan Man Accused of Trying to Kill Wife Tells Cop 'Don't F--king Threaten Me with a Good Time' After Being Ordered to Surrender or Be Shot

A Michigan man faces 15 criminal charges, including attempted murder, after an erratic armed standoff with police in Tuscola County on the night before Thanksgiving.

The Guardian - UK

Austria’s far-right leader to invite centre right for coalition talks

Herbert Kickl’s move could pave way for anti-immigration, pro-Kremlin Freedom party to govern country

The Independent UK

Hooters waitress flirts shamelessly with cop who pulled her over for DUI with ‘BAC 4 times the legal limit’

Sophia Ross, 22, was pulled over by the Sarasota Police Department in November and has been charged with a DUI

Latin Times

Suspected Drunk Driver Arrested After Accidentally Telling on Himself During Traffic Stop: 'I'm the DUI Tonight'

A California man suspected of driving under the influence was arrested after a slip of the tongue, accidentally identifying himself as the "DUI" to law enforcement instead of the "DD".

The Independent UK

The UN says more than 5,600 people were killed in Haiti last year as gangs rampage

Officials say more than 5,600 people were reported killed in Haiti last year as a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya struggles to contain rampant gang violence

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