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Unvaccinated students sent home on first day of school in California

According to the Sacramento Bee, 145 students in Folsom Cordova Unified School District in Sacramento, California were sent home on their first day of school after parents failed to provide proof their children were properly vaccinated.

Making a Murderers’ Brendan Dassey’s conviction has been overturned

Brendan Dassey, the nephew of Steven Avery, the main focus of a Netflix documentary Making a Murderer, has had his conviction thrown out by a federal judge Friday morning.

Judge rules Ohio cannot defund Planned Parenthood

On Friday morning, a federal judge halted an Ohio law that was set to defund Planned Parenthood.

Daily Beast finally removed the gay outing article, but is it too late?

The news site finally made the decision to pull the hateful article. But was it too late?

The Daily Beast put LGBTQ athletes lives at risk and offers a non-apology

The Daily Beast offers a pathetic non-pology for their unethical behavior

American Atheists reach $41,000 settlement with Tennessee County Sheriff

Yet another police department use their office for preaching a Christian message and pay a big price

Corey Cogdell-Unrein wins an Olympic medal and the Chicago Tribune only names her as ‘wife of’

The Chicago Tribune has a sexism problem.

Is Joe Lieberman so desperate for attention he’s going to endorse Donald Trump?

Former senator and failed vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman, who quit the Democratic Party in 2006, and endorsed John McCain against Barack Obama in 2008, is said to be considering a possible endorsement of Donald Trump.

The Trolley Problem: What should self driving cars do?

The geniuses over at MIT have come up with a fascinating way to look at The Trolley Problem and the self-driving car.

Beyond science: Why I left the Green Party once and for all

Leaving the Green Party was much larger than anti-science pandering