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☆ DJ Burns Jr.: March Madness star is leading a surprising Final Four run and earns praise from Nikola Jokić
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

11 NC State to the Final Four of the 2024 NCAA men’s tournament, beating a host of highly-seeded teams on the way to a semifinal spot. The NC State star grew up around people from different backgrounds, with his grandmother running a foster home and his parents taking in other children from unstable homes. But, with Burns at center and the team’s underdog mentality, they have shocked the college basketball scene. “I was raised in a happy environment,” the NC State told reporters. While becoming an internet sensation throughout March Madness, Burns' competitve nature has helped NC State to some impressive victories.

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And if we say, ‘This is my land,’ they start to shoot live.” Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in southern Israel, violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has intensified. Extremist Israeli settlers have been emboldened in what Palestinians say is an increased effort to seize their land with support from the Israeli Army. On Oct. 13, Sami Hourani’s cousin Zacharia al-Adara was shot and wounded by an Israeli settler in the Palestinian village of at-Tuwani. In 2012, Israel’s Security Agency accused him of leading covert and violent activity against Palestinians, and he was temporarily banned from entering the West Bank. In the past seven weeks alone, the U.N. says more than 1,000 villagers have been forced to leave their homes due to settler violence across the West Bank.

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☆ Opinion | Many West Bank Palestinians Are Being Forced Out of Their Villages. Is My Family Next?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Ali Awad | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

We live in Area C of the West Bank, which means the Israeli military has complete civil and security control over our lives. In 2002, they cut off the main road that connected Tuba to the surrounding villages, including the children’s closest school and the city of Yatta, where we buy all of our food and medical supplies. Throughout it all, we had been awaiting the final ruling from the Israeli high court about whether the Israeli military could force us to evacuate. Then, last year, the court ruled in favor of the state, allowing Israel to evict about 1,200 Palestinians, including those in my village. In Tuba, as in nearby villages, settlers have also targeted the water systems and solar panels we have built and are entirely dependent on, as if to remind us of our vulnerability.

Persons: it’s, “, Itamar Ben Organizations: West Bank, Army, Local Locations: Israel, Tuba, Yatta, Hebron

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — No one will face criminal charges following a two-car crash in Tacoma, Washington, that killed six Arizona residents in July, according to Pierce County prosecutors. A seventh occupant — a Phoenix man — survived with serious injuries but had no memory of the crash. Esparza was driving, and the Phoenix man who survived was in the front passenger’s seat. The driver and passenger in the BMW — a 42-year-old Tacoma man and his 40-year-old wife — were uninjured. There was insufficient evidence to prove the BMW driver acted with disregard for the safety of others, according to Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Elizabeth Dasse.

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☆ An Early Heat Wave Upsets the Rhythm of Life in the South
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Emily Cochrane | Bryan Tarnowski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The drum line stood beneath a canopy of trees and rattled through rolls of sextuplets, with reddened shoulders glistening. Temperatures here in Daphne, Ala., had climbed past 90 degrees, and the humidity made it feel at least 10 degrees hotter. Yet even as a record-breaking heat wave seared most of the American South this week, the members of the Southwind Drum and Bugle Corps chose to push on, not wanting to miss a moment of the intensive camp they had been waiting all year for. “The heat has gotten me once or twice this season,” said Gracie Binns, an 18-year-old member of the color guard. “It’s kind of worn me down already.” But, she added, “I like the challenge of it.”

Persons: ”, Gracie Binns, “ Organizations: Bugle Corps Locations: Daphne, Ala, American

☆ Where the Band Kids Are
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Ashley Markle | Jazmine Hughes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Contrary to what the movies will tell you, the marching band at Ravenna High School is pretty well respected. “Everybody knows everybody. Ravenna, Ohio, is not the sort of place anybody wants to make movies about, Emmanuel Miller, 17, a senior tuba and sousaphone player, said. (Ashley, who graduated in 2013, was in Ravenna’s band, too; she played the flute.) One thing that hasn’t changed: the escape that the band room can offer.

☆ Millennial who saved $100,000 before she turned 26 says 3 tips could help you do the same
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Dunlap gained a following blogging about her journey to save $100,000 by the time she turned 25. Most recently, Dunlap, now 28, published her first book, "Financial Feminist," already a New York Times bestseller. Getting good with money takes practice, and you might be on a learning curveGood money management doesn't come naturally to everyone. She considers herself lucky that her parents instilled good financial habits in her from a young age, but acknowledges that not everyone has the same foundation. Identifying your values makes all the differenceBefore setting your specific money goals, you need to understand your personal values, regardless of what everyone else is doing.

☆ A 'California girl' settled down in a remote Canadian city with her husband. They were finally able to buy a home and have a slice of the American dream.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Bill Murphy Jr. | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Erin Ventura had no intention of leaving Los Angeles — until she met her Canadian husband, Justin Chiang. Erin Ventura grew up in Los Angeles, and she describes herself as "a California girl" through and through. But since Chiang was a Canadian citizen and Ventura was American, they had to choose which country to live in. Ventura said her husband was making a bit over 60,000 Canadian dollars a year playing in the military band. But I think in this case it's more of a 'big city, small city' kind of thing.

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