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House Introduces New Bill to Deal with Puerto Rico Debt Crisis
5/19/2016 5:53:05 PM
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Police officer comforts toddler after his mom leaves him at crash scene (video)
5/21/2016 9:42:51 PM
A police officer went above and beyond the call of duty when he rescued a 2-year-old boy who was left in a car after his mother allegedly crashed into a fire hydrant and fled. LAPD officer John Neal Cooke told Inside Edition: "The mom did a monstrous thing in abandoning her child." Police say the boy's mother, Elizabeth Robles, crashed into the hydrant, sending a geyser of water into the sky. Cops arrested the mom who they found two hours later, authorities say she had been drinking.
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Black Republicans: The RNC Gave Up on Us
5/21/2016 10:50:30 PM
A delegate on the floor of the Republican National Convention.
Mark Peterson/Redux A delegate on the floor of the Republican National Convention.

If Republicans want to grow their support with black voters in 2016, they might want to start internally.

Over the past few months, all the D.C. members of its black outreach team quit.

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RE: Black Republicans: The RNC Gave Up on Us
5/21/2016 10:54:39 PM



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Graduating 'Student of the Year' barred from receiving diploma because of beard
5/22/2016 8:08:00 AM
Amite High School Class of 2016 valedictorian Andrew Jones was not allowed to participate in his own graduation because of his beard.
WDSU Amite High School Class of 2016 valedictorian Andrew Jones was not allowed to participate in his own graduation because of his beard.

Senior Andrew Jones wore a beard all year at Amite High School and it never stopped him from earning As in all his classes, excelling in sports, or being awarded a college scholarship, ....

The commencement was Wednesday night and when Jones arrived beforehand he was stunned to learn that he wouldn’t be allowed to go up on the stage with the beard, according to the station.

The Tangipahoa Parish School System has a policy ban on facial hair on students, according to the station.

Jones and other graduating seniors with facial hair were given an ultimatum: if they didn't shave, they couldn't receive their diplomas up on the stage, the station reported.

Jones shaved the hair covering his cheeks but refused to shave his goatee. He had to turn in his cap and gown, Fox 8 reported.

“I feel they should have let me march,” Jones told the station. “The hair on my face has nothing to do with school. I wasn’t distracting anybody.”

WWL-TV reported that 13 in Jones' class agreed to shave. He was the only one who refused.

“What was the real issue that he couldn’t walk with his class?” his aunt Sabrine Davis wanted to know. “He was top of his class, you know. That moment was the most important of his life.”

Tangipahoa Superintendent Mark Kolwe told WWL that Amite's principal had gone up to Jones to ask him to shave.

He defended the policy but said he would make sure administrators know that it has to be enforced starting on the first day of school.

Click here to read more from Fox 8 New Orleans.

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