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FEBRUARY 21, 2025 WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sent a letter to the Maine Department of Education Commissioner Pender Makin announcing that OCR is initiating a directed investigation of the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) amid allegations that it continues to allow male athletes to compete in girls’ interscholastic athletics and that it has denied female athletes female-only intimate facilities, thereby violating federal antidiscrimination law. The letter also notifies MDOE that OCR is launching an investigation into Maine School Administrative District #51 (MSAD #51), after it was reported that Greely High School,...

Today’s Democratic Party stands for only one thing — attacking President Donald Trump — a majority of registered voters said in a new Washington Post/ABC News poll. The poll, taken between July 10-13, asked:“Do you think the Democratic Party currently stands for something, or just stands against Trump?”While 54% of registered voters said the party stood for nothing except being “against Trump,” only 35% said the Democratic Party stood for “something,” and 11% had no opinion. Thus, 60.7% of those with an opinion said the party stood only for opposing Trump. …

Los Angeles Daily News Steal cop's ashes, be hunted down By Dennis McCarthy This is one of those stories that will either make you laugh or just shake your head in disbelief that two burglars could be this audacious and dumb. They broke into the Granada Hills home of Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney Laura Van Eyk on June 29, and stole some jewelry, a couple of computers, and a gun owned by her longtime boyfriend, Jack Gray, a veteran LAPD detective. Oh, and they took one other thing that made them public enemy No. 1 with every cop in...