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Teacher tells class ‘speak American,’ says troops aren’t fighting for ‘right to speak Spanish’

They are not fighting for your right to speak Spanish.

They are fighting for your right to speak American,” a teacher can be heard saying to her class.

Students in Cliffside Park, a diverse community with a large number of Spanish-speaking students, immediately reacted to the comment.

Meanwhile, others are defending the teacher, who has been identified on social media, as a "great person" and a "wonderful teacher.".

Some commenters said that English should be spoken in a class that is taught in English out of respect for the teacher.

Students said those who walked out of the teacher's classroom in response to her comment were not reprimanded.

The teacher in the video was substituting for a junior- and senior-level math class, but students say she teaches English at the high school. »

Academy Expels Harvey Weinstein

Authored by hollywoodreporter.com

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has expelled disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein from its ranks.

Following the meeting, the Academy issued a statement saying the board had voted "to immediately expel him from the Academy.

And earlier this week, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts suspended Weinstein from its ranks. »

Kobe Steel Scam Hits Planes, Trains, Automobiles

Authored by bloomberg.com

Kobe Steel Ltd. has made a startling admission: It sold products that failed quality control tests to about 500 companies.

Then Kobe Steel said it also faked data about iron ore powder and materials used in DVDs and LCD screens.

For some items, the practice dated back some 10 years, according to Kobe Steel Executive Vice President Naoto Umehara. »

Equifax rival TransUnion also sends site visitors to malicious pages

Authored by arstechnica.com

A security researcher from AV provider Malwarebytes said transunioncentroamerica.com, a TransUnion site serving people in Central America, is also sending visitors to the fraudulent updates and other types of malicious pages.

Equifax initially shut down the affected portion of its site, but the company has since restored it after removing the malicious content.

The common thread tying the affected Equifax and TransUnion pages is that both hosted fireclick.js, a JavaScript file that appears to invoke the service serving the malicious content. »

North Korea May Have Damaged Its Nuclear Testing Site, Experts Say

Authored by yahoo.com

Friday’s quake was a magnitude 2.7 with a depth of 3 km in North Hamgyong Province in North Korea, the Korea Meteorological Administration said.

According to 38 North, a Washington-based project which monitors North Korea, numerous landslides throughout the nuclear test site have been detected via satellite images after the sixth test.

Since North Korea began testing its nuclear capabilities, experts have debated whether explosions at Punggye-ri could trigger another volcanic eruption. »