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A Texas high school valedictorian has gone viral for ditching her approved graduation speech to instead denounce the state's anti-abortion bill, which was signed into law last month.

Paxton Smith, the valedictorian at Lake Highlands High School, had planned to deliver a speech about television and the media, which was approved by school administrators.

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Veteran's microphone cut off when he discusses Black people's role in establishing Memorial Day Event organizer turned down sound for part of speech; Speaker says he was censored by Hudson American Legion.

HUDSON — What at first blush appeared to be a short audio malfunction at Monday's Memorial Day ceremony in Markillie Cemetery turned out to be anything but.

Kemter said he wanted to use his speech to share the history of the origin of Memorial Day. »

The thinking behind these laws is that you cannot catch the big fish without catching some minnows as well.

Furthermore, about 40% of arrests for hard drug are for trace amounts – a quarter of a gram or less.

What’s more, the racial distribution of these small quantity arrests reveal importance differences between arrests for different types of drugs. »

MIAMI (AP) — Thinking his home was under attack, a Florida homeowner shot and wounded a 10-year-old whose father had driven him to participate in a drive-by shooting with a paintball gun, police said.

The homeowner confused the paintball for real gunfire, telling police he thought his family was being attacked.

According to a police report, Williams “acted recklessly by agreeing to conduct a drive-by paint ball shooting,”. »