## School board member who hugged teen and called her ‘hot’ is charged with assault

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A Tennessee school board member who hugged a teenage girl and called her “hot” at a public meeting last month has been charged with assault, court records show.

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During the public comment part of a May 7 meeting, the student called the adult members of the school board “cowards” for what she characterized as their “failure to act.”.

The board censured Ervin, a member since 2006, at that meeting.

“The Board reiterates that Mr. Ervin’s actions do not reflect the standards, policies, or values of the school district,” the statement said.

“The Board will defer to law enforcement and the judicial system for the resolution of these charges.”.

In her public comments, the teen told the board members that she does not accept “your fake apologies used to protect yourselves. »

### Woman dies in NYC after stepping into open manhole

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A woman fell to her death in New York City after she accidentally stepped into an open manhole, authorities said Tuesday.

The 56-year-old woman, Donika Gocaj, had parked her car in midtown Manhattan when she walked into the manhole late Monday, a police official said.

“While this is a rare occurrence, manhole covers can get displaced by heavy vehicles,” the company said. »

### The grand scale of Trump’s foolishness has been laid bare

Authored by inews.co.uk

He has every right to be angry with the man who sold him the war: Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

It took place at the long table in the White House Situation Room, both men flanked by their top advisers.

Netanyahu also said – and this may have been the clincher – that bombing would free Iran’s opposition groups to overthrow the regime. »

### Take-Two CEO says the original Borderlands' art style overhaul cost a year of dev time and $50 million: 'Had we not done that, Borderlands wouldn't have been a hit'

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CEO of publisher Take-Two, Strauss Zelnick, said in a recent interview with podcaster David Senra that the game's final look took a big overhaul that cost $50 million dollars and an extra year of development time.

"We had not turned around the company yet, we had very limited capital, and we were developing a game that was about to be released two months later, which is to say it's done.

I mean, we had spent a lot of money," he said in the interview. »

### As Trump's approval ratings drop, how's he keep ousting GOP rivals?

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But the guts of his base remain unshaken, the most solid of any president in decades, a source of strength.

The seven-term congressman lost the Republican nomination for an eighth term May 19 in the most expensive House primary in history.

After Massie crossed Trump on issues from war to taxes to the Jeffrey Epstein files, the president helped recruit challenger Ed Gallrein. »

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