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Confessions of a bad teacher

A teacher facing the chalkboard: If this teacher were employed in Arizona's Peoria school district he would not be allowed to wear those sneakers.

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Germany is a major wild card in Ukraine-Russia imbroglio

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Noah Millman

Could the threat of Ukrainian resistance deter Russia?

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it's only a test

South Korean military says it appears North Korea tested cruise missiles

The scene of Lourdes Maldonado López's murder.

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horrible

Mexican journalist who said she feared for her life killed in Tijuana

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ba dum tssss

Senate candidate J.D. Vance says 'our country's kind of a joke'

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'Daddy Pig Gets a Peloton'

Stephen Colbert's Late Show ropes Peppa Pig into Peloton's dead TV character mess

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Fragility