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Only in America

The superintendent of a Fresno, Calif., school district is refusing to apologize for “an active shooter drill” in which a masked employee roamed elementary school hallways with a fake gun, banging on doors as kids cowered and wept. Juan Sandoval acknowledged that teachers and students of Raisin City School were terrified, but said that was the goal. “We

Congress has quietly asked the Pentagon to investigate the conspiracy theory that government scientists created Lyme disease as a bioweapon. In an amendment to a defense bill, Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) demanded to know “if the Department of Defense experimented with ticks and other insects regarding use as a biological weapon,” and if infected ticks “were released outside of any laboratory.”

Boring but important

Seven-figure paychecks at migrant shelters

At a nonprofit that houses migrant children for the federal government, six top employees received compensation in 2017 exceeding $1 million, according to filings released this week. That contractor, Texas-based Southwest Key, runs 24 shelters—among them a converted Walmart—for about 4,000 children in government custody, for which it’s reaped almost $1.9 billion in federal funds over the past decade. Four of its executives resigned in recent months following outrage over their lavish compensation packages, including founder Juan Sanchez, who earned $3.6 million between September 2017 and August 2018. The group’s chief financial officer made more than $2.4 million over that period. By comparison, the head of the much larger American Red Cross made $686,000.

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July 19, 2019 THE WEEK
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