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A New Dawn, A New Day For New CCSD Superintendent

Aug 13, 2018

The new school year started Monday for the 322,000 students and 39,000 staff members in the Clark County School District. 

And it’s the first school year with Jesus Jara at the helm as the district’s new superintendent. 

knpr's STATE OF NEVADA

Air Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2018

John L. Smith On Red-Light Runners And Light Rail

  • Coming up on Tuesday's program ...

  • Students at CCSD are back to school and their new superintendent has hit the ground running. Jesus Jara talks to us about his plans for the district's future. 

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Police stand in the street after a car crashed outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, on Tuesday.

Driver Crashes Car Into Security Barriers At U.K. Parliament; 3 Injured

Aug 14, 2018
A man was arrested on "suspicion of terrorist offenses," police say, after his vehicle crossed through a pedestrian area Tuesday morning.
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Planet Money

From Prison To The Workforce

Aug 14, 2018
People who've been to prison find it hard to get work once they're free. One solution to the problem may be a simple certificate.
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A short video posted on social media showed a police officer repeatedly punching a man on the street.

Former Baltimore Officer Charged With Assault After Viral Video

Aug 14, 2018
Arthur Williams has been indicted by a grand jury for criminal charges including first-degree assault after a video surfaced on social media that showed him repeatedly punching a man in the face.
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A man stands at a Uritrottoir public urinal on the Île Saint-Louis in Paris.

Nope, Those Aren't Mailboxes: Paris Rolls Out Sidewalk Urinals

Aug 14, 2018
The urinals are not at all subtle. They're bright red and placed in heavily trafficked areas — for example, directly next to the Seine near the Notre Dame Cathedral.
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The Trump campaign says former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman violated an agreement she signed not to disparage Trump or disclose proprietary information.

Trump Campaign Targets Omarosa Manigault Newman Over Tell-All Book

Aug 14, 2018
The president's campaign arm has filed a complaint against the former White House aide, saying she violated a 2016 agreement with her book and publicity tour.
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Joanne Pascarelli (left) and her sister, Marie Wilson (right), have each been charged with one count of first-degree larceny. Investigators say the New Canaan, Conn., schools where they worked lost a combined $478,588 in lunch money between 2012 and 2017

Lunch Lady Larceny? Cafeteria Workers Allegedly Stole Half A Million Dollars

Aug 14, 2018
After Connecticut officials found "irregularities" at two school cafeterias, authorities traced the stolen lunch money back to two unusual suspects: sisters behind the counter.
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At Long Last, Iron & Wine Drops 'Waves Of Galveston'

Aug 14, 2018
Iron & Wine has been performing the song live since at least 2013, but has just given it its first proper release ahead of the band's upcoming EP, Weed Garden.
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Jukebox The Ghost inside the World Cafe Performance Studio

Jukebox The Ghost On World Cafe

Aug 14, 2018
When three friends are good at what they do and they're having a lot of fun with each other doing it, we're all in for a good time. That's what this session promises.
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