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A top Russian official is accusing the Ukrainian government of undermining Donald Trump's presidential campaign by trashing him on social media and disseminating dirt on one of his close associates. A spokeswoman for Russia's Foreign Ministry on Thursday contended that the Ukrainian government over the summer damaged Trump's campaign by implicating his then-campaign chief Paul Manafort in a corruption scandal involving a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party funded by oligarchs. “Ukraine seriously complicated the work of Trump's election campaign headquarters by planting information...
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CPS proposes closing 3 schools that district says have no students enrolled this year

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Chicago Public Schools wants to close three schools that the district says have no students enrolled this year. Public hearings are scheduled for the proposed closings before a school board vote in February. Two of the schools the district is proposing to close, Career Academy at 180 N. Wabash...
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2nd dose of meningitis B vaccine not available free to UW students, officials say

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University Health Services at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is telling people to get the second dose of the meningitis vaccine, but there are new questions about who will cover the costs.
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Howard County school officials say student made 'racially offensive' social media post

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Howard County public school officials have notified parents of Oakland Mills High School students of what they called a "racially offensive and hurtful post" made by a student on social media. John White, county schools spokesman, said via email Thursday that a 16-year-old student at the Columbia...
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