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Caroline Cournoyer

Senior Web Editor

Caroline Cournoyer -- Senior Web Editor. Caroline covered federal policy and politics for CongressNow, the former legislative wire service for Roll Call, has written for Education Week's Teacher Magazine, and learned the ins and outs of state and local government while working as an assistant editor at WTOP Radio.

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Detroit Zoo the Nation's First to Stop Selling Bottled Water
Visitors to the Detroit Zoo have one less option if they get thirsty walking the grounds.
October 07, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Issue Guidelines for Increasing Police Diversity
The federal government on Wednesday issued guidance to national security agencies and local police departments on how they can diversify their ranks as part of a significant new effort to ease racial tensions across the country.
October 07, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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As Hurricane Approaches Florida, Governor Refuses Clinton's Request to Extend Voter Registration
Florida rejected a request Thursday from Hillary Clinton's campaign chief to extend the state's voter-registration deadline due to Hurricane Matthew.
October 07, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Hoboken Train Going Double the Speed Limit When It Crashed
A New Jersey Transit train gathered speed in the moments before it slammed into a barrier at the end of tracks in Hoboken terminal last week at 21 mph, federal investigators said Thursday.
October 07, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Hundreds of Dead Migrants Remain Unidentified Near Texas Border
Shoestring budgets and bureaucratic hurdles are preventing some of the state's top researchers and forensic experts from identifying hundreds of the remains found on or near the Texas border, members of the Texas Forensic Science Commission said Wednesday.
October 06, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New Hampshire Governor Hopefuls Battle in First Televised Debate
The two major candidates for governor battled Wednesday night over their personal backgrounds in business and on topics ranging from the minimum wage and the economy to gun control.
October 06, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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U.S. Supreme Court Appears Receptive to Death Sentence Appeal
Hearing oral arguments Wednesday in an appeal by Texas death row inmate Duane Buck, U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared unswayed by the state's contention that Buck's death sentence should stand despite a psychologist's testimony at his trial that black men are more dangerous than whites.
October 06, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Cops in New Jersey Now Required to Get Training Every Year
Police officers throughout New Jersey will be required to take continuing-education courses aimed at reducing deadly confrontations with blacks and other minority group members, Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino said Wednesday.
October 06, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Awaiting Hurricane Matthew, South Florida Shuts Down
Powerful Hurricane Matthew slowed its deadly northwest trek out of the Caribbean and across the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, giving South Florida a few extra frenzied hours to prepare for the Category 3 storm.
October 06, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Cautiously Approve Kentucky Governor's Plan to Dismantle State's Health Exchange
Starting Nov. 1, Kentuckians will have to use the federal health exchange to shop for coverage rather than kynect, the highly praised state health exchange launched under former Gov. Steve Beshear.
October 06, 2016
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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