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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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How Did Colorado's Child Abuse Email Account Go Unchecked for Years?
A Colorado state email account that was created to report suspected child abuse and neglect went unchecked for over four years, and five possible cases that were undiscovered until May are now being investigated, officials said.
July 16, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Jeffrey Epstein Registered As a Sex Offender in 2 States. In New Mexico, He Didn’t Have To.
Jeffrey Epstein, the New York financier, managed to evade federal prosecution a decade ago in a Florida sex case involving dozens of teenage girls, in part by agreeing to register as a sex offender.
July 16, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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As Hate Incidents Rise, States Make the Holocaust Required Learning
Claire Sarnowski of Lake Oswego, Oregon, met Holocaust survivor Alter Wiener at a school event five years ago when she was 9 years old.
July 16, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Red Tape Blamed for 220,000 Kids Losing, or Almost Losing, Health Care in Tennessee
The majority of these kids likely lost their coverage because of late, incomplete or unreturned eligibility forms.
July 16, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Shafonia Logan cries
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After Fatal Shooting, South Bend Police Officer Resigns
Ryan O'Neill, the officer who fatally shot Eric Logan last month, has resigned from the Police Department.
July 16, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Nathan Bedford Forrest was ... a slave trader & the 1st Grand Wizard of the KKK. Tennessee should not have an official day honoring him.
Tweet from U.S. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz after GOP Gov. Bill Lee recognized Saturday as "Nathan Bedford Forrest Day." He was also a Confederate general.
July 15, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
These egregious acts -- whether acts of negligence or indicative of something else -- are unconscionable and have potentially put the health and safety of Nevadans and our environment at unacceptable risk.
Letter to the U.S. Department of Energy from Nevada's governor and U.S. senators after the agency said it may have mistakenly shipped dangerous nuclear materials to the state over the past six years.
July 15, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
Windows 7
Version of Microsoft software that thousands of election systems -- even new ones -- are using. In January 2020, Microsoft will stop automatically securing it, making those systems more vulnerable to cyberattacks.
July 15, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
More than 5 hours
Time that people in much of Manhattan went without power on Saturday. It's unclear what caused the blackout, but the utility ruled out a cyberattack.
July 15, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
91%
County clerks in Arkansas who are women. There isn't a single state in the country where women make up less than half of the county clerks.
July 15, 2019
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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