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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Pete Buttigieg had been mayor just 13 weeks when he faced a leadership crisis. It was March 2012, and 300 residents of South Bend, Ind., solemnly marched to the Martin Luther King Center to protest the killing in Florida of a black teenager, Trayvon Martin. A …

In an early test case of the limits of disciplinary action in the #MeToo era, an arbitrator has ruled that New York City Ballet overstepped when it fired two principal male dancers accused of sharing sexually explicit photos of female dancers, the company said Friday. The arbitrator ordered City Ballet …

A substitute teacher in Massachusetts may have shot his career ambitions in the foot after bullets fell out of his pockets during a class. The unidentified teacher was covering a pre-kindergarten classroom on Thursday at Elmwood Street School in Millbury when the bullets fell on the classroom floor. Another teacher overheard …

A middle school math teacher in Bellport, New York, says she was unfairly fired after a student got a hold of a topless selfie photo she took three years ago. Lauren Miranda, 25, said that she sent the topless photo to a fellow school district teacher she was dating at …

Shots were fired through the office window of the attorney for a white police officer acquitted in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, before several hundred people gathered in protest on Saturday over a verdict that left Pittsburgh on edge. Police put officers on 12-hour shifts until further …

JERUSALEM — Israel and Hamas on Friday worked quickly to de-escalate after a rare instance of rocket fire from Gaza launched against Tel Aviv the night before. The events underscored that neither side appears to want a broader clash right now, and at the same time, the ever-present chance of …

Now, however, he is campaigning for re-election on April 9, facing pressure from hawkish right-wing rivals — like Naftali Bennett, the education minister who wants to be defense minister — and a serious challenge from a new party, Blue and White, led by three former army chiefs. Mr. Bennett, of …

Israel launched air strikes on Gaza hours after rockets were fired near Tel Aviv, raising fears of a major escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  Explosions were heard in the Gaza Strip early Friday and Palestinian witnesses said Israeli planes bombed Hamas security positions. There was no immediate word of casualties …

Julianne Moore isn’t exactly hurting for awards recognition, but in a different universe she might have gotten another shot at Oscars glory.  The actress in no uncertain terms said she was fired from “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” the 2018 biopic about famous forger Lee Israel, after clashing with screenwriter Nicole …

Tear gas fired on protesters in Venezuela border town. Just after dawn in the Venezuelan border town of Ureña, locals defied the orders of the government and tried to storm a closed footbridge to Colombia, hoping to make way for humanitarian aid to pass through. Members of the Venezuela National …