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The Latest Breaking News from CPS

Afternoon Edition: April 20, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Joyce Kenner, CPS’ most prominent principal, to retire after 3 decades at Whitney Young H.S.

Kenner, 65, has become synonymous with Whitney Young Magnet High School over her 32 years at the highly prestigious selective enrollment school.

Chicago Sun-Times

Government vows to jail asylum seekers for steering dinghies across English Channel despite UN warning

UN Refugee Agency says asylum seekers who steer dinghies for no financial gain ‘are not smugglers and should not be prosecuted as such’

The Independent UK

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Every misleading statement Boris Johnson has made to parliament since the general election

Misleading the country: The prime minister has failed formally to correct at least 17 false statements since the 2019 general election

The Independent UK

CAR: ‘Historic’ trial kicks off, but not without challenges

The Special Criminal Court’s first trial could address a gap in accountability that has spurred decades of conflict.

Al Jazeera

It’s testing time in our schools. Standardized exams are a terrible way to measure student learning.

Our nation gives more authority to testing companies than it does to teachers. Multiple-choice questions reduce all of our students’ thinking to picking one correct fill-in-the-bubble answer.

Chicago Sun-Times

65 offenders brought to justice this year for crimes with links to Nottinghamshire

The courts have been busier than ever

Nottingham Post

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Rochdale victim: ‘I was groomed at 14, then the courts came for my children’

Her evidence helped put abusers behind bars, yet ‘Amber’ was vilified by the authorities and says her torment will never end

The Guardian - UK

Police were ready to let dangerous rapist walk free until woman's bravery changed everything

SPECIAL REPORT : John Wood is now behind bars - but the case nearly ended very differently

Liverpool Echo

Ex-officer vows to bring private prosecution over shooting of Pc Yvonne Fletcher

Friends and colleagues of Yvonne Fletcher gathered at her memorial stone in central London to mark the 38th anniversary of her death.

The Independent UK

Durham company fined £70k for involvement in bribery and corruption alongside former Coca Cola manager

Electron Systems Ltd, of Chester le Street, was sentenced to a £70,000 fine after pleading guilty to one count of corruption and one count of failure to prevent bribery

Chronicle Live

Vallas to decide by Memorial Day whether to enter 2023 race for mayor

In round one of the 2019 mayoral sweepstakes, former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas finished with 5.43% of the vote. Vallas believes the outcome will be dramatically different if he runs again.

Chicago Sun-Times

UTF’s ‘Poru Garjana’ for repeal of CPS from April 18

Bike rallies planned across State from April 18 to 25

The Hindu

'Keyboard warrior' sent racist email to Labour MP Dawn Butler

The Merseyside man targeted the MP in a 'vile' hate crime

Liverpool Echo

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Chicago Sun-Times

State asks CPS to repay $87M it mistakenly received over 3 years

“We have had several conversations with CPS and will continue to work with the district to resolve this matter,” a state spokeswoman said.

The Independent UK

Call for Government to show ‘more ambition’ in tackling low rape prosecutions

Police forces in England and Wales recorded the highest number of rapes and sexual offences in a 12-month period in the year to September.

The Guardian - UK

Put ‘rape teams’ on all police forces in England and Wales, say MPs

Rollout of specialist units among reforms proposed in select committee report on low prosecution rate

The Guardian - UK

MPs urge police forces in England and Wales to have specialist rape investigators

Expansion of specialist teams proposed in report, along with independent legal advice for complainants

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Chicago Tribune

Chicago Public Schools asked to repay $87 million it got from ‘coding error’; state funds were due to other Illinois districts

CHICAGO — The state of Illinois will distribute $87.5 million to hundreds of school districts that were underpaid because of a “coding error” — while seeking repayment from Chicago Public Schools, which mistakenly got the funds.

Manchester Evening News

Gangster brothers win appeal on technicality after paperwork blunder

The Crown Prosecution Service made an error with its paperwork against the Shirley brothers

Liverpool Echo

Mum's nightmare after paedophile tried to attack her daughters

Luke McHugh broke into the home of two little girls in Knowsley last year so he could sexually assault them

Liverpool Echo

Gangster brothers win appeal on technicality because CPS got paperwork wrong

James and Ross Shirley were able to get a Serious Crime Prevention Order overturned on a technicality

Chicago Sun-Times

Judge grants temporary restraining order against CPS for 6 teachers who sued over vaccine mandate

In a temporary restraining order, Judge Raylene Grischow ruled CPS can’t take any action against the teacher’s employment for not complying with the district’s vaccination or testing requirement.

Chicago Tribune

6 Chicago teachers who sued CPS over its vaccine mandate win legal victory

CHICAGO — An Illinois judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday that prevents Chicago Public Schools from taking employment action against six teachers for refusing to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or undergo weekly testing.

Chicago Sun-Times

After years of futility, newest City Council member wants to deliver high school to Near South Side

“Applying to a selective enrollment school is sometimes harder than getting into college,” Ald. Nicole Lee told the Sun-Times. “And we need better quality options ... if you don’t happen to get that perfect score or score high enough.”

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