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The Education Department announced on Monday that had launched civil rights investigations into five Republican-led states that banned schools from imposing mask mandates, claiming their stance could discriminate against students with disabilities or health problems. Education chiefs in Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah have been told they are under investigation.   'It's simply unacceptable that state leaders are putting politics over the health and education of the students they took an oath to serve,' said Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.  'The department will fight to protect every student's right to access in-person learning safely.' The move marks an escalation in the battle between the Biden administration and Republican governors who say mask use should be a matter of personal choice. President Biden announced this month that his administration would use its oversight powers to challenge states the banned masked mandates in schools a

A Scottish Afghan charity has said its staff trapped in Kabul have been forced to return to their homes after a 'relentless 46 hours' facing gunfire at the city's airport. The Linda Norgrove Foundation was set up in memory of a Scots aid worker who was killed after being kidnapped by the Taliban. Ms Norgrove's parents, John and Lorna, established the charity as a way of continuing their daughter's work after she died in an attempted rescue by US forces in 2010. The foundation previously said it has two staff, sisters aged 25 and 29, who were 'holed up in their flat in Kabul' after the Taliban seized control of the city. It says the sisters are particularly vulnerable as they have helped women get an education.  The Linda Norgrove Foundation which was set up in memory of a Scots aid worker who was killed in 2010 said its staff trapped in Kabul have been forced to return to their homes Pictured: The Linda Norgrove Foundation is a charitable trust that gives g

Scientists' 'hatred' for former President Donald Trump is the reason they won't look at deworming drug ivermectin as a potential COVID-19 treatment, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul said Friday. 'The hatred for Trump deranged these people so much, that they're unwilling to objectively study it,' he told a group of 60 constituents gathered in the Cold Spring, Kentucky city council chamber. He added that studies on hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug touted by Trump and his supporters as a COVID treatment, were 'tainted' by researchers' 'hatred for Donald Trump,' the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. Ivermectin can be used in small doses to treat parasitic worm infections in humans, like head lice and scabies, but in the US is more widely used to combat roundworms and other parasites in livestock.    Doctors say it has no capacity to treat viruses such as COVID-19. Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administr

A 17-year-old who was hospitalised with complications from Covid has urged young people to 'take this virus seriously' and get vaccinated. Maisy Evans, from Newport, South Wales, was rushed to The Grange University Hospital earlier this month after testing positive for the virus.  The schoolgirl, who has received a single coronavirus jab, was soon diagnosed with a blood clot in her lung following numerous blood tests, X-rays and CT scans - which doctors said was Covid-related.  Ms Evans, who is a member of the Welsh Youth Parliament, has now urged other teenagers to 'take this virus seriously'. The 17-year-old said she received her first Covid vaccine on August 11 but soon began to feel unwell and initially believed the symptoms were a side-effect of the vaccine. But when she developed a cough she decided to take a Covid test which came back positive.  Maisy Evans (left and right in hospital), 17, from Newport, South Wales, was rushed to The Grange University Hospital w

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy accused President Joe Biden of abandoning Americans in Kabul to be hostages and arming the Taliban with more Blackhawk helicopters than Australia owns in a Sunday interview.  He shared a clip of his Fox interview on Twitter the next day and warned abandoning military equipment to the insurgent group makes the United States 'less safe now than before 9/11.' 'President Biden handed over billions of dollars in American military weaponry to the Taliban. They now have more Blackhawk helicopters than Australia, and they have released thousands of ISIS terrorists from prison,' McCarthy wrote Monday morning. 'They have our drones and others,' the Republican lawmaker said on television Sunday. 'We need to focus on protecting America, and that's something that this administration is not doing, but putting more Americans that could be held hostage stuck in Afghanistan.' Roughly 250 Americans are still trying to get out of Af

Late legendary comedian Ed Asner gave the secret to his success in one of his last interviews before his death on Sunday: 'I want to entertain myself. I don't care about you!' The former Mary Tyler Moore Show star added that his audiences gave him the vitality that kept him able and sharp as a tack even into his 90s, and took delight in telling the world: 'I sell my body.' The Hollywood icon, who passed away Sunday at the age of 91, gave one of his last interviews to DailyMail.com at a red carpet private event in Los Angeles celebrating his 90th birthday, where other stars flocked to toast and roast him. He revealed his natural skill to perform during his seven-decade career was down to entertaining himself and not getting bored, and reflected on his monumental career in the only way he knew how – by cracking jokes and being humble. Ed Asner died peacefully on Sunday morning, surrounded by his family at 91. The Hollywood icon gave one of his last interviews to Daily

Police have launched an appeal for help tracking a missing girl who may have travelled 200 miles from home.  Concerns are growing for Amelia Johnson, who was last seen in Bracknell at around 11pm on Friday evening, August 27. The 16-year-old, who is also known as 'Mimi', as described as being 5ft 7ins tall, of slim build and has blue eyes and blonde hair. Concerns are growing for Amelia Johnson, who was last seen in Bracknell at around 11pm on Friday evening, August 27 She was last seen wearing black jeans, a jumper, and trainers.  Amelia is known to frequent Grimsby in north-east Lincolnshire, around 200 miles away from her home.  Thames Valley Police have asked for public help locating the teen after becoming concerned for her welfare. Thames Valley Police have asked for public help locating the teen after becoming concerned for her welfare Investigating officer Inspector John Yallop based at Newbury police station, said: 'We are concerned for the wellbeing of Amelia and

An Ohio judge has ordered hospital staff to start treating a ventilated COVID-19 patient with Ivermectin, a controversial anti-parasite treatment that is being used in some countries to treat the virus but has been knocked down by the FDA.  Ivermectin has been available in the US to treat lice since the 1970s but some doctors are prescribing it as a COVID therapy after early studies last year claimed it reduced mortality among infected patients.  The CDC and FDA are strongly urging against it, claiming the studies are not up to standard and can't be relied on. Desperate to save her husband's life, Julie Smith appealed to Butler County Common Pleas asking for a judge to order staff at the hospital where her husband is ventilated to try it on him. Jeffrey Smith, 51, has been in the ICU at West Chester Hospital in West Chester Township since July 15 and on a ventilator since August 1.  In her lawsuit, his wife described how staff at the hospital had exhausted all other options but

The sister of one of the 13 US troops killed in an ISIS-K suicide blast in Afghanistan last week slammed President Biden for comments he made while paying his respects Sunday, referring to them as 'scripted' and 'shallow.'   On Sunday, the remains of Marine Rylee McCollum, 20, were returned to the United States, where Biden, along with McCollum's pregnant wife, Jiennah Crayton, and his sister Roice, received him at Dover Air force in Delaware.  Biden met privately with McCollum's family, in addition to families of the 12 other fallen service members, before quietly observing flag-draped cases transport their bodies off a plane.  On Sunday, the remains of Marine Rylee McCollum, 20, (pictured left) were returned to the United States, where Biden, along with McCollum's pregnant wife, Jiennah Crayton and his sister Roice (pictured right) received him at Dover Air force in Delaware President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden watch as a carry team moves a transf