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A week later, Carl said, “If the U.S. were a serious nation,” American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten would be “tried for crimes against America’s children and would get the death penalty.”

When Rangers have tried to force a pass forward, there have been numerous occasions in which they've only had three players back ready to defend.

In 2003 he took an African American art history class in graduate school, and when he tried to put together a bibliography, he found it difficult to find primary sources.

Upon realising she was filming, the children tried to cover their faces - and other passengers criticised her for doing so.

When the floodwater came rushing down from the mountain, Awa and her husband tried to get to their car – but it was already too late.