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Arts & Entertainment Producer-Publicist. You can take a gal out of the country but you will NEVER take the Kentucky Wildcat out of this gal.

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Entertainment News Producer at CBS News from 2002-2017. I have 25+ years experience in the Broadcast News Industry. I have 5 years experience in publicity.

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More US schools are taking breaks for meditation. Teachers say it helps students' mental health

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By Sharon Johnson
| WSB-TV (Atlanta, GA) Verified
REX, Ga. — (AP) — The third-grade students at Roberta T. Smith Elementary School had only a few days until summer vacation, and an hour until lunch, but there was no struggle to focus as they filed into the classroom. They were ready for one of their favorite parts of the day. The children closed their eyes and traced their thumbs from their foreheads to their hearts as a pre-recorded voice led them through an exercise called the shark fin, part of the classroom's regular meditation routine.
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Republicans say Georgia student's killing shows Biden's migration policies have failed

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By Jeff Amy Verified, Sharon Johnson, Sharon Johnson
| Times Union (Albany) Verified
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Students at two Georgia colleges grappled Monday with the killing of a nursing student killed in a violent act that Republicans including former President Donald Trump and Gov. Brian Kemp blamed on the immigration policies of President Joe Biden. The killing of 22-year-old Laken Riley revived a theme — migrants committing violent crimes — that is animating the 2024 elections as Trump seeks a return to the White House.
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At Florida's only public HBCU, students watch warily for political influence on teaching of race

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By Sharon Johnson, Sharon Johnson
| Times Union (Albany) Verified
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A core mission of Florida A&M University from its founding over a century ago has been to educate African Americans. It was written into the law that established the school along with another college, in Gainesville, reserved for white students. At Florida's only public historically Black university, some students now fear political constraints might get in the way of teaching parts of their history. A law signed last spring by Gov.
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