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His comments followed hundreds of thousands of people who protested in cities across the country on Saturday to oppose gun violence and call for change.

The Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools is linking together parents, educators, students, school staff and community members in dozens of cities across the country on and around February 17 as they WALK - IN to support the quality public schools that all our students deserve.

The Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools is linking together parents, educators, students, school staff and community members in dozens of cities across the country on February 17 as they WALK - IN to support the quality public schools that all our students deserve.

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UK politicians watched on uneasily as May was pictured hand - in - hand with Trump in Washington, whose contentious travel ban and controversial remarks triggered huge protests in London and cities across the country.

Seattle's City Council voted on Monday to levy a special tax on sodas and other sugary beverages sold to consumers, becoming the latest of several local government bodies across the country to take such action for the sake of public health.

They are intended to be an alternative to picking up packages in Amazon retail stores, which are located in a number of cities and on college campuses across the country.

With cities like Seattle raising minimum wage significantly higher than their state's mandate ($ 15 versus $ 9.32 per hour, in Seattle and Washington), minimum wage gaps» effect on competition and employment is becoming an issue across the country.

He has directed barbs — in speeches and videos, and on Twitter — especially fervently toward the taxi industry, but also toward city and local regulators across the country (and now the world), his rivals, and sometimes even his own customers when they dare to question his company's practices.

So far, he has travelled to more than 20 cities across the country to talk with franchisees, and he's been catching up on how the 49 - year - old company has evolved.

Uber has become available in more than 300 cities across 65 countries, and it hosts more than 1.1 million drivers on its platform.

IRC relies on 3,500 volunteers in 29 cities across the U.S. and 40 countries around the world, so there may be a chapter near you at which you could volunteer.

If not on this Ash Wednesday, groups of Methodists and Episcopalians took to the streets in cities across the country to make sure you got them, representing a growing ashes - on - the - run movement.

CNN: For the rush on Ash Wednesday, ashes on the go If not on this Ash Wednesday, groups of Methodists and Episcopalians took to the streets in cities across the country to make sure you got them, representing a growing ashes - on - the - run movement.

Chapters on McMartin alternate with chapters on the various copycat cases that arose in small towns and great cities across the country.

Flight of the Conchords — aka Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement — have announced that they are embarking on a reunion tour this summer, hitting more than two dozen cities across the country.

Keep America Beautiful (KAB) and Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) today announced a partnership agreement focusing on increasing recycling in city, regional and state public parks across the country.

When not on air, she is involved in several organizations including Common Threads, an organization that creates comprehensive and impactful nutrition and cooking programs that operates in thirteen cities across the country and has taught over one hundred thousand families what it means to cook for life.

The global automotive industry depends on the fast, efficient and safe movement of parts to manufacturing plants, distribution hubs and retailers across distances spanning cities, countries and continents.

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA — In celebration of Earth Day this Saturday, April 22, Pittsburgh will be home to a series of activities focused on identifying causes and solutions to America's food waste problems, led by student leaders from across the country who have gathered in the Steel City to compete at an annual national scholarship competition.

The SECRET OBSESSION ads will be featured on billboards in major cities across the country.

Kristin: MomsRising is working on all of those family economic security policy priorities in cities, counties and states across the country, educating leaders about what's happening with moms, and educating the media, as well as reaching out to moms and letting them know that they're not alone in their struggle, and that together, they can make change.

It has been going on in cities and states across the country for more than 200 years, but to park district attorney Michael Hennessy it «s

Today, the New York Times announced a variety of different statistics showing obesity rates on the decline in major cities across the country.

Now they are hell - bent on making sure future conventions will spend their money at other cities across the country («Medical group zaps trade show in Chicago, News, Nov. 12).

Two national Safe Kids Day fundraising events will be held on Saturday, April 5 at The Lot in Los Angeles and on Saturday, April 12 at the Highline Stages in New York City, in addition to local events held in more than 100 communities across the country.

This event, part of a series of events in cities across the country, was hosted by MassMutual in partnership with local NBA [Read On]

The agency said in the past few weeks, «this Service has uncovered a sinister plot by terrorist elements to stage series of coordinated attacks using explosives on different cities across the country.

The plans aim to improve productivity and connectivity of towns and cities across the country — tackling bottlenecks and traffic jams for road users, and taking away the misery of lorries and through - traffic thundering through rural villages on main roads.

Now it's time to build on that success — in Birmingham and Manchester and in other cities across the country.

Here's the plan, one so crazy it just might work — cross the country and along the way seek out the enemy in his home territory and on his own terms: «From October through November 2008, I will travel to over 30 cities across the United States to meet, interview and report how young people are using the Internet to leverage their social and political power.»

According to the report, bans on the bags» distribution «existed in nearly 100 cities, towns, and municipalities across the country» as of March 2017.

Second Amendment rallies gather steam across America; approximately 300 NRA members and other gun rights believers show up at Rockland County Legislative Building BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Hundreds of firearms owners and second amendment supporters gathered outside the Rockland County Legislative Chambers in New City on Saturday, joining tens of thousands more around the country in -LSB-...]

He has endorsed both Republicans and Democrats in House and Senate races across the country this cycle, with an apolitical litmus test that depends on whether they fought for either his own city's interests or for the mayor's own pet causes, such as gun restrictions or education reform.

For the last several weeks of 2014, police across the country were denounced in the media and on the streets as racist brutes, and New York City's nearly 35,000 cops caught some of the worst of it.

For this week, the City of Buffalo will be on display to people from across the country and the world, and I am thrilled we could bring this exclusive collection to them.»

At 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, The Manhattan Institute will host a conference on career and technical education schools in New York City and across the country.

The lack of an indictment, which came on the heels of a Missouri grand jury not indicting a white police in the shooting death of unarmed black teen Michael Brown, set off a wave of protests in New York City and across the country.

As women prepare to protest in sister marches in Washington, D.C., New York City and across the country on Saturday, more than 6,000 nationwide have signed up to boycott everything from fake smiles to paid jobs to laundry for two days starting tomorrow.

Robin Chase, a co-founder of Zipcar, Veniam and the Shared Mobility Principles for Livable Cities, say Albany leaders not only «punted» on congestion pricing, but «also may have undermined its viability in New York and across the country for a generation.»

Also at 10 a.m., NYC anti-violence leaders will kick off a year of peace and encourage unity while sending a message to Trump that the administration must work with those on the frontline to end violence in communities across the country, City Hall, Manhattan.

In an attempt to get government to act on preserving water bodies across the country, the group said it will launch a public awareness march in the coming weeks to ensure the agenda on making Accra the cleanest city streamlined among the policies of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is realized.

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki and other stakeholders during the Senate Roundtable on Migration and Human Trafficking in Benin City, on Monday resolved to do more action to end irregular migration and human trafficking across the country.

The Department of State security (DSS) said on Friday that its operatives uncovered a sinister plot by terrorist elements to stage series of coordinated attacks using explosives on different cities across the country in the last few weeks and arrested the masterminds.

The mayor advised New Yorkers to capitalize on the momentum stemming from grassroots energy manifesting itself across the city, the state and the country.

The lawsuit would not cost the county money out of pocket because it's working on a contingency fee basis with the law firm of Simmons, Hanly & Conroy, a national firm with six offices across the country including New York City, county officials said.

They'll march in Washington, in cities and towns across the country and right here on Central Park West.

Last week's local elections decided who will make most of the most important decisions in English cities over the next few years — decisions that will have a big impact on local economic growth across the country, as well as the national economy.

He has also worked on housing and regeneration issues, analysing the direct and indirect impacts and drivers of city housing markets across the country, and led research evaluating how cities can foster relations between universities and high growth firms, and capitalise on opportunities in the low carbon economy.

«If you look any of the challenges that we have on Staten Island or across the city or around the country, the solution, the way to improve those things, is investing in young people,» said Oddo, who added he's allocated more than $ 100 million for education since his days on the City Councity or around the country, the solution, the way to improve those things, is investing in young people,» said Oddo, who added he's allocated more than $ 100 million for education since his days on the City CounCity Council.

There has been a furious reaction this week to the fuel price increase - one protester was killed on Tuesday in Ilorin, Kwara state, and thousands of Nigerians have demonstrated in cities across the country.