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Convicted murderer escapes prison through fence, steals truck

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A man serving a life sentence for killing his co-worker four years ago has escaped from a prison in northwest Tennessee by slipping through a fence, authorities said. Investigators have since released surveillance footage that showed him stealing a truck in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Officials realized Jacob Morley, 28, was unaccounted for around 11:30 p.m. Sunday at the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, the Tennessee Department of Correction said in a statement.

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USThe Guardian

Silicon Valley parents want the tech they help build out of their childrens’ schools

Both private and public schools in tech regions are limiting the use of tech in classrooms. But will low-income districts be able to follow suit? German Gil spends most of his waking hours looking at screens. Since moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2015, the software engineer has bounced between start-ups and giants including Netflix, Facebook and GitHub. But when it came to the education of his daughter, Victoria, he wanted her to have a different experience, one in which his “kid could be a kid”.

USThe Guardian

North Carolina legislators closed their on-campus voting sites. HBCU students marched miles to vote anyway

Last year, the state’s board of elections removed several polling sites from local colleges – and students have taken it upon themselves to organize voting On 15 October, the first day of early voting in North Carolina, mostly Black students from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (NC A&T), Bennett College and University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) marched from their college campuses to their nearest polling sites for the first day of early voting. Previously, students were able to vote on their respective campuses;…