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Citizens urged firing of officer Blayne Newton after June 2023 triple shooting. Prosecutor declined charges citing Missouri defense-of-others statute; public objected. Board of Police Commissioners ...

Learn how to confidently apply Coulomb’s Law using a clear, step-by-step problem-solving method. This tutorial breaks down electric force calculations, charge interactions, units, and common mistakes, ...

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The problem of obtaining starting values for the Newton-Raphson calculation of √x on a digital computer is considered. It is shown that the conventionally used best uniform approximations to √x do not ...

There are one too many Jordons at Chapel Hill these days, according to Cam Newton. The former Heisman and MVP-winning quarterback called out North Carolina’s new head football coach, Bill Belichick, ...

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TULSA, Okla — The sounds of construction crews echo along East Newton Street in North Tulsa. Crews are tearing up and replacing the street, gutters, and curbs, installing new pipes to replace a ...