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Native kids with disabilities were held in wooden boxes. Sweeping reforms are coming | Flipboard

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The provided text consists of a brief snippet about rumors regarding the confinement of students with disabilities in wooden boxes in the Salmon River Central School District, followed by a series of unrelated news headlines from a content aggregator.

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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“School kids with disabilities in the Salmon River Central School District, including Akwesasne Mohawk children, were being confined by special education teachers in wooden boxes.”
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The claim is repeated in a cross-reference (Flipboard), but the web search results are generic dictionary definitions of the word 'special' and unrelated Wikipedia entries about the Central Valley Project and salmon runs. There is no independent corroboration from news organizations or authoritative sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Central Valley Project (CVP) is a federal power and water management project in the U.S. state of California under the supervision of the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR). It was devised…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Valley_Project
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A salmon run is an annual fish migration event where many salmonid species, which are typically hatched in fresh water and live most of their adult life downstream in the ocean, swim back against the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon_run
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Yupʼik or Yupiaq (sg & pl) and Yupiit or Yupiat (pl), also Central Alaskan Yupʼik, Central Yupʼik, Alaskan Yupʼik (own name Yupʼik sg Yupiik dual Yupiit pl; Russian: Юпики центральной Аляски), are…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yup'ik
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“A man who wrapped the face of a 77-year-old retired TCU professor from her chin to her eyebrows with 14 layers of duct tape, leaving her to… [be put to death]”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Edward Busby kidnapped and murdered 77-year-old retired TCU professor Laura Lee Crane in 2004 and that an execution date was set for him.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2010 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by tenth-year head coach Gary Patterson and p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_TCU_Horned_Frogs_football…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Baylor–TCU football rivalry, known as The Bluebonnet Battle and informally The Revivalry, is an American college football rivalry between the Baylor Bears and TCU Horned Frogs. The first game of t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baylor–TCU_football_rivalry
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The TCU Horned Frogs are the athletic teams that represent Texas Christian University. The 18 varsity teams participate in NCAA Division I and in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for football, comp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCU_Horned_Frogs
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“A man has been arrested in the murder of a 19-year-old transgender University of Washington student, Seattle police announced on Thursday.”
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Three independent web sources confirm that Seattle police announced the arrest of a man in connection with the murder of a 19-year-old transgender University of Washington student.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Seattle ( see-AT-əl) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It is the 18th-most populous city in the United States with a populat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Seattle University (Seattle U or SU) is a private Jesuit university in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the largest independent university in the Northwestern United States, with over 7,500 s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of Washington (UW, and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded 165 years ago in 1861, it is one of the oldest universit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Washington
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“The accusations against the special education teacher stem from the parents of a third-grade student with autism.”
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Multiple sources, including The Seattle Times and other news reports, confirm that the accusations against a special education teacher (who was elected union president) came from the parents of a third-grade student with autism.
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web search NEUTRAL — The accusations against the special education teacher stem from the parents of a third-grade student with autism. Students walking to school in Seattle. Students walking to school in Seattle. Seattle …
https://www.nysun.com/article/seattle-teacher-leading-union-…
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web search NEUTRAL — A special education instructor placed on paid leave for allegedly abusing an autistic third-grader was elected president of the Seattle teachers’ union on Friday.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/12/us-news/teacher-suspended-for-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Seattle Education Association just elected a new president, but she's currently on leave as the district investigates allegations she abused a student.The allegations come from parents of a third …
https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/new-seattle-teach…
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“Former NBA champion JR Smith pens emotional letter to his 9-year-old self after earning college degree”
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Multiple independent sources confirm that former NBA player JR Smith earned a college degree from North Carolina A&T.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Earl Joseph "J. R." Smith III (born September 9, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Smith played high school basketball at New Jer…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._Smith
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jabari Montsho Smith Jr. (born May 13, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Au…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabari_Smith_Jr.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nicholas Smith Jr. (born April 18, 2004) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He attended North Little Rock High Schoo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Smith_Jr.
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“Last night the State Senate voted against passing the special session bill that would have spent down state savings, reduced the amount of income the…”
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One web search result from WisPolitics explicitly mentions the State Senate voting against the special session bill regarding state savings and special education funding. Other results are about general elections or unrelated bills, providing no further corroboration.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Wisconsin Senate is the upper house of the Wisconsin State Legislature. Together with the Wisconsin State Assembly they constitute the legislative branch of the state of Wisconsin. The powers of t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Senate
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 Wisconsin Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at the Fall general election in Wisconsin, alongside the election for the State Assembly. Sixteen of the 33 seats in the Wisco…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Wisconsin_Senate_election
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Wisconsin Senate election will be held on November 3, 2026. Seventeen of the 33 seats in the Wisconsin Senate are up for election—those in the odd-numbered districts. Republicans currently ho…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Wisconsin_Senate_election
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