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Violence-plagued schools hit reverse on post-George Floyd decisions to kick police off campuses

In this Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, file photo, law enforcement officers walk in the parking lot of Timberview High School after a shooting inside the school located in south Arlington, Texas. A 15-year-old injured in the Timberview High School shooting earlier this month was released from the hospital over the weekend, Arlington police said. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

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Political leaders who raced to kick police officers out of schools after the murder of George Floyd three years ago are quietly bringing cops back amid growing concerns over brawls, drugs and weapons on campuses.

Courts rule in favor of transgender students, citing Supreme Court’s LGBTQ discrimination ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court, June 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion of a 2020 decision protecting LGBTQ employees from workplace discrimination that the landmark ruling does not apply to school policies on transgender youths’ use of bathrooms and locker rooms. Nonetheless, lower courts have ruled in favor of transgender students by striking down school restrictions on restrooms and locker rooms and upholding policies that support students’ sexual identities.

The U.S. Supreme Court, June 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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Guardsmen watch as migrants try to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico into the U.S. near Eagle Pass, Texas, on July 11, 2023. U.S. authorities released numbers of illegal border crossings in July, the second month after pandemic-related asylum restrictions were replaced with new rules limiting access for people seeking humanitarian protections. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

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Spectators wave Chinese flags as military vehicles carrying DF-41 nuclear ballistic missiles roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second right, and Dutch caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte, center, look at F-16 fighter jets in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. The leaders met at a military air base in the southern Dutch city, a day after Zelenskyy visited Sweden on his first foreign trip since attending a NATO summit in Lithuania last month. On Friday, the Netherlands and Denmark said that the United States had given its approval for the countries to deliver F-16s to Ukraine. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Ukrainian pilots getting first training on long-awaited F-16s

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This combination of photos shows Republican presidential candidates, top row from left, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former president Donald Trump, and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and bottom row from left, former Vice President Mike Pence, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Vivek Ramaswamy. With less than a month to go until the first 2024 Republican presidential debate, eight candidates say they have met the qualifications for a podium slot. But that also means that about half of the broad GOP field is running short on time to make the stage. (AP Photo)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second right, and Dutch caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte, center, look at F-16 fighter jets in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. The leaders met at a military air base in the southern Dutch city, a day after Zelenskyy visited Sweden on his first foreign trip since attending a NATO summit in Lithuania last month. On Friday, the Netherlands and Denmark said that the United States had given its approval for the countries to deliver F-16s to Ukraine. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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This combination of photos shows Republican presidential candidates, top row from left, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former president Donald Trump, and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and bottom row from left, former Vice President Mike Pence, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Vivek Ramaswamy. With less than a month to go until the first 2024 Republican presidential debate, eight candidates say they have met the qualifications for a podium slot. But that also means that about half of the broad GOP field is running short on time to make the stage. (AP Photo)

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Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel speaks at the committee's winter meeting in Dana Point, Calif., Jan. 27, 2023. Republican presidential candidates will be blocked from the debate stage this summer if they do not sign a pledge to support the GOP's ultimate presidential nominee, according to draft language set to be adopted when the RNC meets next week. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

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A Seattle Police vehicle sits parked at Hing Hay Park on March 18, 2021, in Seattle. Seattle's elected prosecutor is promising quicker charging decisions to help tackle persistent low-level crime that's plagued businesses downtown. City Attorney Ann Davison, a Republican who won election in November over a police and jails abolitionist, announced Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, that her office will make charging decisions on all incoming cases within five business days. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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A girl rides her bike past a sign that says "Tourist Keep Out," in Lahaina, Hawaii, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Long before a wildfire blasted through the island of Maui the week before, there was tension between Hawaii's longtime residents and the visitors some islanders resent for turning their beaches, mountains and communities into playgrounds. But that tension is building in the aftermath of the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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This combination of photos shows Republican presidential candidates, top row from left, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former president Donald Trump, and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and bottom row from left, former Vice President Mike Pence, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Vivek Ramaswamy. With less than a month to go until the first 2024 Republican presidential debate, eight candidates say they have met the qualifications for a podium slot. But that also means that about half of the broad GOP field is running short on time to make the stage. (AP Photo)

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Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel speaks at the committee's winter meeting in Dana Point, Calif., Jan. 27, 2023. Republican presidential candidates will be blocked from the debate stage this summer if they do not sign a pledge to support the GOP's ultimate presidential nominee, according to draft language set to be adopted when the RNC meets next week. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

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Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., pauses outside the chamber during a confirmation vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 5, 2021. Both of the state's U.S. senators, Cassidy and Sen. John Kennedy say they have mulled over the option of running for governor and plan on announcing their decisions for 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel speaks at the committee's winter meeting in Dana Point, Calif., Jan. 27, 2023. Republican presidential candidates will be blocked from the debate stage this summer if they do not sign a pledge to support the GOP's ultimate presidential nominee, according to draft language set to be adopted when the RNC meets next week. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, file photo, law enforcement officers walk in the parking lot of Timberview High School after a shooting inside the school located in south Arlington, Texas. A 15-year-old injured in the Timberview High School shooting earlier this month was released from the hospital over the weekend, Arlington police said. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

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A Seattle Police vehicle sits parked at Hing Hay Park on March 18, 2021, in Seattle. Seattle's elected prosecutor is promising quicker charging decisions to help tackle persistent low-level crime that's plagued businesses downtown. City Attorney Ann Davison, a Republican who won election in November over a police and jails abolitionist, announced Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, that her office will make charging decisions on all incoming cases within five business days. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second right, and Dutch caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte, center, look at F-16 fighter jets in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. The leaders met at a military air base in the southern Dutch city, a day after Zelenskyy visited Sweden on his first foreign trip since attending a NATO summit in Lithuania last month. On Friday, the Netherlands and Denmark said that the United States had given its approval for the countries to deliver F-16s to Ukraine. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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