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House Homeless People in Cruise Ships?

Matthew McDonald

A nonprofit organization in Portland, Maine wants to house homeless people in cruise ships off the coast.

A used cruise ship might cost about $5 million to purchase and can last 100 years while providing shelter for 800 people in 400 cabins, according to Memory Works, a nonprofit organization that is applying for a $250,000 grant to study the idea, according to the Bangor Daily News.

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Brett Kavanaugh Won’t Return To Teach At Harvard Law School

Matthew McDonald

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh won't teach a winter term course at Harvard Law School as he has for a decade, school officials said.

Law school officials said Kavanaugh has informed them he can't commit to teaching the class, so they are not offering it, according to The Harvard Crimson.

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