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It's not law quite yet, but a bill to make school lunch free for students across Minnesota is set to become law.
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As news of the elementary school shooting at the Covenant School in suburban Nashville unfolded, local TV reporter Hannah McDonald was not only trying to report impartially on a local tragedy that took the lives of three students and three adults, she was trying to keep track of more personal developments. She later shared the […]
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Drag queen straddles girl at North Carolina public school, video shows
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Nashville shooting victim and school headmaster Katherine Koonce was a 'mighty oak tree of a woman' who advocated for students with disabilities, a longtime friend says
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Last August, Daysia Holiday decided to try one more time to join the Army. 2nd Class Holiday is a proud graduate of Army basic training, and is finishing her advanced instruction at Fort Lee, Virginia, to become a power generation specialist who will maintain engines and other equipment for the service. Holiday is an early beneficiary of the new program, which gives lower-performing recruits up to 90 days of academic or fitness instruction to help them meet military standards.
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'We’re not in a battle. We’re in a war': Florida students protest attack on higher education DEI
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Shameful: ‘Ruby Bridges’ Film Banned From School Because White Parents Feeling Some Kind of Way
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