Authorities are determined to put children back into classrooms, to narrow the learning gaps between haves and have-nots that deepened during lockdowns – and to get their parents back to work.
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Innocent Florida inmate released after 37 years
Robert DuBoise, 56, who was serving a life sentence for murder and rape, walked out of prison Thursday after officials discovered dramatic new evidence that proved his innocence.
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S&P 500 ticks up as ‘era of easy money’ looks set to last
The benchmark index rose 0.2 percent, to another all-time high, but it veered through a jumbled day of trading to get there.
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Katy Perry gives birth to baby girl named Daisy
The pop superstar and her partner, actor Orlando Bloom, get UNICEF to announce the news on its Instagram account.
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No signs of foreign targeting of mail-in vote, according to U.S. agencies
A senior FBI official says that given the diffuse and varied election systems across the country, it would be ‘extraordinarily difficult’ to tamper with results in a measurable way.
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COVID-19 lockdowns blocked flu in Southern Hemisphere
Country after country – South Africa, Australia, Argentina – have a surprise as winter there ends: Their steps against the coronavirus also apparently blocked the flu.
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Only Native American on federal death row executed
Lezmond Mitchell was put to death Wednesday evening for the grisly slayings of a 9-year-old girl and her grandmother on the Navajo Nation reservation in 2001.
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White House weighs options to prevent airline furloughs
The airlines and their unions are putting pressure on Congress and the White House to approve more taxpayer help for the industry.
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Oil industry shuts platforms, rigs, refineries before storm
The industry was already hammered since the start of the year, struggling with low prices after the coronavirus decimated demand.
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More blowout profits from tech companies push S&P 500 higher
The benchmark index rose 1 percent Wednesday, even though most of the stocks within it closed lower.