At least 10.1 million students were chronically absent during 2020-2021, the first full academic year of the pandemic.
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Federal lawsuit filed in Texas over Uvalde school shooting
The lawsuit alleges a violation of due process rights, negligence, emotional distress and other violations by the Uvalde school district, the city, more.
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Holocaust survivor who escaped 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre dies
Judah Samet was a Holocaust survivor who then escaped a shooting rampage because he was a few moments late for services.
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Russian billionaire charged with violating U.S. sanctions
Authorities said Oleg Deripaska spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to make it possible for his child to be born in the U.S.
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Oakland police continue search for gunman in school shooting that wounded 6, including 2 critically
Police responded to the scene and found six adults, who have “some affiliation with the school,” suffering from gunshot wounds according to officials.
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Lyrics helped send these rappers to prison. Should California protect ‘creative expressions’?
A new bill would protect other kinds of artists, such as filmmakers and writers, but it gained a reputation in the Capitol as the ‘rap lyrics bill’.
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Victim’s family to appeal Syed’s release in ‘Serial’ case
Adnan Syed was serving a life sentence after he was convicted of strangling Hae Min Lee, whose body was found buried in a Baltimore park.
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Rare 1,000-year-old manuscript returned to Greece from U.S.
The gospel was stolen with another 430 valuable manuscripts by marauding forces from neighboring Bulgaria.
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Russians are less sure of success of Ukraine war, poll shows
The survey by independent pollster Levada Center was conducted in the days after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization.
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Khloe Kardashian says she rejected a marriage proposal from Tristan Thompson
The former couple broke off their relationship a second time when it was discovered in early 2022 Thompson fathered a child with another woman.