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Reading and math scores fell sharply during pandemic, data show
The findings offer an early glimpse of the sheer magnitude of the learning setbacks dealt to the nation's children during the first two years of the pandemic.
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The Michigan supreme court could decide whether voters see abortion on the ballot
Michigan's Board of Canvassers rejected an abortion rights initiative on Wednesday after its Republican board members voted against putting the proposed constitutional amendment on November's ballot.
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Trump team may have hidden or moved classified material, DoJ says
The Justice Department said Tuesday it had uncovered efforts to obstruct its investigation into the discovery of classified documents at former President Donald Trump's Florida estate
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Zombie ice will raise sea levels more than twice as much as previously forecast
Zombie ice, or doomed ice that is no longer getting replenished by parent glaciers will raise global sea level by at least 10.6 inches, according to a new study.
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California is poised to phase out sales of new gas-powered cars
The state is poised to set a 2035 deadline for all new vehicles sold in the state to be powered by electricity or hydrogen, a step that will speed the transition to more climate-friendly vehicles.
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Kobe Bryant's widow was awarded $16 million in the trial over crash photos
A jury found that Los Angeles County must pay Vanessa Bryant for emotional distress caused by deputies and firefighters sharing photos of the bodies of the NBA star and his daughter.
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Biden names new a Secret Service director as the agency faces controversy
President Biden named Kim Cheatle, a veteran Secret Service official, to be the agency's next director as it faces controversy over missing text messages around the time of the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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Panda twins are born in China as the species struggles for survival
The male and female cubs, born Tuesday at the Qinling Panda Research Center in Shaanxi province, are the second pair of twins born to their mother, Qin Qin.
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A former cop pleads guilty to falsifying warrant that led to Breonna Taylor's death
Former police detective Kelly Goodlett, who helped write the warrant that led to the deadly police raid at Breonna Taylor's apartment, has pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge.
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2 men are found guilty of conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
A jury convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan's governor in 2020 in a plot prosecutors described as a rallying cry for a U.S. civil war by anti-government extremists.