Nation and World
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Schools have made slow progress on record absenteeism, with millions of kids still skipping class
Aug 15, 2024 1:13 pm - MEDFORD, Mass. — Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste missed so much school he had to repeat his freshman year at Medford High outside Boston. At school, “you do the same thing...
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Trump says he’s ‘entitled to personal attacks’ as he hammers Harris on inflation with grocery props
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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says Kyiv troops have full control of the Russian town of Sudzha
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Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, says UNESCO
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U.S. shoppers sharply boosted spending at retailers in July despite higher prices
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Donald Trump asks judge to delay sentencing in hush money case until after November election
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August's supermoon kicks off four months of lunar spectacles. Here's how to watch
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Kamala Harris to propose ban on ‘price gouging’ for food, groceries
Aug 15, 2024 10:24 am - Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday will unveil a proposed ban on “price gouging” in the grocery and food industries, embracing a strikingly populist proposal in her most significant economic policy announcement since becoming the Democratic Party’s nominee.
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5 people, including 2 doctors, charged in investigation into Matthew Perry's death
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Vance, Walz agree to Oct. 1 vice-presidential debate