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Scholastic Spotlight: Making STEM possible for all
The summer starts for many students in camps, and a special camp took place last week that aims to open up opportunities for ...
Man suspected of shooting 2 Minnesota lawmakers is in custody after surrendering to police
The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another crawled to officers in surrender Sunday after they ...
38 Palestinians killed in new shootings near food distribution centers, medics say
Gaza’s Health Ministry says 38 Palestinians have been killed in new shootings in areas of food distribution centers in the ...
Nuclear agency head warns of radiological and chemical contamination inside Iran’s main nuclear site
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday that there is a possibility of both radiological and chemical ...
Takeaways from AP’s reporting on shuttered prisons, mass deportation push and no-bid contracts
Private prison operators are marketing their shuttered lockups to federal immigration officials as President Donald Trump ...
Juneteenth celebrations adapt after corporate sponsors pull support
Juneteenth celebrations have been scaled back this year due to funding shortfalls as companies and municipalities across the ...
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits Austria for first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion of his country
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Austria on Monday in his first trip to the European Union member country ...
A plane crashed on a doctors’ hostel in India. Those who survived began treating the injured
Navin Chaudhary had just begun eating his meal when a loud bang startled him. He turned back to see a massive fire taking ...
Spaniards turn water guns on visitors in Barcelona and Mallorca to protest mass tourism
Protesters used water guns against unsuspecting tourists in Barcelona and on the Spanish island of Mallorca on Sunday as ...
Search resumes for missing swimmer at Raccoon River Park
The search for a missing swimmer resumed Monday morning at Raccoon River Park. Sgt. Dan Wade of the West Des Moines Police Department said emergency responders were ...
RFK Jr.’s vaccine moves raise fears ahead of next school year
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to fire the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) entire vaccine board even as childhood vaccination ...
Works begin in Ireland to exhume remains of hundreds of babies found at unwed mothers’ home
Officials in Ireland began work Monday to excavate the site of a former church-run home for unmarried women and their babies to identify the remains of some 800 infants and young ...