Foster youth in Michigan who worked toward diplomas learned a discouraging truth: They had no credits
Foster youth in Michigan say the classes they took in state-funded facilities didn’t count toward graduation. Some dropped out. “I felt destroyed,” one said, “like everything I did was for nothing.”
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Some U.S. students re-think college plans in states with abortion bans
With its excellent academic and music programs, Oberlin College in Ohio seemed like a perfect fit for Nina Huang, a California high school student who plays flute and piano and hopes to eventually study medicine or law.
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Eagerness to reelect incumbents drops: Gallup
Americans’ eagerness to reelect incumbents in the upcoming midterm elections has dropped in recent years, according to a new Gallup poll.
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Russian bombardment kills at least 3 in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city
Russian weapons pounding Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv killed at least three people on Monday, authorities said, while rescuers pulled survivors from the rubble of an earlier strike on an apartment block that killed 19 people in another city.
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Republicans Claim This Century-Old Tax Is Preventing Americans From Purchasing Guns
More than 50 House Republicans want to repeal a century-old excise tax on guns and ammunition that bankrolls wildlife conservation projects across the nation.
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Death of a dentist in Ireland denied an abortion has worried doctors who say history may repeat in U.S.
“I think maternal mortality will go up,” said the expert who wrote Ireland’s official report on the death of Dr. Savita Halappanavar, who was denied an abortion.
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New dinosaur discovered in Argentina suggests why many prehistoric predators had small arms
Paleontologists discovered a new dinosaur species in Argentina, the Meraxes gigas. The predator looks a lot like a T. rex but isn’t closely related.
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Russia Angers the World With Space Station War Propaganda
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Biden’s Potential Federal Court Pick Would Be A Lot Like Clarence Thomas, Says Former Boss
Anti-abortion lawyer Chad Meredith would be a “conservative asset to the federal judiciary for decades,” an ex-boss said in a letter HuffPost obtained.
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Fear of prosecution forces doctors to choose between protecting themselves or patients
State laws criminalizing abortion have put physicians under intense scrutiny and made them fearful, with implications that extend well beyond abortion.
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