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Virtual charter schools are booming, despite a checkered reputation
For-profit virtual charter schools have been dogged by complaints of low student performance, fraud and waste. Still, many are seeing a pandemic-induced enrollment surge.
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As hospitals fill with COVID-19 patients, medical reinforcements are hard to find
Last spring, nurses and doctors traveled to COVID hot spots to help overwhelmed hospitals. But with the virus spreading everywhere, hospitals have nowhere to turn for help.
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Moderna asking US, European regulators to OK its virus shots
Multiple vaccine candidates must succeed for the world to stamp out the coronavirus pandemic.
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Advocates push for resurrection of DOJ civil rights division under Biden
The incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden says reinvigorating the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department is a top priority come January.
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Biden gains votes in recount of Milwaukee County requested by Trump
The results offer unwelcome news for Trump, who lost to Biden in Wisconsin by roughly 20,000 votes and lost the national popular vote by more than 6 million.
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Biden breaks foot while playing with dog, to wear a boot
Biden was playing with Major, one of the Bidens’ two dogs. They adopted Major in 2018, and acquired their first dog, Champ, after the 2008 election.
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Fauci: US may see ‘surge upon surge’ of coronavirus in weeks ahead
The number of new COVID-19 cases reported in the United States topped 200,000 for the first time Friday. The highest previous daily count was 196,000 on Nov. 20.
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High court takes up census case, as other count issues loom
Experts say other issues loom large for the 2020 census as it heads into unchartered territory over deadlines, data quality and politics.
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Republican infighting threatens GOP chances in Georgia Senate runoffs
The GOP incumbents are baselessly casting doubt on the state's voting system. Some worry their words could depress voter turnout and cost the party two Senate seats.
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Biden plans swift moves to protect and advance LGBTQ rights
In many cases, the measures would reverse executive actions by President Donald Trump, whose administration took numerous steps to weaken protections for transgender people.
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Educators and Native leaders recommend bringing anti-racism to the Thanksgiving table
This year the holiday comes on the heels of a movement demanding racial justice. One Native American leader says that "people want to resolve the burdens of our history."
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As COVID-19 vaccine nears, employers consider making it mandatory
With promising news out of COVID-19 vaccine trials, the question now is how many people will get the vaccine? And can or will employers require their workers get vaccinated?
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President-elect Joe Biden hits 80 million votes in year of record turnout
The 2020 presidential election saw the most votes in U.S. history at 156 million and counting, and the highest participation rate since 1900.
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Are more lockdowns inevitable, or can other measures stop the surge?
The U.S. added more than 1 million cases in the past week. More than 85,000 people are hospitalized. Some states may have no choice but to lock down again.
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Trump skips turkey jokes, gives thanks for COVID-19 vaccines
Nostalgia was in and jokes were out as President Trump offered a reprieve to a pair of turkeys at the traditional Thanksgiving turkey pardon ceremony at the White House.
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