Archaeologists Solve a Decades-Old Harriet Tubman Mystery
For at least two decades, historians had been searching for the site of the cabin in which Harriet Tubman lived
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Minneapolis Public Schools to Close in Anticipation of a Verdict
Minneapolis Public Schools will shift to remote learning later this week in anticipation of the verdict in the Derek Chauvin
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Elite Universities Welcome More Diverse Freshman Class
Jianna Curbelo attends a career-focused public high school in New York City, works at McDonald’s and lives in the Bronx
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After a Year of Turmoil, Elite Universities Welcome More Diverse Freshman Classes
Jianna Curbelo attends a career-focused public high school in New York City, works at McDonald’s and lives in the Bronx
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Liberty University Sues Jerry Falwell Jr. for $10 Million
Liberty University has sued Jerry Falwell Jr. for $10 million, exacerbating the messy divorce between the Christian university and its
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Tennessee Student Killed by Police Did Not Fire Bullet That Hit Officer, Officials Say
A student who was fatally shot during a confrontation with the police on Monday at a Knoxville, Tenn., high school
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Texas High Schoolers Set Prices for Classmates in ‘Slave Trade’ Chat
A North Texas school district said this week that it had disciplined a group of students at a predominantly white
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The Johnson & Johnson Pause Slows College Vaccinations
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Opinion | A Once-in-a-Century Crisis Can Help Educate Doctors
This approach has long roots. Some of our civilization’s best chroniclers of the human condition have been doctor-narrators who decided
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Parents, Stop Talking About the ‘Lost Year’
“You had a sort of a sense of resilience and ‘grit,’ even prepandemic that I think served them well,” she
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