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KAWC/Sisko J. Stargazer; bottom left: Alexis Liggett
In the final part of KAWC’s ESA series, supporters and critics find unexpected common ground on school choice and accountability — but sharply different ideas about what those principles should mean.
KAWC/Sisko J. Stargazer
Left: Alexis Liggett; Right: KAWC/Sisko J. Stargazer
Save Our Schools Arizona/Tyler Kowch
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Some parts of Indiana received more than 11 inches of rainfall over three days, beginning Aug. 11, causing record floods. Several suburbs of Indianapolis also underwater. -
Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, held a rare meeting with Hamas leadership Sunday in Egypt, in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire. -
The left-handed MLB pitcher was 31 years old when he tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow in 1974, an injury that had been a death knell for pitchers' careers up to that point. -
On Friday, Italian police said they'd recovered three paintings stolen from a museum near the city of Parma. By Saturday night, thieves in Sicily had made off with four more masterpieces. -
Hurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm Sunday after skirting Hawaii without making landfall, but it wasn't done punishing the Big Island with hurricane-force gusts. -
Hundreds of migrants have again attempted to cross from Morocco into the Spanish territory of Ceuta. This time, Moroccan officials fended them off, raising new questions about the crossing of July 30. -
A longtime Republican living in California says the Trump administration's continuing actions to target transgender youth take a personal toll. -
Millions of drivers across the country are encountering speed cameras for the first time, or will soon. Many don't like it, but advocates say there's clear evidence that cameras make roads safer.
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After a historically dry winter, some Colorado towns are running out of drinking water, requiring extraordinary measures to keep taps flowing.
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Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war. -
Sunflower sea stars are critically endangered in the Pacific Ocean. University of Washington researchers are working with the Samish Indian Nation to bring this 24-armed creature back from the brink of extinction. -
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