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The next Massachusetts state budget will include a provision to close an age-of-consent loophole that leaves students vulnerable to sexual abuse by teachers. As WAMC reports, recent efforts to address the longstanding protection gap were driven by a rape case at a Pittsfield boarding school.
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In 'Tyrants and Rogues: Understanding the Declaration of Independence,' Robert Parkinson argues that the document’s often-overlooked list of grievances against King George III reveals what truly drove the Revolution and why independence became inevitable.Annette Gordon-Reed is a 'New York Times'–bestselling historian and the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University. Her books include 'The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family,' which won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award and 'Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy.' Her latest is a volume she edited, 'Jefferson on Race: A Reader.'
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As a Department of Justice memo challenges a disabled person's right to integration, activists, experts, and state officials respond in New York.
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A former DEC engineer who brought to light a Niagara Falls factory's dangerous bladder carcinogen emissions was recognized as activists push for compliance with a state order. -
A state program has adopted new tactics as its expanded far beyond the five boroughs. -
The portrait by artist Ezra Ames dates to1813, and had been on public display in Albany since then — until it needed a little TLC.
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Police are investigating whether negligence during construction work caused the collapse in the eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday.
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Kids with autism can be 160 times more likely than other children to drown. Florida is dedicating state money to a program that prioritizes swim lessons for these kids. -
As the U.S. approaches its 250th birthday, Americans reflect on the state of the nation in the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. -
Experts share guidance on how to prevent common summertime health risks, such as drowning, fire accidents and heat exhaustion.
