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Whether `stringing' or `looping,' tobacco is the tie that binds many North Carolina farm families
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — When Sophie Sunday told her schoolmates she was taking off halfway through the school day, they couldn’t wait to find out why.
“`I’m going to loop tobacco at the fair,’” the seventh grader told them. “And they’re, like, `What?’ They don’t have a clu ... (full story)
Takeaways from AP’s report on the taxpayer-funded growth of classical Christian schools
Conservatives are banding together to grow classical Christian schools by leveraging new taxpayer-funded scholarships.
These scholarships have rapidly expanded in states around the country. They mean half of school-age children in the U.S. are now eligible to apply for state money to attend private schools.
Last year, the As ... (full story)
Woman who accused students of rape says Cornell president's response made her feel 'unsupported'
A woman who accused several Cornell students of raping her at a fraternity party says the university’s president questioned why she waited to report the alleged assault, leaving her feeling “unsupported and disbelieved.”
The woman’s secondhand account of Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff’s remark, ... (full story)
Arizona woman's 3-year wait for an intestine shows the US organ transplant system's complexity
A car crash destroyed Katherine Screws’ small intestine, leaving her unable to eat, dependent on IV nutrition and often too sick to get out of bed. But the Phoenix woman clung to her hospital’s prediction that she could get an intestine transplant in about six months.
That was way off. She wouldn’t get one unti ... (full story)
Can larger batteries safely power residential buildings? A project in New York aims to show how
A battery system installed in a Buffalo, New York, apartment building will store excess energy when it’s plentiful and power the building when the grid is strained and electricity is costly. The manufacturer and state officials hope it will show that larger batteries can safely operate where people live and work.
The 3.75 ... (full story)