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US cities and states are responsible for the vast majority of K-12 funding.
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Seventy-five years after the first nuclear detonation and nearly 30 years since testing was banned, the US is considering…
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Ever since the late 1800s, it has been standard for white to go first in chess. Has the time come to get rid of that rule?
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A key difference is people's behavior, as a doctor explains.