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Shadows of the Troubles linger 25 years after Northern Ireland peace deal

Some who lived through conflict still grapple with how to address pain of the past

The Associated Press · Posted: Apr 07, 2023

Global warming is 'juicing home runs' in Major League Baseball, Dartmouth study finds

Players and executives say the research fits with what they've seen on the field

Canadian Arctic Snow School hopes to boost climate fight

Researchers hope first-ever ‘Arctic Snow School’ in Nunavut will bolster cooperation, understanding of changing region.

How teachers and librarians are subverting book bans in the US

Books on race and gender identity are the subject of a record number of book bans in the United States.

Why are migrant children working dangerous jobs in the US

China sends warships and aircraft around Taiwan for second day

Tensions have increased across the Taiwan Strait after President Tsai Ing-wen met the US House speaker.

Supreme Court's Clarence Thomas defends luxury trip

Chained woman case: Six jailed in trafficking case that horrified Chin

Green groups sue to stop Ohio from leasing state parks for oil and gas drilling

New law – condemned as ‘illegitimate giveaway to the oil and gas industry’ – requires state parks to be leased to interested parties

Star Wars announces three new films on the way, with Daisy Ridley to return as Rey

Lucasfilm has announced three new live-action films, and confirmed the return of Ridley’s Rey to build ‘a new Jedi Order’

Mifepristone: US abortion pill in limbo after competing ruling

How Tennessee GOP expelling 2 Democrats could have ripple effect in other states

* Ivana Saric

The elusive promise of 'control' is steering an ever more radical UK migration policy

By Rob McNeil, Deputy Director, The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford  • 

Kansas lawmakers pass third anti-transgender bill that bans gender-affirming care for youth

Andrew Bahl

Topeka Capital-Journal

Indiana and Idaho enact bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth

By Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN

Eight bills targeting transgender rights in North Dakota on governor's des

In East Texas, skepticism over private school tuition assistance persists despite push from conservative leaders

Gov. Greg Abbott and other conservatives say families need options to escape “woke” education in public schools. East Texas parents and school leaders say the national talking points are off base.

BY POOJA SALHOTRA APRIL 7, 2023

SC students could go to any public school in the state under bill passed by House

BY JAVON L. HARRIS UPDATED APRIL 07, 2023

How Wisconsin Republicans Got So Angry

They’ve lost four major statewide elections since 2018, for starters, and this year’s supreme-court election exposed their growing vulnerability.

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