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Teen student, teacher killed in WI; two students reported to be in critical condition; Nearly 90 food banks, pantries across CO get more than $2.6 million; Report: Fossil-fuel lobbyists fail to disclose in WA; Simplifying SNAP benefits to fight senior hunger.

Abundant Life Christian School shootings: Motive under investigation; Panel explores cost of fines, fees on Alabama's most vulnerable residents; USC study: More than 1.4 million children have lost family to overdose; Research shows valuable impact of getting 'back to nature' practices on PA farms.

Postal workers' union says new proposal would slow mail; Storms across US bring heavy snow, dangerous ice and a tornado in CA; Poll finds most voters want a robust EPA, more pollution controls; Parents of children in WA prisons face 'unbearable' holiday season.

Schumer requests "special drone-detection tech" for N.Y. and N.J; MA worker co-op movement backs REI union contract efforts; Georgia's clean energy boom sparks workforce growth, housing challenges; Join the flock: Mississippi's Christmas Bird Count takes flight.

Amazon donating $1 million to Trump inaugural fund, to air event on Prime Video; Retired USAF colonel urges White House to stop gaslight NJ residents over mysterious drones; Support available for MI youths aging out of foster care; NM designates 250 miles as Outstanding National Resource Waters; One size fits all? Not so, says OSHA for construction protection gear.

Dry-cleaning workers better protected under EPA chemical ban; Homeland Security shares new details of mysterious drone flights over New Jersey; New law seeks to change how state legislature vacancies are filled; MN joins the carbon capture pipeline wave with permit approval.

'Great day for America': Trump lauds Chris Wray resigning as FBI director; IL workers to see pay, benefit information in job postings; In challenging health coverage times, MN union victory seen as a hopeful sign; Support available for AR kids aging out of foster care.

Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency; Arizona State University tool offers useful medical insight affecting Indigenous communities; Hurricane Helene's damage spurs calls to protect NC's threatened species; NV advocates demand Congress address climate change.

Ohio's milestone moment for women in government; Price growth ticked up in November as inflation progress stalls; NE public housing legal case touches on quality of life for vulnerable renters; California expert sounds alarm on avian flu's threat to humans, livestock.

Franklin Fire in Malibu explodes to 2,600 acres; some homes destroyed; Colorado health care costs rose 139 percent between 2013-2022; NY, U.S. to see big impacts of Trump's proposed budget cuts; Worker-owned cannabis coops in RI aim for economic justices.