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Survivors say trauma from abusive Native American …

FILE -Students from Rosebud Elementary School perform in a drum circle during a meeting about abusive conditions at Native American boarding schools at Sinte Gleska University on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in Mission, S.D., Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. Federal officials have been holding listening sessions as part of a nationwide tour to confront the legacy of the government-backed schools. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

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Virginia school board elections face a pivotal moment …

Dale Swanson, chair of the Spotsylvania County GOP, displays an official GOP sample ballot she was handing out at an early voting location in Fredericksburg, Va., on Oct. 17, 2023, while lamenting a campaign that is seeing "dirty tricks being played all over the place." She and Democrats alike were upset that a candidate for Spotsylvania County clerk of court was distributing sample ballots that resembled those of the parties, until a judge barred him from doing so. Swanson said civility is lacking in many races for local offices, including school boards, and "we need a better, kinder America." (AP Photo/Cal Woodward)

Judge says ex-UCLA gynecologist can be retried on charges …

FILE - James Heaps appears in the Los Angeles Superior Court on June 26, 2019. Heaps, a former gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles who was sentenced to prison for sexually abusing two patients, can be retried on charges involving four other women, a judge ruled Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File)

Milk carton shortage hits school lunchrooms in New York, …

FILE - Milk cartons are displayed at a high school cafeteria in Los Angeles on May 3, 2011. A shortage of half-pint milk cartons is affecting school meals in cafeterias across the U.S. in 2023. School officials from New York to California are scrambling for backup options after a main supplier of cartons said demand has outstripped supply. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

The White House Historical Association is opening a technology-driven …

FILE - Refreshed wall fabric in the Red Room of the White House in Washington, on Sept. 17, 2019. A White House tour is practically a must-do in Washington, though the experience can leave some guests asking questions about spaces they don’t get to see, like the Oval Office. The White House Historical Association has a plan to answer those questions when it opens “The People’s House: A White House Experience,” in the fall of 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

At 15, he is defending his home and parenting his sister. …

Deneffy Sánchez, 15, rests on a bed he shares with his mother and little sister just feet away from their roommate's bed in Los Angeles, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. In Los Angeles, housing insecurity is one of the biggest reasons kids have missed school since the pandemic and struggle to catch up. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Summer Science Program spent $2 million last year serving …

Participants in the Summer Science Program sit in a circle at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., on July 21, 2023. SSP has puzzled over what do to with a surprise bequest of an estimated $200 million — about 100 times its annual budget. (Christin Latus, Summer Science Program via AP Photo)

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