A new study says that 69 percent of Chicago high school students earned D’s or F’s when retaking algebra on computers.
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Scientists Set To Drill Into Extinction-Event Crater In Mexico
After a meteor punched a huge crater into the Earth 65.5 million years ago, 70 percent of the planet’s species went extinct. Today, pieces of that meteor are found all over the world.
Philly Wants To Tax Soda To Raise Money For Schools
Philadelphia’s mayor is proposing a divisive tax on soda and other sugary drinks. The revenue would help fund a plan for community preschools, as well as renovations to parks and libraries.
Good News For Procrastinators: 3 Extra Days To File Taxes
This is all because of an overlap of federal and state holidays with the usual April 15 IRS deadline.
ISIS Reportedly Carries Out Mass Kidnapping Of Factory Workers In Syria
There are conflicting stories about how many people were kidnapped from a cement factory near Damascus. A rights group says 170 people were taken, but state media puts that number at more than 300.
Love, Loss And Beauty Pageants: Inside A Cuban HIV Sanitarium
The “Christian Dior Of Cuba” looks back on bittersweet memories from his time living in a housing facility for people with HIV.
Bill Clinton Gets Into Heated Exchange With Black Lives Matter Protester
Defending his 1994 crime bill to a protester, Clinton said: “You are defending the people who kill the lives you say matter.”
How S. Korea’s Plastic Surgeons Are Helping Scarred N. Korean Defectors
Assimilating into South Korean society is rarely easy for North Korean defectors. Top plastic surgeons are volunteering their services to help minimize the scars they bear from painful, abusive pasts.
Fasten Your Seat Belt — It’s Going To Be A Bumpy Ride To The Conventions
We can now expect both parties’ nomination battles to continue through the final primaries. In the GOP, the issue seems certain to remain unresolved until the national convention in Cleveland in July.
A Big Week For Parents: New York State, San Francisco Establish Paid-Leave Laws
New York, the fourth state to offer paid leave, will cover 12 weeks of leave — twice what other states offer. San Francisco, meanwhile, becomes the first city to require fully paid parental leave.