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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Prompted by a court order, federal wildlife managers have issued a new draft plan for managing Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest in an effort to address illegal killings of the endangered predators. The plan calls for millions of dollars to be spent over the coming decades on more education, outreach, [...]
DETROIT (AP) — Two years after the pandemic tore through the economy, America's auto market looks something like this: Prices are drastically up. Supply is drastically down. And gasoline costs drastically more. The result? A widening disparity between the richest buyers and everyone else. The most affluent buyers keep plunking down big money for new [...]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Tumbleweeds drift along the Rio Grande as sand bars within its banks widen. Smoke from distant wildfires and dust kicked up by intense spring winds fill the valley, exacerbating the feeling of distress that is beginning to weigh on residents. One of North America's longest rivers, the Rio Grande is another [...]
Polly Glover realized her son had asthma when he was 9 months old. Now 26, he carries an inhaler in his pocket whenever he's out and about in Prairieville, La., part of Ascension Parish. The parish is part of the 85-mile span between New Orleans and Baton Rouge officially called the Mississippi River Chemical Corridor, [...]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic ushered in what may have been the most rapid rise in homeschooling the country has ever seen. Two years later, even after schools reopened and vaccines became widely available, many parents have chosen to continue directing their children's educations themselves. Homeschooling numbers this year dipped from last year's [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans lean slightly toward expanding K-12 school discussions of racism and sexuality, according to a new poll. Still, however, roughly two-fifths of poll respondents — including similar percentages across party lines — say the current approach is about right. Still, the poll from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy [...]
NEW ORLEANS — Nearly 60 years ago, an historic black community founded as a home for newly freed slaves was demolished to expand a national park commemorating the Battle of New Orleans and Civil War casualties. Now park rangers and iris enthusiasts believe they may have found a botanical reminder — Louisiana irises and African [...]
Schools across the country are racing to make up for time they lost during the pandemic by budgeting billions of dollars for tutoring, summer camps and longer school days and trying to untangle which students need help most urgently after two years of disruptions. Many schools saw large numbers of students fall under the radar [...]
PHOENIX (AP) — Jennifer Chau was astonished last month when the U.S. Census Bureau's report card on how accurately it counted the nation’s population in 2020 showed that Asian people were overcounted by the highest rate of any race or ethnic group. The director of an Asian American advocacy group thought thousands of people would [...]
RICHMOND, Va. — It's a crime that siphons untold billions from the economy — but many people have never heard of it. Business Email Compromise scams involve criminals hacking into email accounts, pretending to be someone they're not and fooling victims into sending money where it doesn't belong. Although they get far less attention than [...]