Kids around the country are trying to make sense of the results of their SATs, which were changed this year. What once was a perfect score is no longer so.
Elaine Korry is an NPR contributor based in San Francisco. From August 2004-June 2007 she worked as an NPR senior reporter covering social policy for NPR, with a focus on education, and on the lives of the nation's most vulnerable citizens — the homeless, those living in poverty, working in low wage positions, and trying to find their way to a more stable life.
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Thursday, January 22, is the last day voters can request a Vote-by-Mail ballot to be mailed by the Collier County Supervisor of Elections office for the 2026 City of Naples Election. Voters requesting a ballot must contact the Supervisor of Elections office by 5 p.m. on January 22.
TikTok -- you’re busted. An Englewood man found himself an influencer of a different kind Tuesday after his TikTok Challenge attempt to stay inside a Walmart store for 24 hours ended in his arrest.
Millions of Americans are at risk of forgoing their health insurance after Affordable Care Act Enhanced Tax Credits were left to expire at the beginning of the year.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency this week said it spent about $11 billion helping people and communities recover from back-to-back hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024. Nearly $8 billion of that went to pay claims at the National Flood Insurance Program