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Candles and flowers are left at a memorial honoring four slain University of Idaho students at the Mad Greek restaurant in Moscow, Idaho, on Tuesday. Two of the victims, Madison Mogen, 21, and Xana Kernodle, 20, were servers at the restaurant.

Four students in Moscow, Idaho, died from an edged weapon, police say

5:14pm November 15, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Whoever is responsible for the deaths remain at large. Police are calling it a targeted attack, but students are leaving the campus early for Thanksgiving break.

Catawba County Schools students use computer

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12 North Carolina school districts receive grants for coding and app development programs

4:32pm November 15, 2022

by Amy Diaz

A dozen North Carolina school districts received a total of $800,000 this year from the state’s Coding and Mobile App Development Grant program.

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Wake Forest University student selected for Rhodes Scholarship

5:16pm November 14, 2022

by Paul Garber

A Wake Forest philosophy major is one of three college students with North Carolina ties to earn Rhodes scholarships to study at England’s Oxford University.

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Three University of Virginia students are dead and two are injured after a shooting

4:40pm November 14, 2022

by Sandy Hausman

The University of Virginia is grieving after a man opened fire on a bus full of students returning from a field trip Sunday, killing three of the university's football players and injured two others.

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James Whitfield, former principal at Colleyville Heritage High School in Colleyville, Texas, in a photo taken at his home in Hurst, Texas, last year.

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The culture wars are pushing some teachers to leave the classroom

7:00am November 13, 2022

by Scott Neuman

Teachers and administrators, already facing long hours and low pay, now find themselves under pressure from politicians, parents and even their own school districts.

Emily Blunt as Lady Cornelia Locke in The English.

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend listening, viewing and reading

5:01pm November 11, 2022

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The Carmichael Show, Stephanie Williams' work for Marvel, The English and more.

First-grader Rylee plays with a puppet during class.

In one first-grade classroom, puppets teach children to 'shake out the yuck'

10:19am November 11, 2022

by Cory Turner

A new program being piloted in a handful of Connecticut classrooms, called Feel Your Best Self, is using the joy of puppetry to teach children how to manage their feelings and empathize with others.

News brief: Arizona midterms, Biden at climate summit, student debt relief blocked

8:08am November 11, 2022

Arizona's Senate seat, among other races, are still undecided. President Biden speaks to the U.N. climate summit in Egypt. A Texas judge strikes down Biden's student loan-forgiveness plan.

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Texas judge strikes down Biden administration's student loan-forgiveness plan

5:07am November 11, 2022

A judge in Texas has vacated President Biden's student loan relief plan, calling it unconstitutional. The ruling will almost certainly be appealed by the U.S. Justice Department.

President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt relief at Delaware State University, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, in Dover, Del. A U.S. judge in Texas on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2022, blocked Biden's plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to $20,000 apiece in federal student-loan forgiveness.

A Texas judge strikes down Biden's student loan-forgiveness plan

9:58pm November 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

District Court Judge Mark Pittman, an appointee of former President Donald Trump based in Fort Worth, said the program usurped Congress' power to make laws.