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With antisemitism on rise, Auschwitz exhibit counters with proof of Holocaust

Amid the Israel-Hamas war, antisemitism and Holocaust denial have risen. An Auschwitz exhibit stands firmly for the truth by providing evidence of atrocities – and humanity.

Food companies reverse their pandemic strategies as consumer spending plummets

Low-income Americans are cutting household spending on fast food and groceries. Big food companies like Kraft Heinz are offering more deals and options – a reversal from pandemic-era strategies to justify climbing prices.

Sparrows Point helped build the Key Bridge. Its collapse left residents isolated.

Sparrows Point was a company town that lost its iconic company but persevered. Now, the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge has left residents feeling cut off on the north side of the harbor, wondering what the future may hold.

Record-setting crowds. Star players. Women’s college basketball has it all.

In US capital, rats thrive where civic trust is low. Here’s how to fix that.

From the Rose Garden to the Capitol, in the rat battle in the nation’s capital, victory can be measured in civic cooperation, not total destruction.

Math, English, and bright smiles. Traveling dental care in schools fills a gap.

Nearly half of all U.S. children don’t receive regular dental care, according to a federal report. School-based traveling dental clinics are trying to change that, along with other community health programs and nonprofits. 

The US is seeing a stadium construction boom. Who’s paying for it?

A proposed sales tax hike to fund stadium projects in Kansas City failed this week at the ballot box. When pro sports teams don’t get the public funds they seek, some double down on a pitch to voters or go to legislators. Others threaten to move.

Kept on the sidelines, Black assistant basketball coaches want a shot to lead

Black head coaches are still a rarity in college basketball, despite a growing number of Black coaches rising to the level of assistant coach. Long seen as just recruiters, Black coaches are hoping to take up top posts that don’t change hands often.

These local newspapers were struggling. Then student journalists took charge.

As news deserts grow across the U.S., college newspapers could offer a solution. The Daily Iowan, a student paper for the University of Iowa, bought two struggling local papers which student journalists will help run, in a first-of-its-kind deal.

Chaplains serve in hospitals and colleges. Should they be in public schools?

Conservatives in more than a dozen states are hoping to reform public school cultures by installing chaplains. The initiatives are drawing concern from some chaplains and interfaith organizations.