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‘Our Schools Have Become Battlefields’: Teachers Consider Arming Themselves in the Classroom
The text message was brief: “I’m hearing there is an active shooter near the school and the kids are on…
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Irene Cara, ‘Fame’ and ‘Flashdance’ Singer, Dies at 63
Irene Cara, the Academy Award-winning singer who performed the electric title tracks in two aspirational self-expression movies of the 1980s…
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Time for Gifts of Meaning
This article is part of Times Opinion’s 2022 Giving Guide. Read more about the guide in a note from Opinion’s…
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World
Manx Language, Once Almost Silenced, Is Now the Talk of the Town
ST JOHN’S, Isle of Man — The squeals of laughter echoing from the playground sound like any other elementary school…
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In Texas’ Gobbler Country, an Overlooked Mascot Gets Its Due
ACROSS THE COUNTRY In Texas’ Gobbler Country, an Overlooked Mascot Gets Its Due The country is full of bird-themed mascots.…
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Middletown, Conn.: Friendly and Reasonably Affordable
Tracy Degrazia and her husband, Seth Pensa, bought their townhouse in Middletown in 2019, after deciding that the central Connecticut…
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Court Leaves New York City School Budget Cuts in Place
After a monthslong court battle over the New York City public school budget, a state appellate court on Tuesday allowed…
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Politics
Are the U.S. News College Rankings Finally Going to Die?
Yale’s law school made the stunning announcement last week that it would no longer participate in the influential rankings published…
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Business
How Fairfield University Ended Up With Few Low-Income Students
FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Last night, the first official basketball game at Fairfield University’s brand-new, 85,000-square-foot Leo D. Mahoney Arena ...
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Yale and Harvard Law Schools Withdraw From the U.S. News Rankings
In perhaps the biggest challenge yet to the school rankings industry, both Yale and Harvard announced Wednesday that they were…
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