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Maureen Braun has taken on the Dolly Parton Imagination Library's funding after its loss of funding from the state.
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Childcare workers told Indiana officials that proposed licensing changes could devalue the profession, increase turnover and ultimately affect the quality of care for young children. -
As Indiana courts large-scale data center development, nearly a third of its counties have enacted moratoriums, bans or new ordinances. -
Indiana's utility consumer watchdog will ask regulators to reconsider a $71 million AES Indiana rate increase, setting off a legal process that could reopen a contested approval. -
Indiana is joining a new federal Workforce Pell Grant program that could help eligible students pay for short-term training in high-demand careers. -
Indiana’s governor touted the states healthy economy as he extended the gas tax holiday for a fourth time, arguing that few other states have been in a position to do the same.
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Lars Baron/Getty ImagesSome of the greatest footballers of a generation played their final World Cup match this summer. -
Venezuela marked its Independence Day amid the aftermath of twin earthquakes and sweeping political change following the U.S.-led removal of Nicolás Maduro.
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Ahead of this evening's World Cup match between the U.S. and Belgium, the drama about the eligibility of U.S. striker Folarin Balogun continues to swirl following his red card in the previous match.
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The Society of St. Pius X has responded defiantly to Pope Leo XIV's excommunication of the neotraditionalist group. What does the excommunication mean — and how will the schism affect the church?
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President Trump has denigrated Haitian immigrants with language they consider racist. In its ruling allowing Trump to end TPS, the Supreme Court rejected that the administration was motivated by race.
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Republicans' new accountability test for colleges and universities will go into effect soon; the test will cut off federal aid to school programs whose graduates struggle to earn a reasonable living.
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FIFA lifted a one-match ban against a top U.S. player at the World Cup after President Trump asked for a review. NPR's Scott Detrow talks about the controversy with Franklin Foer of The Atlantic.
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In some towns in India, people working for a non profit approach people who appear to have trouble reading small print to get them hooked up with glasses.
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Russia pounds Kyiv ahead of NATO summit, as Ukraine war returns to center stage amid high-stakes diplomacy.
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Purity Wambui was diagnosed with TB when it was pretty far advanced. It's possible that had health funding from the U.S. not been reduced, the illness may have been caught in time to save her.
