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Peacekeepers, a program created by a Philadelphia counselor, trains students to lead peer conferences that address minor behavior issues like name-calling or horseplay.
Local news
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Argentina, fronted by Lionel Messi and winner of the 2022 World Cup, will play in Kansas City on June 16. The schedule was announced on the second day of the draw, which attracted thousands of local soccer fans to Power & Light on its first day for the reveal of match groups.
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Some tree farms in the central U.S. are selling more potted Christmas trees as people seek out an eco-friendly option or look to get more than one use out of their evergreens.
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This week on "The Range," middle school students who are giving peace a chance. Also, the group of artists creating Wichita’s newest mural.
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Dustin Youngman's winning entry topped 29 other artists in the River Festival Poster art competition.
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A new documentary profiles ranchers in Greenwood County, Kansas, including a young couple trying to make a go of it as ranchers and small business owners in rural Kansas.
NPR News
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From 400-year-old globes to cosmic funeral shrouds, how the Osher Map Library in Maine shows people that maps aren't just for navigation — but windows into history, culture, and how we see the world.
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Earlier, a group of soldiers had appeared on Benin 's state TV Sunday to announce the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup, the latest of many in West Africa.
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At least 25 people, including tourists, were killed in a fire at a popular nightclub in India's Goa state, the state's chief minister said Sunday.
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The Trump administration, which has railed against what it describes as "woke" policies, removed MLK Day and Juneteenth from next year's list of fare-exempt days for visitors at dozens of national parks.
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Waymo is issuing a software recall for its self-driving cars after reports the company's autonomous vehicles failed to stop for school buses.
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About 3 million glucose monitoring sensors were potentially affected by a production error that caused incorrect low glucose readings.
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On the surface it's a gorgeous, hardscrabble Western, awash in stark landscapes, grubby faces, bar fights and banditry. But scratch away the grime, and you expose the pure, glitzy soap opera beneath.
Commentary & Podcasts
This week on Marginalia, Beth Golay speaks with author Susan Orlean about her memoir, Joyride.
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