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Two 14-year-old girls become fast friends, despite their many differences, in 1974. Kate Mularkey (played as an eighth grader by Roan Curtis of The Magicians) is a sweet, awkward, nerdy horse girl with a loving family and an innate wholesomeness

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Nebraska’s Westside Middle School says it believes there was no malicious intent behind staff member posting Nazi leader’s adage on the value of history in 8th grade hallway

Many colleges are starting their spring semester this week, and new data show that schools are bringing students back to campus, with more in-person classes. (Image credit: Meredith Miotke for NPR)

Non-peer-reviewed research by vaccine creator Oxford University is hailed by UK politicians as confirming strategy of waiting 12 weeks between doses

At least 70% of people will need to be immune from the coronavirus before COVID-19 can recede through a process known as herd immunity. Vaccines can play a role. But reaching the goal won’t be easy. (Image credit: Chet Strange/AFP

There’s been widespread condemnation of the imprisonment of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, but there are only limited options for the U.S. to try to influence Russia’s internal repression.