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This year, as Nicole Ogburn prepares her classroom, her first priority is not the decorations she usually spends the summer picking out. Instead, it’s buying things to make the classroom safer. (Image credit: Verónica G. Cárdenas for NPR)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A man tried to kill Argentina’s politically powerful Vice President Cristina Fernández outside her home, but the handgun misfired, the country’s president said. The man was quickly overpowered by her security officers in the incident

Biden ramps up against Trump’s threat to democracy as ex-President again dangles pardons for allies  CNN Trump is heading to Pennsylvania to make his case. So is Biden.  POLITICO Biden warns Trump’s extreme MAGA Republicans are ‘clear and present danger’ to U.S.

With a strengthening dollar and rising commodity prices, developing nations are having a hard time paying their debts. (Image credit: Pablo Barrera/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Biden attacks Trump and MAGA Republicans as threat to American democracy  ABC News Biden warns Trump and his closest followers are trying to undermine American democracy in combative speech  CNN White House defends slamming half of America as ‘semi-fascist,’ ‘terrorists’ despite Biden’s

50 years after massacre of 11 athletes, author says it made Israel realize ‘there would be no-one else’ to protect it, a stance reflected in approach to Iran’s nuclear program

Brandy Bottone got the first traffic violation dismissed, arguing that under Texas’ abortion law, her fetus counted as a person. She’s hoping to make the same argument again. (Image credit: LM Otero/AP)

Jared Kushner: Donald Trump ‘Obviously Thinking About’ Running For President In 2024  Forbes

Near frontlines, schools adopt remote learning amid constant shelling, but even that is jeopardized by frequent cuts to electricity, internet and difficulties setting up Zoom

The insurance firm Axa said it regretted that its crash test caused confusion and admitted that electric vehicles don’t catch fire any more often than combustion-engine automobiles. (Image credit: Screenshot by NPR/AGVS / UPSA – Auto Gewerbe Verband Schweiz)