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Month: March 2022

Woman returns to run Boston Marathon 50 years after running in the first official women’s field

By Lisa Hughes Click here for updates on this story     BOSTON (WBZ) — This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first official women’s field in the Boston Marathon. Eight women started and eight women finished. One of those women is coming back this year to run again. “I’m sort of a historian, herstorian, I’ve

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Kansas debates expanding student transfers in public schools

By ANDY TSUBASA FIELD and JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators who argue that Kansas parents need more education choices are pushing to allow them to move their children from the public schools they’d normally attend to others outside their local school district’s boundaries. The GOP-controlled state Senate gave first-round approval

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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a confirmation hearing to join the United States Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington

Takeaways from Ketanji Brown Jackson’s first day of Supreme Court confirmation hearings

By Tierney Sneed and Lauren Fox, CNN Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings kicked off Monday with more than four hours of speeches from senators, introductions of Jackson by two of her colleagues and remarks from the nominee herself. Jackson’s opening statement touched on her humble background and the gratitude she felt toward

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