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A high school student works on an assignment on a laptop computer at home during a remote learning day in Tiskilwa

Boosted by the federal stimulus, these virtual learning companies are fighting to keep their new place in US education

By Katie Lobosco, CNN If parents weren’t familiar with Canvas or Schoology before the pandemic, they likely are now. The two biggest remote learning providers — or, more officially, “learning management systems” — became household names as schools scrambled to help students learn online at home, but they’re now fighting to keep their foothold as

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during a news conference in Springfield

Illinois becomes first state to ban police from lying to minors during interrogations

By Chris Boyette, Veronica Stracqualursi and Harmeet Kaur, CNN Illinois this week became the first state in the nation to ban law enforcement from using deceptive tactics when interrogating minors. Under the law, confessions made by juvenile suspects who were deceived by law enforcement officers during the interrogation process will be deemed “inadmissible as evidence.”

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A report by a Senate committee found that a little-known security unit within the Department of Commerce abused its power and oftentimes monitored employees of color without any evidence of wrongdoing.

Report finds little-known security unit in Commerce abused power and investigated employees of Chinese or Southeast Asian ancestry for years

By Daniella Diaz, CNN A report by a Senate committee found that a little-known security unit within the Department of Commerce abused its power and oftentimes monitored employees of color without any evidence of wrongdoing. The report, involving more than two dozen whistleblowers with allegations dating to the mid-2000s, found that the Investigations and Threat

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Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) speaks at the Senate Finance Committee hearing at the US Capitol on February 25

Key lawmaker pushes US airlines to explain worker shortages and flight delays after billions in federal aid

By Veronica Stracqualursi and Aileen Graef, CNN The head of a key congressional committee overseeing the aviation industry is pushing six US airlines to explain worker shortages, flight cancellations and delays after the government supplied billions in federal aid to the airline industry amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Washington and

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Republican candidates are lining up to take on Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona.

2020 election becomes early dividing line for Republicans in crucial 2022 Senate race in Arizona

By Alex Rogers and Michael Warren, CNN In one of next year’s most consequential Senate races, the Republican primary to take on Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona is turning on a question: Who won the 2020 presidential election? Former President Donald Trump’s false claims of widespread voter fraud, including his promotion of a controversial,

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