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Three Texas teachers heard giggles as they insistently knocked on the front door of their student’s home. “We knocked and knocked and knocked,” Emily Countryman, an eighth-grade teacher at Rawlinson Middle School in San Antonio, Texas, told CNN. “Finally, the older brother opened the door and we jumped up and down and shouted,” she said.

The first thing you need to know about dropping out of school is that it doesn’t happen all at once. Educators say students don’t just wake up one day and decide that’s it, no more school. It happens slowly. They get a little behind, they get more behind, they can’t imagine catching up, so they

Click here for updates on this story     KINGSTON, New Hampshire (WBZ) — New Hampshire firefighters said it was a “personal battle” as they worked to knock down flames at the Kingston fire chief’s home. The fire started around 5:45 p.m. on Sunday at Fire Chief Graham Pellerin’s house on Woodland Drive. Heavy flames were showing

Working from home while caring for family during a deadly pandemic has been transformational for many women — and often not in a good way. With few child care options and increased demands at home, more than 2 million women have dropped out of the workforce entirely. And millions more are still struggling to maintain

British tabloids are hammering Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and her husband Prince Harry after their explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey. Meghan revealed during the sit-down conversation that life within the royal family was so isolating, lonely and lacking in support that she had experienced suicidal thoughts. She also said that individuals within the institution had

Click here for updates on this story     ELEPHANT BUTTE, New Mexico (KOAT) — A New Mexico teen caught a 55-pound blue catfish at Elephant Butte last week. The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish tells KOAT 13-year-old Alonso Ordaz caught the fish on Feb. 22. The teen’s father tells KOAT they weighed the fish

Click here for updates on this story     LENEXA, Kansas (KMBC) — For her husband’s 37th birthday, Sunayana Dumala asked the community to give to people seeking refuge in the United States. “As an immigrant ourselves, we came as students, both Srinu and I, and so this place gave us the opportunity to realize our dreams,

It turns out getting beheaded doesn’t mean automatic death for every animal. Researchers discovered that two species of sea slugs, Elysia cf. marginata and Elysia atroviridis, can regrow their body after cutting off their own head, according to a study published Monday in Current Biology. Some animals like these sacoglossan slugs, also known as sap-sucking

Click here for updates on this story     HOUSTON (KTRK) — Several people gathered to protest the possible permanent closure of the historic Landmark’s River Oaks Theatre after it has continuously suffered amid the COVID-19 pandemic. After a 6-month closure at the start of the pandemic last year, the owners struggled to pay rent and fell