Adams has shown a remarkable indifference toward early-childhood education, slicing hundreds of millions of dollars from the city’s 3-K and U.P.K. programs even as COVID-era federal stimulus funds for early-childhood programs were expiring.
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Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2025
Later, the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill authorized hundreds of billions of dollars to rebuild airports, bridges and highways, billions more to build a network of electric vehicle chargers and more broadband Internet.
Unlike paper money, gold is a physical asset with intrinsic value.
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Mitch Salchow,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
World & Nation Amid a cash shortage in Gaza, paper money is starting to disintegrate, adding to desperation
Dec. 5, 2024
The Israeli military often takes months to respond to medical evacuation requests, and the number of evacuations has plunged in recent months.
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Wafaa Shurafa and Fatma Khaled,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Dec. 2024
Crews worked furiously and by Sunday morning power had been restored to parts of North Carolina and South Carolina where tens of thousands of customers lost electricity over the last few days, according to Duke Energy.
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SARA CLINE AND BEN FINLEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
13 Jan. 2025
As Santa Ana winds propelled a series of raging wildfires that wiped out homes and businesses across once-picturesque swaths of Southern California – killing at least 16 people – tens of thousands have been forced from their homes this week in a haze of uncertainty: What to pack?
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