GOP successfully appeals lower court ruling, halts use of University of North Carolina student mobile IDs to vote, weeks ahead of election.
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Guide: Schools are starting on next year’s budgets, taxes. Here’s how to get involved.

ITHACA, N.Y. — Public school students are still settling into their classes after starting the new school year earlier this month. Nevertheless, planning has already begun for the school budgets […]
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Voters without kids are in the political spotlight – but they’re not all the same
Compared with voters who are trying to have kids or haven’t decided yet, those who definitely don’t want to have kids – known as the ‘child-free’ – have a different set of political priorities.
Companies keep selling harmful products – but history shows consumers can win in the end
Health leaders, researchers, advocacy groups, companies and the public have saved millions of lives by reducing the consumption of unhealthy products.
We studied 19,898 Kickstarter campaigns − and discovered that talking politics hurts fundraising
To maximize crowdfunding cash, consider staying mum on politics.
Trump and Harris have clashing records on clean energy, but the clean power shift is too broad for any president to control
Vice President Kamala Harris has strongly supported clean energy investments, while Donald Trump has railed against them. But transformative shifts in the energy landscape already are well underway.
In storms like Hurricane Helene, flooded industrial sites and toxic chemical releases are a silent and growing threat
People living near these industries and emergency responders often have few details about the chemicals inside. New interactive maps pinpoint the risks.
How the Taliban’s new ‘vice and virtue’ law erases women by justifying violence against them
The Taliban have enacted laws that violate human rights since they returned to power. But a new edict goes further.
Why trying to protect freedom may work better than campaigning to protect democracy
Republicans have long focused on freedom as an election issue. Kamala Harris appears to be shifting the Democrats’ strategy to offer a rival view of what freedom means.
Is it bad to listen to music all the time? Here’s how tunes can help or harm
Listening to music and doing homework can be in harmony − as long as you turn down the volume.