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Christa McAuliffe, still pioneering, is first woman with a statue on New Hampshire capitol grounds
Read full article: Christa McAuliffe, still pioneering, is first woman with a statue on New Hampshire capitol groundsChrista McAuliffe is still a pioneer, decades after she was picked to become America’s first teacher in space.
Gone 20 years, New Hampshire's Old Man of Mountain lives on
Read full article: Gone 20 years, New Hampshire's Old Man of Mountain lives onTwo decades after New Hampshire’s famous Old Man of the Mountain crumbled, the state is paying tribute to the granite profile that symbolizes its independence with new geological research, poetry, a song, and a scavenger hunt.
For ‘lockdown generation’ school shootings are their reality
Read full article: For ‘lockdown generation’ school shootings are their realityStudents processing the attack in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students and two teachers — yet another school shooting — returned to a common theme: They are the “lockdown generation.”.
Gun deaths rising in Iowa as new law removes handgun permits
Read full article: Gun deaths rising in Iowa as new law removes handgun permitsGun deaths have been surging in Iowa as a law is set to go into effect that will allow people to more easily buy handguns and carry them in public without training or a permit.
EXPLAINER: What the release of 2020 census numbers means
Read full article: EXPLAINER: What the release of 2020 census numbers meansAfter a decade of planning and a head count that was challenged by an unprecedented pandemic, the U.S. Census Bureau is releasing the first numbers from the 2020 census before the end of the month.
From police chief to VP? Inside Val Demings' unlikely path
Read full article: From police chief to VP? Inside Val Demings' unlikely pathFILE - In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., gives her opening statement during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington. Demings is among the women Joe Biden is considering for his vice presidential running mate. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
From police chief to VP? Inside Val Demings' unlikely path
Read full article: From police chief to VP? Inside Val Demings' unlikely path(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)ORLANDO, Fla. Val Demings has already been vice president. We created an environment of inclusion, Hartley said, recalling how she and Demings invited white students to join. In sixth grade, she was part of a group of black students bused to a predominantly white school 15 miles from home as part of desegregation. Being the first Blacks to integrate Loretta Elementary School wasnt always the best, most fun experience, Demings said. One lady called my district office and said, Well, why is she trying to dress like a white woman?" Demings said.