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School closures are accelerating in US, but more financial pain lies ahead

By NEAL MORTON of The Hechinger Report VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — Minutes before first bell, Penny Núñez-Brandão scanned the crowd outside Glen Cove Elementary School, looking for familiar faces. "I don't see any," the fifth grader told her mom one morning in August. "None of my ...

Despite headwinds, Vineyard Wind, Revolution Wind come fully online

By BROOKE KUSHWAHA/The New Bedford Light Two of the country's first large-scale offshore wind farms are now fully operational, the developers announced this week, promising to power a combined 750,000 homes in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Vineyard Wind became fully ...

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Popular weight loss drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy will carry a new warning about a possible rare side effect that can sometimes lead to permanent vision loss, U.S. health regulators announced Monday. The Food and Drug ...