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Four states have recently passed legislation to limit teaching and assessments via screens for students. So has the United States' second-largest school district.
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More Americans are turning to the train as gas prices reach their highest point since the war in Iran began. Brightline, the privately run railroad in Florida, had its best month ever in March. -
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