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The Carroll Independent School District in Southlake, Texas, is in the spotlight after an administrator reportedly instructed teachers to provide students with "opposing" views of the Holocaust when the subject of recent statewide legislation came up.

In one Texas district, teachers were told to give 'opposing' views of the Holocaust

An administrator with the Southlake School District reportedly made the statement during a meeting when a new state law came up. It says multiple perspectives should be presented on certain topics.

Left: Tech entrepreneur Ruchit Garg is helping farmers connect to customers in India. Center: A mariachi band brings music and joy to the streets of Colombia during lockdown. Right: Designer Rhea Shah created an affordable cardboard bed for health facilities in India.

How 6 Problem-Solvers Tackled Pandemic Challenges In Their Neighborhoods

From a generous urban farmer to a roving mariachi band, people are using their talents to help others. Read their stories — then nominate a problem-solver in your community.

This is an artist's rendering of the James Webb Space Telescope. The kite-shaped sunshield is the largest component of the telescope.

Why the most powerful space telescope ever needs to be kept really, really cold

The James Webb Space Telescope will give a glimpse of the earliest galaxies formed after the Big Bang — but only if the telescope is kept frigid. That's why there's a tennis court-sized sunshield.

Architects say making the office more like the outdoors — with filtered air and good ventilation — will be a priority post-pandemic. This living wall in the Danielle N. Ripich Commons at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine, is one such approach.

Redesigning The Office To Maximize Health

Architects are already looking beyond COVID-19 to imagine the office of 2025 and beyond — an office that will keep us safe on the job, whatever pandemic virus strikes next.

A sign alerts customers about SNAP food stamps benefits at a grocery store in New York City in Dec. 2019. SNAP benefits are getting a historic boost nearly two years later, under the Biden administration.

Here's What The Historic Increase In Food Stamp Benefits Could Mean For You

The average SNAP benefit will increase by $36.24 per person, per month, starting in October.

A teenager enters a pop-up COVID-19 vaccine site earlier this month in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens in New York City.

Heart Inflammation In Teens And Young Adults After COVID-19 Vaccine Is Rare, CDC Says

The cases have been seen mostly in teens and young adults between 12 and 39 years old. No deaths have been associated with this side effect of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

Portraits Of Resilience: How 19 Women Around The Globe Face The Pandemic

Women often bear a heavier burden at times of crisis. They take care of the kids, the house, the survival of families. NPR photographed and interviewed 19 women over 3 weeks. Here are their stories.

Relatives of students who attend a school in the Russian city of Kazan, where a gunman opened fire on Tuesday, killing several students and at least one teacher and injuring more than 20 others.

At Least 9 Dead In School Shooting In Russia

Officials say a 19-year-old former student at a school in the Russian city of Kazan opened fire there Tuesday, killing at least seven students, a teacher and a school worker.

The LeoMar preserve has been saved thanks to funding from the state and federal government, pictured here on Jun. 18, 2021

New Habitat Preserve In North San Diego County Helps California Gnatcatcher

79 acres of newly protected land will preserve habitat that used to cover Southern California.

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