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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., are proposing to forgive student debt for most Americans. They greet each other at a Democratic primary debate in July.

Forgiving Student Debt Would Boost Economy, Economists Say

Democratic presidential candidates want to obliterate student debt. Economists say that could help with income inequality, but it would come with a big price tag and risks.

Ricardo Martinez, CEO of Equality Texas, center, and Adri Perez, ACLU of Texas policy and advocacy strategist, listen to Emmett Schelling, executive director for the Transgender Education Network of Texas, speak at a rally in support of transgender children and their families outside a hearing at the Heman Marion Sweatt Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday.

A judge has blocked a Texas investigation of one transgender teen's parents

Judge's order stops short of preventing the state from looking into other reports about children receiving similar care.

Seventh and eighth grade students attend class at Olive Vista Middle School on Jan. 11 in Sylmar, Calif. Los Angeles students will be required to wear non-cloth masks.

Los Angeles school district tells students to upgrade from cloth masks

Students will have to wear "well-fitting, non-cloth masks with a nose wire." Employees will have to wear surgical grade masks or higher.

A Florida judge temporarily blocks release of Bob Saget's autopsy records

The late actor and comedian's family would experience "severe mental pain, anguish, and emotional distress" if the records were released, the judge said.

A mural featuring portraits including many women in Mosul, Iraq, including celebrities like Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande. The artwork is on a wall where ISIS used to list its extremely strict rules, including that women's faces had to be covered, and the punishment for breaking them.

In Iraq's Mosul, art springs up from ruins almost 5 years after the ouster of ISIS

This vibrant street art is a sign of the spirited rebuilding going on in the northern Iraqi city, after ISIS was defeated in 2017.

A police officer mans a checkpoint near Parliament Hill on Wednesday in Ottawa. Ottawa protesters who vowed never to give up are largely gone, chased away by police in riot gear in what was the biggest police operation in the nation's history.

Trudeau revokes emergency powers after Canada blockades end

On Friday, authorities launched the largest police operation in Canadian history, arresting at least 191 people and towing about about 80 vehicles until the streets in front of Parliament were clear.

As conflict looms, local Ukrainian Americans worry for their loved ones

As the tensions in Eastern Europe intensify, local Ukrainian Americans worry about family and friends who live there.

Students play at recess on an outdoor court at Yung Wing School P.S. 124 on March 07, 2022 in New York City.

Two years ago schools shut down around the world. These are the biggest impacts

In March 2020, we asked experts in school disruptions what the long-range effects might be as COVID-19 closed schools. How did those predictions pan out?

Children and their families have taken refuge in bomb shelters like this one at the Central City Library for Children in Mykolaiv, in southern Ukraine.

Ukraine's libraries are offering bomb shelters, camouflage classes and, yes, books

One bundle of homemade camouflage netting was packaged with a note reading, "Death to enemies." The libraries are also sending Ukrainian books out of the country to refugees who have fled.

No floats or beads at this Mardi Gras, but there are chickens

Faquetaigue Courir de Mardi Gras is all about chickens, mischief and gumbo. Photographer Bryan Tarnowski captured it all.

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