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Law restoring voting rights to thousands kicks in
The new law was approved in February, and allows people who aren’t incarcerated to vote regardless of whether they are on parole or probation.
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Trapped by Sudan fighting, dozens of infants and children died in Khartoum orphanage
At least 60 infants, toddlers and older children perished over the past six weeks while trapped in horrific conditions in an orphanage in Sudan’s capital as fighting raged outside.
A suburban Minnesota district tried to close its most diverse elementary school—until parents fought back. And won.
Newport Elementary will stay open under the new proposed building plan for South Washington County Schools, which will focus on secure entrances and overcrowding at middle schools and high schools. Voters rejected a previous plan last August that would have closed Newport Elementary.
