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Cody Patton, superintendent of Harrold Schools.

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A tiny Texas school district 'in the middle of nowhere' is arming half its staff

5:56pm June 11, 2022

by John Burnett

The only school in Harrold, Texas, has 100 to 125 students, and the district has 27 employees. Half are learning to shoot weapons because the nearest sheriff's deputy is at least 20 minutes away.

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First Peoples Mountain is the new name for a peak formerly named after a white man who helped lead an attack that left more than 170 Native Americans dead.

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Yellowstone renames a mountain after the history of its prior namesake comes to light

5:53pm June 11, 2022

by Kirk Siegler

The country's first national park has opted to change the name after research uncovered the involvement of Gustavus Doane in an attack that killed 173 Native Americans.

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March For Our Lives rallies across U.S. push for gun control

5:13pm June 11, 2022

by Jennifer Ludden

Around the country today, thousands rallied for stronger gun safety laws. Hundreds of events were scheduled in the wake of the most recent string of deadly mass shootings.

People attend a ceremony near Tuskegee, Ala., in 2017, to commemorate the roughly 600 men who were subjects in the Tuskegee syphilis study.

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A fund apologizes for its role in the Tuskegee syphilis study that targeted Black men

1:38pm June 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

Fifty years after the study was revealed to the public and halted, the organization that made funeral payments for the men who died publicly apologized to descendants of the study's victims.

March for Our Lives demonstrators at a rally in Los Angeles in 2018. The activist group can typically be spotted donning blue and white colors. Meanwhile, the March for Life movement is often seen with red and white colors.

March for Our Lives? March for Life? How to know the difference between the groups

11:53am June 11, 2022

by Dustin Jones

Both groups can be seen in the spotlight as abortion and gun violence take hold of the national conversation. Though similar in name, each stands behind different political issues.

How is inflation affecting you and what are your concerns for the future? Let us know

11:29am June 11, 2022

by Courtney Dorning

From the grocery store, to the gas pump and the cost of housing, Americans are paying more. We want to hear directly from you about how you are coping with this moment and what you see for the future.

Firefighters battle flames as the Dixie Fire pushes through the Genesee Valley in California in August 2021. The fire was California's largest single wildfire in recorded history, burning nearly 1 million acres.

Federal firefighters are waiting for pay raises they hope will help fill their ranks

9:07am June 11, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

While they face longer and hotter wildfire seasons, federal firefighters are also battling staffing shortages in six of the nine regions across the country.

High gas prices are shown in Los Angeles on May 24.

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The average gas price in the U.S. hits $5 for the first time

7:59am June 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

Drivers in some parts of the country, especially California, are paying far above that.

James Demetriades has been to Disney World in Florida more than 30 times. Demetriades (right) went with his boyfriend to Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at the park in 2019.

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For some adults who love Disney, it's like a religion

7:01am June 11, 2022

by Deanna Schwartz

For "Disney adults" — people who love all things Disney and spend vast amounts of money and time on Disney-related products and experiences — the brand is a lifestyle.

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a ceremony where Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a package of bills to strengthen gun laws on June 6, 2022 in New York.

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A judge has ruled New York's lawsuit against the NRA can move forward

1:51am June 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

The New York attorney general's lawsuit against the NRA is no mere "witch hunt," a Manhattan judge ruled Friday in dismissing the group's claims that the case is a political vendetta.