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US children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam
New results from a national exam find that America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of ...
The CIA believes COVID likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding
The CIA believes the COVID-19 virus likely originated from a laboratory — but acknowledges the spy agency has 'low confidence ...
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UW study aims to spot the next pandemic before it spreads
The Seattle Pandemic Preparedness Cohort study is designed to give a real-time snapshot of which respiratory viruses are out ...
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WA chief justice reflects on pandemic’s lasting imprint on state courts
Like everything else, Washington’s court system was upended by COVID-19. Court proceedings paused or moved online. Cases piled up. Justice was delayed.
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Nearly 5 years after schools closed, the nation gets a new report card
There's some good news in math, mostly bad news in reading and lots of questions about why students are still struggling.
CIA shifts stance on cause of COVID-19 pandemic, says lab leak 'more likely' than natural origin
The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is “more likely” to have emerged from a lab rather ...
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CIA Now Says, With ‘Low Confidence,’ That Lab Leak Was Most Likely Source of Covid Pandemic
The Central Intelligence Agency previously said that two explanations were plausible, a lab leak or a natural source for the ...
China complains about CIA changing its tune on COVID-19 origins theory
The news comes after the CIA announced over the weekend that COVID-19 most likely originated from a leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2020.
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CIA revises stance, says Covid-19 'more likely' to have leaked from lab
The CIA has revised its stance on the origins of Covid-19, stating the virus is 'more likely' to have leaked from a Chinese ...
College enrollment now higher than pre-pandemic levels
College enrollment numbers are higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic for the first time in five years. The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center released a report Thursday ...
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The CIA believes COVID most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding
WASHINGTON — The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment that points the finger at China even while ...