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10-Year-Old Girl Scouts Start Their Own Virtual School To Earn Business Badge

When school went online, a pair of ten year old girls in Massachusetts decided to start their own school- teaching smaller kids to do everything from finger knitting to math, online.

People vote during the Primary Election Day at P.S. 249 The Caton School on June 22 in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City.

The 'Human Error' That's Snarling The New York City Mayor's Race

City officials admitted they failed to remove 135,000 test ballots from the election management system before starting to count the real votes from Election Day and early voting, skewing the results.

Illinois would only be the second state, behind Texas over 25 years ago, to repeal laws that criminalize HIV exposure put in place across the country in the late 1980s and early '90s.

Illinois Looks To Become The First State In 27 Years To Repeal HIV Exposure Laws

The CDC indicates there is no evidence that HIV criminalization laws actually reduce HIV transmission. Now, Illinois is set to become the second state to repeal its decades-old HIV exposure law.

A group of runners compete in the New York City Marathon in 2019. It's one of many big city races to return this year after they were cancelled over pandemic health restrictions in 2020.

Big City Marathons Are Coming Back

Most big city marathons were called off last year. Now that pandemic restrictions have eased, major marathons are planned for later in 2021 in cities including New York, Boston and Chicago.

Klobuchar Says She's Seen A Surge In People Turning Out For Her In Iowa

As Iowans prepare to caucus, NPR's David Greene talks to Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who is in Washington for closing arguments in the Trump impeachment trial, then she will head to Iowa.

From left: Comedians Natasha Chandel, Abdullah Afzal and Mariam Sobh. They each performed a set during the Socially Distant Eid Comedy Night Special, a virtual event hosted by the Concordia Forum.

Muslim Comics Gather Over Zoom To Celebrate Eid With Jokes And Joy

Forty comedians came together for 2 hours of stand-up to celebrate a socially distant Eid-al-Fitr. They cracked wise about everything from smelly burps to parents who share misinformation on WhatsApp.

Spam phone calls are the No. 1 consumer complaint at the Federal Communications Commission. Seventy percent of people no longer answer calls they don't recognize, according to Consumer Reports.

'Do I Know You?' And Other Spam Phone Calls We Can't Get Rid Of

A majority of consumers now ignore phone calls, assuming they're mostly spam. Regulators and the wireless industry admit they don't yet have answers about stopping the growing scourge.

'The Ringer' Picks The Single Best Day To Be Online

David Greene talks to Victor Luckerson, staff writer with the sports and pop culture website The Ringer, about some great days on the Internet that brought people together.

Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Swipe/Vote Left, Havarti Party and Belly Button Bling.

Lexi Sturdy, election war room lead, sits at her desk during a demonstration in the war room, where Facebook monitors election-related content on the platform, in Menlo Park, Calif., on Oct. 17.

Facebook, Exploited By Influence Campaigns, Tries To Clamp Down With 'War Room'

The social networking behemoth says a new command center at its Silicon Valley headquarters will let it respond more quickly to foreign disinformation operations ahead of Election Day.

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