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Federal agencies cannot search Columbia's license plate data for reproductive care or immigration cases, according to Columbia Police Department Assistant Chief Lance Bolinger.
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Three-cueing encourages students to use context clues — such as sentence structure or pictures — to figure out unfamiliar words. Critics have accused this method of teaching students to guess words rather than fully decode them. -
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Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson said she got accountability in the case against the 20-year-old involved in the fatal mass shooting. But Johnson vowed to change the law, saying the victim's family deserved "way more than the law currently allows us to give them." -
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Root Cellar announced in initial closure in November, citing funding cuts from the Trump administration
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The U.S. Postal Service's leader says it is set to run out of money in less than a year and may have to stop deliveries because of declining mail volume and what USPS sees as burdensome requirements.
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