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Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.

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U.S. bars Costa Rican newspaper executives

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Script handwriting comeback: 2 more states now require school penmanship lessons

Pennsylvania and New Jersey join 25 other states that see the value of cursive script lessons in early grades. Educators and elected officials see the return as a way to combat tech-aided forms of cheating, such as using artificial intell...

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How well do you keep up with the world around you? Take this week’s quiz to test your knowledge of recent national and world events.

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Passengers evacuated from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship

Passengers evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak began flying home to more than 20 countries Sunday aboard military and government planes after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands, off Africa’s west coast. The travele...

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