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Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:

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►Europe swelters under record-breaking heat wave

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

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This week's word in the news: INCARCERATED

DEFINITION:
Confined in a jail or prison.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is restricting access to rehabilitative programming for incarcerated people as it clamps down on overtime spending before the end of its financial year.
►The Los Angeles Times -- 06/29/2026