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Formal education needed to read and understand the average measure on this year's ballots, according to a readability study.
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Formal education needed to read and understand the average measure on this year's ballots, according to a readability study.
Americans with an immediate family member who has been incarcerated in jail or prison, which represents nearly half the population, according to a first-of-its-kind study.
Children who are U.S. citizens who could lose their health insurance if their noncitizen parents take them off Medicaid or CHIP because of a Trump administration proposal to penalize legal immigrants for using certain government benefits. It would hurt their chances of getting green cards or permanent residency status.
Public safety agencies in America that use drones. The latest to start is the New York City Police Department, which will use them for searches and rescues, car crash investigations and monitoring crowds at large events, among other things.
Price that Richland, Wash., pays to have its recycling hauled away. It used to receive $16 per ton for its recyclables. Since China drastically cut back this year on the used paper and plastic it buys from America, the U.S. recycling market has suffered.
Number of abortions in 2015, which is the lowest since Roe v. Wade legalized the procedure in 1973. It represents a 24 percent decline from 2006.