School districts race to invest in cooling solutions as classrooms and playgrounds heat up
Scores of schools across the U.S. are carpeted in asphalt without any shade. The situation has become acute enough that kids are losing classroom time to closures related to heat.
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Waffle House CEO Walt Ehmer has died at age 58
Walt Ehmer, the president and CEO of Waffle House and a member of the board of trustees for the Atlanta Police Foundation, has died at age 58.
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Los Angeles-area high school student dies after injury at football game
A Los Angeles-area high school student who was recently injured during a football game has died, the high school’s principal said in a letter to the community last week.
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30 people injured in alleged drunk driving incident as man drives into Arizona building
Arizona police estimate 30 people were injured when, they said, a 73-year-old man drove into the building of the lodge he was trying to leave.
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Suspect remains on the loose day after shooting 5 people and 9 vehicles on Kentucky highway
Authorities have been searching a rural of southeastern Kentucky for a man suspected in a weekend shooting along Interstate 75 that wounded five people and damaged nine vehicles.