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President of Ecuador dissolves National Assembly

Ecuadorian security forces and police closed off access to the National Assembly on Wednesday after President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the opposition-led legislature, which had accused him of embezzlement. (May 17) (AP video: Cesar Olmos)
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Reading scores soar for kids in Deep South

Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi have grabbed the attention of educators nationally by showing rapid progress in early literacy is possible anywhere, even in areas that have struggled for decades with poverty and dismal literacy rates. (May 17) (AP V…

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North Carolina GOP overrides veto of 12-week abortion limit

Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy will become law in North Carolina after the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly successfully overrode the Democratic governor’s veto late Tuesday. (May 17)
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