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The peak of Denali, also known as Mount McKinley, remains snow covered even at the very end of the short warm season, Alaska, USA. Bob Gobeille/WeatherVideoHD.TV. "Vendor: WeatherVideoHD.TV Business Unit Rights: MHE World Distribution Rights: World Adaptation Rights: Yes

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Dead Sea Shrinking The Dead Sea is a unique and historic body of water that borders Palestine, Israel and Jordan in the Middle East. What […]

Hurricane Katrina - New Orleans flooding. Courtesy of NOAA. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). "Business Unit Rights: MHE World Distribution Rights: World Adaptation Rights: Yes"

Remembering Hurricane Katrina Ten Years Later

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You’ve likely heard a number of tenth anniversary stories regarding Katrina, the hurricane that ravaged the Gulf Coast in 2005. Here is a story looking […]

Stacked up boats at bridge following Hurricane Katrina.

Hurricane Katrina Photo Essay

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Hurricane Katrina made a huge impact on the people of the Gulf Coast south. But its effects on the city of New Orleans has stayed […]

[President Jimmy Carter (1924-)surrounded by school children in North Carolina]. Photo: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division [LC-DIG-ppmsca-09777]. Thomas J. O'Halloran, photographer.

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Jimmy Carter’s Cancer News The years 1977 to 1981 were turbulent ones for Jimmy Carter, our 39th president of the United States. The country suffered […]

Students and teacher in classroom. MHE World. Photo: McGraw-Hill Education

A History of Educational Fixes

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Right about now, more than 55 million kids are starting back to school in the United States. Thirty years ago, our nation’s education system was […]

Female fans reaching towards camera. MHE World. Photo: Exactostock/Superstock

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U.S. Embassy Reopens in Cuba Last year, President Obama announced the end to a decades-old foreign policy with Cuba. Since then, there has been much […]

including Oregon National Guard Captain Dan Browne (2nd from the left). Browne finished 12th in a field of 26 competitors. MHE World.

Does Anyone Care About the Olympics Anymore?

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Once upon a time, the Olympics were a source of great pride for many countries all over the world. The founder of the modern games […]

Three-quarter-length view of an Asian woman signing in to vote at a polling location, four men at voting booths behind her. MHE World.

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Ferguson: One Year Later August 9 marked the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer in […]

National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China. ©Best View Stock/Alamy.

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Too Many Landmines? Rats! A landmine is an explosive device that is buried just under the surface of the ground and activated when someone steps […]

Recalling the Accident. Shaun Lowe/Getty Images

ADA: 25 Years of Equality, Independence and Freedom

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On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law. This is civil rights legislation intended to create […]