With the cost of child care soaring, ‘people are looking for other options’
When federal money for child care ran out, Arizona stepped up.
When federal money for child care ran out, Arizona stepped up.








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Giant skeletons have crept their way to massive popularity.
President Trump said he has instructed the Department of War to start testing nuclear weapons "on an equal basis" with other countries.
State lawmakers across the country have been trying to pass new maps for their congressional districts.
Food assistance program SNAP looks set to pause from Friday.
Rates of colorectal cancer are rising, especially for people younger than 50. But it's hard to raise awareness for a cancer that a lot of us find hard to talk...
Will-o’-the-wisps are an unexplained natural phenomenon that legend says are the spirits of those who died in the swamp.
In Greece, like much of Europe and the world, birth rates are sharply declining and populations are quickly aging.
Millions of Americans will lose federally funded benefits such as food help starting Saturday.
China faces major demographic problems, with a shrinking and aging population.

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