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Have you watched any baseball this season? If you have, you might have noticed a new team name. The Cleveland Guardians is the new name for the baseball team in Cleveland, Ohio. They used to … Read more

Trains leaving Ukraine are crowded beyond capacity. Roads are full of people who have walked for days. Lines at Ukraine’s borders stretch for miles. Millions of people are desperate to leave the country. Many are … Read more

Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State, died Wednesday, March 23. She was 84 years old. Madeleine was born in 1937 in Czechoslovakia. In 1948, Madeleine and her family moved … Read more

On February 24, 2022, Russian troops invaded Ukraine. This is the first time that a major country in European has been invaded by a neighbor since World War II. There has been much destruction and … Read more

In January, United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced that he was retiring from the Court after almost 28 years of serving. He told President Biden that he would step down at the end … Read more

Have you walked into stores and seen empty shelves where goods used to be? Has someone in your family ordered something online and waited a long time for it to arrive? Maybe you’ve noticed higher … Read more

Bob Dole was born in rural Kansas. Growing up, his family lived in the basement of their house, renting out the rest of the house to make money. As a child, he worked hard and … Read more

World leaders gathered in Glasgow, Scotland, in early November for COP26. This meeting focused on the world’s climate. The goal of the meeting was to talk about actions that countries around the world will take … Read more

For the first time ever, the World Health Organization (WHO) approved a vaccine against malaria. The vaccine, Mosquirix, doesn’t prevent all cases of malaria, but it could save the lives of tens of thousands of … Read more

In September, U.S. President Joe Biden announced new rules that required nearly 100 million adults in the United States to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Why did he decide to enforce this mandate (an official order … Read more