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 Nation’s report card shows largest drops ever in 4th and 8th grade math
The 74 · Kevin Mahnken
New national testing data reveals severe damage inflicted on student math and reading performance, reaffirming COVID-19’s ongoing educational toll.
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 ‘Anger on their minds’: Poll finds sky-high polarization ahead of midterms
NBC News · Mark Murray
Eighty percent of Democrats and Republicans believe the political opposition poses a threat that, if not stopped, will destroy America as we know it.
 A swing state no more? GOP confidence grows in Florida
Associated Press · Steve Peoples, Adriana Gomez Licon and Brendan Farrington
GOP candidates have honed deeply conservative social and economic messages to build something of a coalition that includes rural voters and Latinos.
 Diwali is having a mainstream moment in the US
CNN · Harmeet Kaur
More and more major brands are recognizing the festival of lights, running ad campaigns and stocking products related to the holiday.
 Inside the world’s largest digital camera
CNET · Andy Altman
Next year the LSST Camera will start a decade-long project to map the entire sky, and help answer some of the universe’s biggest questions.
 Why William Shatner experienced profound grief in space
NPR · Enrique Rivera
“I was crying. I didn’t know what I was crying about. I had to go off some place and sit down and think, what’s the matter with me?”
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 6 stunning new buildings that are actually old
Fast Company · Nate Berg
Increasingly, architects and designers are updating and upgrading old buildings for new purposes, a practice called adaptive reuse.
 What are non-single people doing on dating apps?
VICE · Marvi Santamaria
If you’re in a monogamous relationship and you’re still on Tinder, Hinge or Bumble – why?
 What is the future of ‘Star Wars?’
theweek.com · Brendan Morrow
Everything we know about all the incoming projects from a galaxy far, far away.
 Watch the first-ever rap music video
Hip Hop Hero · Isaac Semple
Released in 1979, ‘Rapper’s Delight’ was recorded at Sugar Hill Studios in Englewood, N.J.
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