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Students’ chances of tossing their graduation caps on time can vary widely by the US state where they attend high school.In Alaska, the rate of students who graduate from high school in four years is 79.87%, compared to Kentucky’s 93.60%.While graduation rates are one way to measure academic achievement and…
US annual inflation accelerated more than expected, with the consumer price index rising 3.8% in April from a year ago. Economists expected a 3.7% increase, and it’s the highest inflation rate since 2023. Loading audio narration… CPI increased 0.6% from March, as expected, and was cooler than March’s 0.9% rise.The…
Jeanne Calment was the oldest verified person to have ever lived, passing away at 122. She was born in 1875, just a decade after the US Civil War ended, and died in 1997, a year before Google launched.Despite Calment’s extraordinary longevity, her home country, France, ranks just outside the top…








