Overall enrollment is up slightly at colleges and universities, driven by gains at community colleges and public four-year programs.
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What Teddy Roosevelt has to do with Trump’s moves in Venezuela and Greenland
Presidents James Monroe and Theodore Roosevelt helped shape a policy that rationalizes U.S. intervention in Latin America and elsewhere. But Trump has brought that idea to a whole new level.
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‘I want to make tiny little movies that don’t seem tiny,’ says Kristen Stewart
In her feature-length directorial debut, actor Kristen Stewart adapts The Chronology of Water, the memoir of Lidia Yuknavitch, a competitive swimmer-turned-author who was abused as a child.
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Uganda goes to the polls amid heavy security and internet blackout
Ugandans are voting in a tense presidential election as 81-year-old President Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend his four-decade rule amid an internet shutdown and heavy military deployment.
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After a medical evacuation from space, NASA’s Crew-11 returns to Earth a month early
Four people from NASA’s Crew-11 mission splashed down off San Diego successfully completing five months aboard the International Space Station. The trip was cut short due to a medical issue.
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Julio Iglesias accused of sexual assault as Spanish prosecutors study the allegations
Spanish prosecutors are studying allegations that Grammy-winning singer Julio Iglesias sexually assaulted two former employees at his residences in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.
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DHS: ICE officers in Minneapolis shoot Venezuelan man in the leg
The Department of Homeland Security says the shooting happened after the agent came under attack. Protestors have taken to the streets in Minneapolis, clashing with federal agents, after Renee Macklin Good’s killing last week.
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Senate Republicans block Venezuela war powers resolution
The resolution would have forced President Trump to get authorization from Congress before launching military operations in Venezuela. It was blocked after having previously advanced with GOP support.
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U.S. to suspend immigrant visas from 75 countries over public assistance concerns
The State Department says it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States.
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‘Stranger Things’ brings Prince and Fleetwood Mac back to the charts
Netflix’s Stranger Things finale, which dropped Dec. 31, is shaking up the Billboard Hot 100.
