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Kitty Sibley Morrison, principal and founder of the Springfield Preparatory School, speaks during a graduation ceremony of the school at Victory in Christ church in Holden, La., Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023. Nearly 9,000 private schools in Louisiana don’t need state approval to grant degrees. Non-approved schools make up a small percentage of the state total. But the students in Louisiana’s off-the-grid school system are a rapidly growing example of the national fallout from COVID-19 — families disengaging from traditional education. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

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Israel and Hamas agree to extend truce for two more days, …

Released Palestinian prisoners arrive in the West Bank town of Ramallah Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023. Thirty-three Palestinian prisoners released by Israel arrived early Tuesday in east Jerusalem and Ramallah. Eleven Israeli women and children, freed by Hamas, entered Israel Monday night in the fourth swap under the original four-day truce, which began Friday and had been due to run out. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher ahead of …

A currency trader passes by the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), center, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, right, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday after Wall Street benchmarks edged lower as investors waited for updates on inflation and how American consumers are feeling about the economy. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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Blinken will return to Israel as the US hopes to see further …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives board his aircraft prior to departure, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., as he travels to Brussels for a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Trump says he will renew efforts to replace ‘Obamacare’ …

FILE - Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at the South Texas International Airport, Nov. 19, 2023, in Edinburg, Texas. Trump says he wants to reopen the contentious fight over the Affordable Care Act. He posted on his social media site Saturday that he is "seriously looking at alternatives" to "Obamacare" if he wins a second term. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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Suspect in shooting of 3 men of Palestinian descent …

In a still frame from video first responders use a gurney to place an injured man into an ambulance while transporting him from the scene of a shooting, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, in Burlington, Vt. Burlington Police Department arrested Jason J. Eaton, suspected in the shooting of three young men of Palestinian descent, who were attending a Thanksgiving holiday gathering near the University of Vermont campus Saturday evening. (Wayne Savage via AP)

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Deck the White House halls: Jill Biden wants holiday …

First lady Jill Biden speaks during the unveiling of the White House holiday decorations, in the Grand Foyer of the White House, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Ukraine has a new way to get its grain to the world …

Birds fly around a grain handling and storage facility in central Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. In recent months, an increasing amount of grain has been unloaded from overcrowded silos and is heading to ports on the Black Sea, set to traverse a fledgling shipping corridor launched after Russia pulled out of a U.N.-brokered agreement this summer that allowed food to flow safely from Ukraine during the war. (AP Photo/Hanna Arhirova)

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Rosalynn Carter tributes highlight her reach as first …

Former and current U.S. Secret Service agents assigned to the Carter detail, stand with their hands over their hearts as the casket of former first lady Rosalynn Carter departs Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Ga., Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. The former first lady died on Nov. 19. She was 96. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)