More than 21% of North Carolina's four-year-olds enrolled in the state's pre-kindergarten programs during the 2022-2023 school year, up from the prior year but still below the state's pre-pandemic highs, according to the National Institute for Early Education Research.

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Consumer Reports surveyed more than 2,000 members who shared their experiences with pet insurance.

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A Novozymes researcher performs tests on pieces of cloth in Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 7, 2017. In the quest for a more environmentally friendly detergent, two scientists at Novozymes regularly trudge through the mud, hunting for enzymes in mushrooms that speed up chemical reactions or natural processes like decay. (Carsten Snejbjerg/The New York Times)

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