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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President Xi Jinping of China at a bilateral dinner meeting with President Donald Trump during the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 1, 2018. Trump tried to calm global markets and ease concerns that his trade truce with China was already floundering on Wednesday. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times)

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