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.

North Carolina ranks 29th in public pre-K enrollment, new report shows

Durham County budget increases funding for pre-K students

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

Is pet insurance worth the bark? Survey reveals middling results

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Asmo Jaaksi, the main architect of Amos Rex museum climbs up the slope of one of the conical domes of the museum in Helsinki, Finland, Aug. 29, 2018. The $58 million privately funded museum arrived less than two years after Helsinki’s City Council rejected a plan to build a $138 million Guggenheim museum along the city’s harbor. (Vesa Laitinen/The New York Times)

Finland’s New Star Bubbles to the Surface