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 hearse carrying the body of Sgt. Ron Helus of the Ventura County Sheriff's Office leaves Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. Helus was fatally shot when he entered a crowded country and western dance hall where a gunman killed at least 12 people on Wednesday night, Nov. 7, 2018. (Jenna Schoenefeld/The New York Times)

California Shooting Victims: Sgt. Ron Helus ‘Went in to Save Lives’