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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Compared to pre-pandemic prices, ground beef is up 35%, chips are up 45%, bread is up 57% and a 12-ounce can of soda is up 66%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which tracks trends on common grocery store items.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (third from left, bottom) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (second from left, bottom) walk the red carpet at a welcome ceremony in the border village of Panmunjon on Friday, April 27, 2018. The two leaders agreed on Friday to work to remove all nuclear weapons from the Korean Peninsula and, within the year, pursue talks with the United States to declare an official end to the Korean War, which ravaged the peninsula from 1950 to 1953. (Korea Summit Press Pool via The New York Times) -- NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY KOREAS-TALKS BY CHOE SANG-HUN FOR APRIL 28, 2018. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. --

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