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Election workers process ballots for the California state primary at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center on June 5. California's relatively slow vote count has put "a big target on its back," as one election expert told NPR.
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The real reason it's going to take a while to know who won in some midterm races
Miles Parks
Hint: It's not only because California counts slowly.
A student in the Austin Independent School District in Texas adds lettuce to their tray. Districts around the central U.S. are coping with higher food and labor costs, while the number of students automatically enrolled in free lunch is shrinking.
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Free school lunch is no longer on the menu for many kids. It's one of many strains on cafeterias
Peter Medlin
Al Capone at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in 1934.
FBI Case Records on Al Capone
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This Week In Illinois History: The End Of Al Capone (October 17, 1931)
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