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The American Heart Association warns that family history can play an important role in heart disease and offers tips for reducing risk

A study from the University of Kansas has found that, across America, suburban school districts diversifed dramatically from 2000 to 2024. The study, using Census data and geographic mapping technology, found that majority White schools in suburban areas dropped, but racial isolation in urban schools increased. The results show the historic pattern of white flight to suburbs is changing, as is school segregation in America.

In the last quarter century, most countries around the world have failed to adequately protect the human rights of their citizens. In that time, nations’ efforts to protect human rights have been stagnant – with the number of countries receiving failing grades easily twice as high as those receiving passing grades. Those are the findings of the second annual report on global human rights released today by the University of Rhode Island. The 2024 Global RIghts Project (GRIP) report, produced by a team of researchers based at the University of Rhode Island’s Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies, finds an alarming disregard for the respect of human rights around the globe.