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🎬 Now on Disney+: A new doc highlights Camp ALEC, a summer camp for non-speaking kids using AAC. 💬💙

Also in this week’s News Currents:
🦊 Shoe thief in Grand Teton
🌍 NY Earth Room gets new management

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July 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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🆕 Fresh stories just dropped in News Currents!
✨ Mattel unveils a new Barbie designed with autism advocates
🦤 A fugitive emu gets arrested in Florida (yes, really)
🌕 NASA’s Artemis II spacecraft gears up for launch

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January 26, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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✨ New on News Currents! ✨
Explore MLK Jr. Day, burrowing owls 🦉, and protected lands in New Mexico 🏜️.
Fresh stories to spark curiosity—dive in! https://bit.ly/4i4Lena

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January 12, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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❄️📚 Back into the swing of things!

As students & educators return from winter break, this week’s News Currents features timely stories on the future of the Affordable Care Act, George Washington Carver, and repopulating the Sahara.

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January 5, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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This week in #NewsCurrents

🧡 The Gävle Goat is unveiled in Sweden
🎮 A new mobile game helps preserve a dying Indigenous language
🦫🌼 Study shows beavers can benefit pollinators

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December 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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New on News Currents: remembering disability activist Alice Wong’s powerful legacy, a first look at the Grand Egyptian Museum, and a peek into peregrine falcon life via “Nestflix.” 🗞️🦅🏺
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December 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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🌍 New This Week in #NewsCurrents!

🗺️ The Great Canadian Treasure Hunt 💰
🌎 COP30: Global climate talks in Brazil 🌱
🐋 Humpback whales making a comeback off Australia

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November 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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📰 New on News Currents:
• Remembering Jane Goodall
• New Frida Kahlo Museum 🇲🇽
• Marie Antoinette in History 👑

Explore inspiring stories & key moments this week!
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October 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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🍂 NEW from News Currents® by Building Wings!
This week’s topics:
• Autumnal Equinox 🌎
• Buffalo Roundup 🦬
• Arthur Sze, U.S. Poet Laureate ✍️

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Timely stories to spark curiosity + classroom discussion. 📚
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September 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Weekly Lesson Planning Starts Now.
Make it simple with NewsCurrents —your go-to current events platform designed to build vocabulary, boost reading comprehension, and spark curiosity. 🌍
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September 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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🐘🏰🐾 Fresh reads in News Currents!
From the Arctic Circle to UNESCO’s newest landmarks — and even a cheetah cub’s puppy pal. 📰✨

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August 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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📰 New this week on News Currents:
🪐 Mars rock sells for $5M
🦸 Superman hits theaters
🦅 Vultures get some overdue thanks

Fresh, real-world stories for curious classrooms.
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July 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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New on News Currents!

🇪🇸 The Running of the Bulls in Spain
🌊 Texas Floods: Devastation and Recovery
🧠 Scientists Search for the World’s Best Optical Illusions

Engaging, differentiated, educational content your students will love.
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July 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Use current events to spark student-led discussions! 🌍📚
From debating social media to climate change, students practice evaluating facts, understanding perspectives, and forming reasoned opinions.

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Using news articles and class discussion as a strategy for how to develop critical thinking skills in students including five ways to facilitate discussions.
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June 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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A Renaissance painting just got reattributed — and it’s a game-changer.

Turns out it wasn’t by a man after all.

It was Lavinia Fontana, one of the first pro female artists.Now her work’s finally getting the spotlight it deserves.

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April 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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🥕🎶 A World Record for Playing… Vegetables?! 🎶🥒

The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra just set a Guinness World Record for the most concerts using veggie instruments! And after the show? The leftovers become soup. 🍲

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March 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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The rare corpse flower just bloomed in Melbourne, attracting thousands eager to see—and smell—it! Known for its foul odor, it’s also endangered with fewer than 1,000 left in the wild. Would you visit? 🌸🦨
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February 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM