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But California prisons are competing for behavioral health workers amid a roughly 40% shortage of psychologists and psychiatrists in the state, and that shortfall is expected to get worse.
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Don Thompson, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2025
Anderson has always been interested in the complicated relationships between parents and kids, especially those amid a tense reconciliation.
—Shannon Carlin, Time, 30 May 2025
To understand what’s at stake amid the NNSA’s workforce woes, USA TODAY interviewed current and former agency officials and reviewed decades of watchdog reports, safety records and other official documents.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 19 May 2025
Madeline Coleman Williams rockets ahead in 2025’s ‘best of the rest’ battle
Williams’ race showed how the Imola contest was about strategy amid the passing challenge, plus a dash of luck.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 18 May 2025
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Don Thompson, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2025
Anderson has always been interested in the complicated relationships between parents and kids, especially those amid a tense reconciliation.
—Shannon Carlin, Time, 30 May 2025
To understand what’s at stake amid the NNSA’s workforce woes, USA TODAY interviewed current and former agency officials and reviewed decades of watchdog reports, safety records and other official documents.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 19 May 2025
Madeline Coleman Williams rockets ahead in 2025’s ‘best of the rest’ battle
Williams’ race showed how the Imola contest was about strategy amid the passing challenge, plus a dash of luck.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 18 May 2025
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The country's inequality levels – consistently rated by the World Bank as among the worst globally – impact its Black population at a vastly disproportionate rate.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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In addition to Afar, her work can be found in Vogue Arabia, Fodor’s, and Business Insider, among other publications.—
Latifah Al-Hazza,
AFAR Media,
21 May 2025
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Will Smith was banned from the Oscars for ten years after slapping a fellow artist during a live broadcast.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
31 May 2025
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Tax Cuts and Tax Breaks in the Big Beautiful Bill Lowers Tax Brackets The new legislation makes the lower income tax rates created during the first Trump Administration in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) permanent.—
Cindy McGhee,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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“Amid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amid. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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