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Daily Video December 02 2015

Beef industry looks to slim down its carbon footprint
After facing significant public scrutiny in recent years, the beef industry is attempting to reduce its carbon footprint.
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Daily Video December 01 2015

World leaders meet to address climate change
Talks began in Paris, France this week as leaders from more than 150 countries gathered to discuss how to reduce the effects of climate change.
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Daily Video November 30 2015

Is there a solution to global warming?
The year 2014 ranked as Earth’s hottest in 135 years of record-keeping and 2015 looks even hotter, prompting experts from both scientific and economic backgrounds to search for potential ways to address rising temperatures and ocean levels.
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Daily Video November 25 2015

Chicago police officer charged with first-degree murder of black teenager
A seventeen-year-old black teenager was shot 16 times by a white police officer in October of last year for allegedly puncturing a police car’s tire with a folding knife.
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Student Voices November 25 2015

White House highlights West Virginia SRL report on drug abuse
West Virginia is fighting a war against drug abuse. We all know users, recovering addicts and their families and we all see the everyday struggles and hardships of addiction and losing family and loved ones.
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Daily Video November 24 2015

Storytelling helps young English learners grow
Young children from families newly arrived in the United States often do not speak English at home, making it harder for them to learn.
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Daily Video November 23 2015

‘Hamilton’ the musical tells the immigrant story of a Founding Father
A popular new hip-hop show on Broadway, "Hamilton," chronicles one of the nation’s founding fathers and his “rags to riches” story.
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Post November 23 2015

Class Activity — The Great Thanksgiving Listen
  By Adelyn Baxter "Back when I was a kid..." Some of you may recall hearing o…
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Daily Video November 20 2015

Providing support and education for refugee children in the U.S.
DOWNLOAD VIDEO In the United States, where hundreds of thousands of people arrive each year…
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Daily Video November 19 2015

Paris attacks raise security concerns throughout Europe
Politicians across Europe began voicing renewed concern for the ongoing refugee crisis that has brought hundreds of thousands of Syrians to Europe in search of safety.
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