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The school board in Dallas, Texas, has voted unanimously to offer free universal pre-K across the district.
Bill Zibel with member station KERA reports that enrollment starts next month.
Pro golfer Tiger Woods is facing DUI charges after a rollover crash in Florida on Friday.
Authorities say a breath test showed no alcohol, but they suspect drugs or medication.
Martin County Sheriff John Budenseek says Woods cooperated with a breathalyzer but refused a urine test.
This is his second rollover crash.
Woods was seriously injured in an accident in Southern California in 2021.
I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News in Washington.
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House Republicans have rejected a bipartisan Senate deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, prolonging a shutdown that has strained security at U.S.
They criticize the Senate plan for excluding additional money for immigration enforcement.
GOP leaders instead passed a short-term funding bill late Friday.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries came out against it.
The bill is facing immediate resistance in the Senate, where Democrats have rejected similar proposals.
President Trump, meanwhile, has signed an executive order to pay TSA employees who've been working without a paycheck for more than a month.
Israel says it's stepping up its assault across the border into Lebanon to fight Hezbollah militants.
NPR's Lauren Fair reports the invasion has displaced about a fifth of the country's population and killed more than 1,100 people.
The Trump administration is giving federal agencies more time to change the way they produce statistics about race and ethnicity that are used to redraw voting maps and enforce civil rights laws.
NPR's Hansi Lowong reports the changes were approved during the Biden administration.