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AUSTIN, Texas AP 鈥?A Texas jury on Friday ordered Infowars Alex Jones to pay $49.3 million in total damages to the parents of a first-grader killed in
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College transfers may have been down 5% across the board in 2020, but new info from Student Loan Hero shows that a handful of states saw a big increase in transfers.Schools in Utah saw a 15% increase in transfer
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