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JEA Curriculum Highlight: Fact Checking in the Digital Age

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Live Updates From Prince Philip’s Funeral
by The New York Times on April 17, 2021 at 1:42 pm
The service for the Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has been scaled back because of the pandemic. Follow the ceremony here.
Helen McCrory, British Star of Stage, Film and TV, Dies at 52
by Roslyn Sulcas on April 17, 2021 at 1:25 pm
She was acclaimed for her work on the TV series “Peaky Blinders” and in three Harry Potter movies, but she first gained notice in the London theater.
Researchers Are Hatching a Low-Cost Covid-19 Vaccine
by Carl Zimmer on April 17, 2021 at 10:42 am
A new formulation entering clinical trials in Brazil, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam could change how the world fights the pandemic.
Myanmar’s Protesters Face Down the Military With Slingshots and Rocks
by Richard C. Paddock and The New York Times on April 17, 2021 at 9:37 am
What began as peaceful demonstrations against the military coup has rapidly grown into a resistance movement in which citizens use improvised weapons to fight the junta.