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For Colorado schools, 2024 was a year of big changes in funding, continued concerns about declining enrollment even amid the arrival of thousands of new immigrant students, and the growing popularity of a free preschool program that faces big legal challenges.

While the sport debuted more than 100 years ago, it's the only Olympic winter sport where women can’t compete. It has been mandatory to add women to every Olympic sport since the 1990s, but any sport added before then can exclude them.

Americans have long shied away from eating organ meat, but some experts hope that introducing consumers to offal could reduce food waste.