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Generation Alpha has arrived. More than 2 billion children in this cohort were or will be born worldwide between 2010 and the end of 2024. It will be the largest generation as well as the most digitally-connected in history. What do we need to know about this dynamic group as they navigate some of the world’s biggest challenges? Dr. Leah Orchinik, a pediatric psychologist at Nemours Children’s Health, joins The Excerpt to provide a clinical and developmental perspective on what impact this group might have on our world.




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USA TODAY Investigative Education Reporter Chris Quintana explains how and why zombie colleges are popping up online.

President Joe Biden vows to withhold weapons from Israel if its forces make a major Rafah invasion.

There's a new COVID-19 variant called FLiRT.

USA TODAY Wellness Reporter Charles Trepany explains why rage rituals are resonating with women.

The Olympic flame arrives in Marseille.




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Pro-Palestinian demonstrations that began at Columbia University have ignited a wave of similar protests at colleges and universities across the country. Weeks into it, those protests seem to be only intensifying. Thousands have now been arrested. The students’ demands vary by campus, but the majority are asking for an end to the Israel-Hamas war and divestment from companies that are financially benefitting from the conflict. In decades past, student activism regarding the Vietnam War, civil rights and South Africa’s apartheid successfully sparked broad social and political change. Has this student-led movement reached the tipping point? To put the current protests in context, Robert Cohen, professor of social studies education at New York University and a scholar in student activism, joins The Excerpt.




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Stormy Daniels took the stand Tuesday in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial. USA TODAY Justice Department Correspondent Aysha Bagchi reports.

Israel's military said it took control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing, as cease-fire talks resume in Cairo.

Pro-Palestinian protesters rallied at an Auschwitz Holocaust Remembrance Day march.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a sweeping election overhaul bill.

USA TODAY Domestic Security Correspondent Josh Meyer discusses a Department of Homeland Security effort to push back against election threats.

TikTok is suing the U.S. government.




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Israel has moved forward with its planned assault on Rafah in southern Gaza.

USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page breaks down new USA TODAY/Suffolk University polling on former President Donald Trump's hush money trial.

Tornadoes touch down in Oklahoma.

USA TODAY Money, Markets and Personal Finance Reporter Medora Lee talks about rental fraud and what it means for renters and landlords.

The 2024 Met Gala is in the books.




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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are tied in a new USA TODAY/Suffolk poll.

USA TODAY Justice Correspondent Aysha Bagchi recaps pivotal testimony from Hope Hicks and looks ahead to a new week of Donald Trump's hush money trial.

Israel calls on civilians to evacuate parts of Rafah, in southern Gaza.

USA TODAY National Correspondent Elizabeth Weise talks about the double brood cicada phenomenon.

It's Met Gala Monday.




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