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160 years later, unknown Union soldier to be buried at Arlington For more than a century and a half, a teenage soldier lay buried and forgotten on a Virginia battlefield.
SNAP cuts could lead to kids losing free school breakfast and lunch Cuts to the nation’s largest food assistance program will likely spill over into schools, causing students to lose access to free breakfast and lunch.
