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NY Becomes 1st State to OK Free Tuition at Public Colleges for Eligible Students
You get a degree! Everybody gets a degree! New York just cleared the way to become the first state in the United States to make tuition free for middle- and low-income students at two- and four-year public colleges. Gov. Andrew Cuomo first introduced the plan in January, with lawmakers agreeing to include it in the…
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Former Tuskegee Airman Roscoe C. Brown Jr. Dies at 94
Roscoe C. Brown Jr., one of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen who flew in World War II, died Saturday at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, N.Y. He was 94. According to NBC 4 New York, Brown, who held a doctorate in education, became critically ill toward the end of 2015. In May he had a pacemaker…