A yearslong search for an upstate New York man who investigators say raped at least two women nearly a decade ago has ended after authorities confirmed that human remains found by a hiker earlier this year belonged to him.
Secondary school students wearing masks in Wellsville, New York. (Barrie Fanton/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The change happened suddenly, like a bandage ripped off a boo-boo that had already healed. One week, we were deep in our hybrid routine, a luxurious tween-and-teen-friendly schedule with in-person school every other morning and “asynchronous learning” on alternate days. Theoretically, the kids were supposed to be up bright and early every day, doing schoolwork at the regular class times. But let’s be honest: On alternate days, they slept in.
Now, we were back, full-time, just like before: A whirlwind of packing lunches, assembling snacks, where’s my water bottle and why are we out of grapes? Traffic jams in the school parking lots. Activities that crowded into dinnertime again.
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