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President Joe Biden will call for free preschool for all three- and four-year-old children, a $200 billion investment to be rolled out as part of his sweeping American Families Plan being unveiled Wednesday in an address to Congress. The administration said the historic investment would benefit 5 million children and save the average family $13,000. It calls for providing federal funds to help the states offer preschool, with teachers and other employees earning $15 an hour. “These investments will give American children a head start and pave the way for the best-educated generation in U.S. history,” the administration said. The...

Disruptive actions prompt weekend curfew of 6 p.m. In two weeks, weekend nights at the mall will be different in Huntsville. Starting Sept. 29, both Madison Square and Parkway Place malls will begin requiring adult guardians to accompany people under 18 on Friday and Saturday nights. The "Youth Escort Policy" announced on Friday is the result of increasing incidents caused by unsupervised youths, as well as customer and retailer complaints, said Lucinda Hartshorne, manager of Parkway Place, and Joe Black, manager at Madison Square. "A lot of parents drop off their kids at the mall because they feel it's a...