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August 3, 2017 Issue Date:
August 19, 2017

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45 minutes

The extra time school districts in Cobb, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties in Georgia will keep students at school on Aug. 21 for “safety” concerns as a rare solar eclipse passes overhead.

30

The number of days a Tennessee judge has offered to strike from prisoners’ jail sentences if they agree to be sterilized by vasectomy (for men) or hormonal contraceptive implant (for women).

$10 billion

The build cost of a new manufacturing facility that electronics giant Foxconn plans to construct in Wisconsin. Gov. Scott Walker has offered the Taiwanese company $3 billion in tax breaks.

2047

The year in which Nigeria is expected to overtake the United States in population, according to estimates from the United Nations.

$24 billion

The projected cost of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program over the next 10 years. The federal program forgives student loan debt for certain government and nonprofit employees.