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Today is Wednesday, March 4th, 2026. And we begin with history on the move. For the first time ever,

priceless documents tied to the founding of the United States are out of their lock-in key vault

in Washington, D.C., and beginning their journey to museums all across the country. They're

traveling first class on the Boeing 737 Freedom Plain as part of the run-up to the nation's 250th birthday party on July 4th.

According to ABC News, the records include a rare engraving of the Declaration of Independence,

the oaths of Allegiance signed in 1778 by George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and other officers of the

Continental Army, and a draft copy of the U.S. Constitution that includes handwritten notes by the

delegates. The first stop is at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri.

Then it's on to Atlanta, Los Angeles, Houston, Denver, Miami,

the Detroit suburb of Dearborn and Seattle. Generation Z is not getting enough Z's. Doctors

recommend 8 to 10 hours of shut eye and night, but a new study finds 77% of high school kids are sleeping less than that,

sometimes a lot less, and for one, screen time isn't the main culprit. According to research

in JAMA, long school days, extracurricular activities, and busy social lives also factor in.

And there's biology at play. Teens don't start producing the hormone melatonin

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