AMOUNT an autographed trading card of WNBA star Caitlin Clark recently sold for at auction. It’s the second-most-expensive women’s sports card of all time, behind a 2003 Serena Williams card.
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$234,850
4.5%
PERCENTAGE rise in college enrollment last fall compared with the previous year. Total enrollment is now higher than in fall 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted higher education.
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$15,000
PRICE mountain climbers will now have to pay for a permit to scale Mount Everest during peak season (April and May). The fee, which hadn’t increased in nearly a decade, used to be $11,000.
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