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September 19, 2017

Words With Friends adds 50,000 pop culture words

Tell your bae or your bestie: The mobile game Words With Friends is adding thousands of pop culture words as part of its ...

September 19, 2017

Under fire over Rohingya, Suu Kyi defends Myanmar actions

With a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims sparking accusations of ethnic cleansing from the United Nations and others, Myanmar ...

September 19, 2017

Film academy president welcomes new members at private party

Jeanne Tripplehorn has been a professional actress for more than 25 years. But as a new member of the film academy, she's ...

September 19, 2017

Common Core used widely, despite continuing debate

Most of the states that first endorsed the Common Core academic standards are still using them in some form, despite ...

September 19, 2017

Defending Myanmar, Suu Kyi says most Rohingya villages calm

After a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims sparked allegations of ethnic cleansing, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Tuesday ...

September 19, 2017

The Latest: Envoy says China understands Myanmar's efforts

The Latest on the violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state and the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to ...

September 19, 2017

Veteran who fought library attacker among 18 Carnegie Heroes

An Army veteran who fended off a mentally ill man who tried to attack a chess class the veteran was teaching at an Illinois ...

September 19, 2017

15K Montana students returning to school after cyber-threats

Classes are scheduled to resume Tuesday in northwestern Montana's Flathead Valley after more than 30 public and private ...

September 19, 2017

The Latest: 3 arrested in protest at Georgia Tech

The Latest on the fatal shooting of a Georgia Tech student by campus police (all times local): 10:55 p.m. Georgia Tech ...

September 19, 2017

In 'Battle of the Sexes,' King passes a baton to Emma Stone

Walking through a tunnel alongside Billie Jean King at the grounds of the U.S. Open, Emma Stone gasped at the size of its ...

September 19, 2017

Young immigrants shout down Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in the U.S. House, said she understands the fears of young immigrants after they shouted her ...

September 19, 2017

Convicted church killer wants to fire Jewish, Indian lawyers

A white supremacist who was sentenced to death in the 2015 massacre of nine black worshippers has told a federal appeals ...

September 19, 2017

As world leaders meet at UN, opinion hardens against Myanmar

International opinion hardened against Myanmar on Monday as the U.S., Britain and other powers renewed calls for an end to ...

September 19, 2017

Christie: Drugmakers to work on nonaddictive pain medication

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that pharmaceutical companies agreed to work on nonaddictive pain medications and ...

September 19, 2017

US immigrants sue over Trump's end of deportation protection

Six immigrants brought to the United States as children who became teachers, graduate students and a lawyer sued the Trump ...

September 18, 2017

Cops: Ammo, manifesto seized in school shooting suspect home

Guns, ammunition, a Molotov cocktail and a school yearbook with pictures of faces marked with X's were seized by police from ...

September 18, 2017

2 Baton Rouge slayings add to an already bloody year there

The deadly ambushes of a homeless man on the street and a dishwasher walking to work ramped up the anxiety in Louisiana's ...

September 18, 2017

Officer in nurse arrest was reprimanded for sex harassment

A Utah officer caught on video dragging a nurse from a hospital and handcuffing her was previously reprimanded for sexually ...

September 18, 2017

DuVernay, LL Cool J to receive Harvard W.E.B. Du Bois medals

"Selma" director Ava DuVernay and rapper LL Cool J are among the recipients of Harvard University's 2017 W.E.B. Du Bois ...