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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

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

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

Correction: Georgia Tech Student Killed story

In a story Sept. 17 about the death of Georgia Tech student Scout Schultz, The Associated Press incorrectly quoted Schultz's ...

September 18, 2017

White House, black college heads to meet amid strained ties

President Donald Trump on Monday named a lawyer and former NFL player as executive director of the White House Initiative on ...

September 18, 2017

The Latest: WH name rep for historically black colleges

The Latest on a White House meeting of presidents for historically black colleges and universities (all times local): 9:20 a.

September 18, 2017

Mars research crew emerges after 8 months of isolation

Six NASA-backed research subjects who have been cooped up in a Mars-like habitat on a remote Hawaii volcano since January ...

September 17, 2017

Uproar in Turkey over removing evolution from biology class

Students in Turkey are returning to school Monday where they will be taught evolution for the last time in their biology ...

September 17, 2017

The Latest: Some public transportation halted after violence

The Latest on protests over the acquittal of a white former St. Louis police officer in the killing of a black suspect (all ...

September 17, 2017

Suspected school gunman had been suspended for threats

A Washington state student accused of a deadly school shooting had been suspended for bringing threatening notes to school ...

September 16, 2017

Mom who rushed to school shooting scene had purse stolen

Authorities are searching for a thief who made off with the purse of a parent who rushed to check on her child following the ...

September 16, 2017

Malaysia police arrest 7 boys linked to deadly school fire

Malaysian police said Saturday they have arrested seven boys suspected of intentionally starting a fire at an Islamic ...

September 16, 2017

FEMA auctioned disaster trailers before Harvey made landfall

The federal government auctioned off disaster-response trailers at fire-sale prices just before Harvey devastated southeast ...

September 16, 2017

No-confidence vote in Peru forces Cabinet resignations

Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's entire Cabinet was forced to resign following a no-confidence vote Friday by the ...

September 15, 2017

Teacher on leave after boy is forced to stand during Pledge

A Detroit-area teacher is on leave after an 11-year-old boy said he was physically forced out of his chair during the Pledge ...

September 15, 2017

The cost of free speech isn't cheap at UC Berkeley

There is a price to pay for free speech, and the University of California, Berkeley forecasts inflation. It cost the famously ...