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January 12, 2019

Warren makes first campaign trip to New Hampshire neighbors

Sen. Elizabeth Warren floated a likely presidential bid in New Hampshire, visiting the early primary state Saturday to ...

January 12, 2019

Los Angeles teachers strike still on as impasse declared

A massive teachers strike in Los Angeles is still planned for Monday after a union rejected a new offer from the nation's ...

January 12, 2019

Judge orders reinstatement of girls' prep basketball player

An Alabama judge temporarily reinstated Maori Davenport's eligibility Friday after the high school star had been suspended ...

January 12, 2019

Western Governors University won't face $700M fine, feds say

The U.S. Education Department will not impose a $713 million fine that the agency's inspector general previously recommended ...

January 12, 2019

Police kill armed man at Oregon school amid custody dispute

Police shot and killed a man who showed up Friday with a gun at an Oregon middle school amid a custody dispute, authorities ...

January 12, 2019

New Florida governor suspends sheriff over school massacre

New Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel on Friday over his handling of February's ...

January 11, 2019

911 audio shows shock, panic after comatose woman gave birth

Panicking staff members at a long-term care facility scrambled to save a baby born to an Arizona woman in a vegetative state ...

January 11, 2019

NFL launches social justice initiative, stressing education

The NFL is launching a social justice platform, with an emphasis on education, economic development and community and police ...

January 11, 2019

Greek minister criticizes police over clashes with teachers

Greece's public order minister strongly criticized riot police for their handling of a violent protest Friday by school ...

January 11, 2019

Greek police search more campuses amid letter scare

Greek authorities have searched at least 10 more university and college buildings after letters containing white powder were ...

January 11, 2019

California governor offers $144B budget, sees big surplus

California Gov. Gavin Newsom released a state budget proposal Thursday that seemingly does it all — boosts spending toward ...

January 11, 2019

New Florida gov to 'hold government officials accountable'

Florida's new governor has scheduled a news conference in the county where the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High massacre ...

January 11, 2019

US apparel firm cuts off Chinese factory in internment camp

A U.S. supplier of T-shirts and other team apparel to college bookstores has cut ties with a Chinese company that drew ...

January 10, 2019

Penn State frat death case plods ahead, but pared down

A string of guilty pleas has left just five defendants still fighting charges in the hazing-related death of a pledge at a ...

January 10, 2019

Teacher strike delayed in second-largest US school district

The union representing teachers in Los Angeles — the nation's second-largest school district — postponed the start of a ...

January 09, 2019

Judge dismisses opioid crisis lawsuits against drugmakers

A Connecticut judge has dismissed lawsuits against Purdue Pharma and two dozen other drug companies brought by 37 cities and ...

January 09, 2019

Elderly, conservatives shared more Facebook fakery in 2016

Sharing false information on Facebook is old. People over 65 and ultra conservatives shared about seven times more fake ...

January 09, 2019

Castro meets with Nevada Latino leaders ahead of 2020 bid

Former Obama administration housing chief Julian Castro met with Nevada Democrats and leaders of the Latino community in Las ...

January 09, 2019

Cardinals hire ex-Texas Tech coach Kingsbury

The Arizona Cardinals have hired former Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury as their head coach, a move aimed at providing ...