New data highlights 'achievement gap' for students in the US

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WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Police on Saturday reported two more confirmed sightings of an escaped murd

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BIG SKY, Mont. (AP) — Officials have closed part of the Custer Gallatin National Forest in southwest

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department and the city of Louisville have reached an agreem

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BANGKOK (AP) — One of Myanmar’s biggest and most powerful ethnic minority militias has arrested and

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HONOLULU (AP) — Most of West Maui will officially reopen to travelers Oct. 8 under a new wildfire em

Most of West Maui will welcome back visitors next month under a new wildfire emergency proclamation