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

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Department of Motor Vehicles has apologized for an “unacceptable a

Adele has performed hundreds of concerts, but maybe none as emotional as this. The Grammy-winning si

A Texas woman was arrested last week on allegations that she sent a threatening and racist voicemail

The treatment of two elderly elephants at the Hanoi public zoo has drawn outrage in Vietnam, with an

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights

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An out-of-control wildfire on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife has burned thousands of acres an

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A southeast Louisiana official has been accused of committing perjury for failing

The Oklahoma Supreme Court will consider a case seeking reparations for survivors of the 1921 Tulsa

"There was a boy named Emile / who fell in love with a field," poet Kevin Young writes. "It was

HAMBURG, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling lightning-sparked blazes in northwest California got so

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trumpwas on the verge of backing a 16-week federal abortion banearlier this y

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Only two of a flock of 15 wild Canada geese that landed and became trapped in the

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two people may have died in a record-shattering heat wave in the Pacific North

2 deaths suspected in the Pacific Northwest’s record-breaking heat wave