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In some parts of the country, student scores in math still have not reached pre-pandemic levels. Schools are racing to find solutions.
Tom Wheeler envisioned a celebratory first Pride for rural Canyon County, Idaho. But in a state that has led the nation in passing anti-LGBTQ laws, the festival quickly sparked outcry.
Longevity is the medical frontier and lifestyle fad of the moment, but it remains a hotly debated and controversial topic within the scientific community.
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are creating a parallel medical ecosystem of at-home tests allowing people to bypass the doctor’s office entirely.
Rice farmer Rollen Chalmers has been integral to the region’s heritage-grains revival, and now chefs and home cooks are becoming loyal customers.
More migrants illegally enter the United States along this California stretch of the border than anywhere else. They’re not coming from the places you’d expect
At an embattled Milwaukee public housing development, a padlocked patio becomes a battleground for some of America’s most talked-about voters.
North Idaho has beaten the far-right before. Now renegade Republicans are seeking to root it out of their own party, with a crucial test in Tuesday’s primary.
An island eroding into the bay offers tantalizing clues about when and how humans first made their way into North America.
Expect to wait for help if you crash in the desert on Interstate 15 from Los Angeles to Vegas. There’s only one fire station dedicated to the stretch. Last year, the five-person crew answered nearly 1,000 calls.
When Raymond Dolphin became assistant principal of a middle school in Connecticut two years ago, it was clear to him that the kids were not all right. The problem was cellphones.
The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring that it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation has found.
Rodeo stars find purpose in navigating primal forces. None of them ever went harder than J.B. Mauney.
Column: Los Angeles, Portland and other progressive cities are still powered by faraway coal plants. We went to Montana to find out why.
As right-wing claims of indoctrination in public education surge, the story of two teachers explores what happens when such claims come from inside the classroom.
A Texas county that is ground zero in the feud between Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration over the border has been overwhelmed responding to migrant deaths.
Women who took abortion pills in states where abortion is banned described experiencing deep anxiety and uncertainty about doing something they assumed was illegal.
An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal.
Linda Wenhold absorbed the Patriot Academy’s message that America is falling apart as it drifts from its biblical roots. Then she won a seat on her local Pennsylvania school board.
A movie star known for the Oscar-winning ‘Parasite’ got caught up in South Korea’s anti-drug fervor. He maintained his innocence until the end.
Bill Ackman used Wall Street tactics to oust Harvard’s first Black president, part of a wave of business leaders attacking diversity initiatives spurred by George Floyd’s death.
South Carolina teacher Mary Wood decided over the summer that she had to teach Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me” again.
Goods linked to prisoners wind up in the supply chains of everything from Frosted Flakes cereal and Ball Park hot dogs to Gold Medal flour and Coca-Cola. Prisoners who help produce these goods are excluded from protections guaranteed to almost all other full-time workers.
In a city mired in 2024 divisions, fans find hope — for their Lions, for their communities and beyond.
With their formative years scarred by pandemic and war, a generation of young Ukrainians now struggles to see a future for themselves.