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Congress appears ready to overhaul the nation's most important federal education law, No Child Left Behind. Civil rights groups, though, worry that some changes will hurt poor and minority children.

To pop the champagne or not pop the champagne, that is the question.The champagne that I’m talking about is not the bottle my family cracks open on New…

Malaysia's leader is at the center of a swirling scandal involving millions — if not billions — in missing money. It's complicating a crucial U.S. relationship in Southeast Asia.

The agency also revised October's expectations-beating figure even higher, saying that 298,000 jobs had been created — the most in all of 2015.

2015 was a bad year for openness at the state Capitol. It ended with Governor Cuomo vetoing two bills which had been supported by the Committee on Open…

The masked militant is believed to be Siddhartha Dhar, also known as Abu Rumaysah. Before converting to Islam and joining ISIS, he sold moon bounces in East London.

The ship was lost while carrying 400 slaves from Mozambique to Brazil in 1794. It's the first discovery of a wreck that sank while carrying slaves. Artifacts will be displayed at the Smithsonian.

Answering pointed questions about new claims of misconduct by his agents, Joseph Clancy says he had a "good stern talk" with his staff about why he wasn't told about it sooner.

It is municipal budget season in Massachusetts. The mayor of Springfield is proposing a budget that puts more cops on the streets and does not dip into…

The new leader of the State Senate, John Flanagan, replaced Dean Skelos, who is facing corruption charges. On Day Two in office, Flanagan says he does not…