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

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The former president and vice president of a now-defunct Penn State fraternity, where a student died

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Sauron's quest for dominance over Middle Earth will come to a head when the Season 2 finale of "The

Worlds collided when Kate Middleton met a brave teenage girl battling cancer.The Princess of Wales,

VIENNA (AP) — Organizers of three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna this week called them off on Wedne

Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix may very well have walked the line down the aisle.While the couple h

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WEST LIBERTY, Ky. — With former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines in court Tuesday, atten

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Texas prison system’s staffing crisis and outdated technology endanger guards and inmates