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Backlash over Common Core extends to US Catholic schools

The backlash against standardized testing is rippling through some Roman Catholic schools as they balance the college-driven Common Core learning standards with spiritual goals. The…

Ferguson protests influence actions at U. of Missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — When cotton balls were scattered outside the Black culture center at the University of Missouri’s flagship campus in 2010 in a…

Courting unions on Labor Day, Obama pushes paid sick leave

BOSTON (AP) — Courting unions on Labor Day, President Barack Obama denounced Republicans for a “constant attack on working Americans” and said he was using…

On-air gunman became increasingly volatile before killings

MONETA, Va. (AP) — Vester Flanagan had become increasingly volatile in recent years, picking fights with co-workers and strangers over seemingly mundane incidents or perceived…

Hundreds bid farewell to woman who died in Texas jail cell

LISLE, Ill. (AP) _ Family and friends of an Illinois woman found dead in a Texas jail remembered her Saturday as a “courageous voice” for…

‘Six Shooter Junction’…Texas county where Sandra Bland died has history of racial tension

 HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) — In the searing 100-degree Texas heat, Sylvester Nunn uses three worn beach umbrellas to protect himself and the produce piled in…

Obama draws sharp contrasts with ‘mean’ Republicans

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — Wading into presidential politics, President Barack Obama on Thursday promoted his brand of middle-class economics by drawing sharp contrasts with…

Ex-NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal: ‘I identify as black’

NEW YORK (AP) — The NAACP chapter president who resigned after her parents said she is White said Tuesday that she started identifying as Black…

Once targeted by racists, housing worker now loses daughter

Fair-housing advocate Bonnie Jouhari and her daughter spent years on the run from White supremacists who had launched a vicious campaign of harassment and intimidation…

Clinton kicks off 2016 campaign online, heads next to Iowa

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton jumped back into presidential politics on Sunday, making a much-awaited announcement she will again seek the White House with…

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