The new law, known as the Every Student Succeeds Act, changes much about the federal government's role in education, largely by scaling back Washington's influence.
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The company admits to systematic failures, while maintaining a small group of people were directly involved. VW also pledged compensation for car owners and future third-party oversight of testing.
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Two new studies of the dwarf planet might make it harder for people to imagine Ceres as a space colony or way station for an advanced race.
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City officials say Moscow's three main cemeteries will be wired up starting next year.
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Bergdahl's story is controversial. There are questions about whether he deserted and about whether the United States should have traded Taliban prisoners in exchange for his freedom.
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The state news agency quoted Kim Jong Un saying North Korea was ready to detonate an atomic bomb or a more powerful hydrogen bomb. Experts, however, say it's unlikely the country has that capability.
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The kingdom launched a new Farsi website this week, but how will an Iranian audience react?
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One of Major League Baseball's greatest players has been banned since 1989 for gambling on the game. But sports leagues' traditionally hard attitudes toward sports gambling seem to be softening.
Read More »Accused Planned Parenthood Shooter: ‘I’m A Warrior For The Babies’
In one of several courtroom outbursts, Robert Lewis Dear, who is accused of killing three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado, said he was guilty and won't go to trial.
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Three unmarked Boeing 747 passenger jets have been sitting at the international airport in Kuala Lumpur for more than a year.
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