By GOSIA WOZNIACKA PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As the morning school bell rings and students rush through crowded corridors, teenagers in one Portland classroom settle onto …
By CARLA K. JOHNSON Hospitals can be perilous for patients because of preventable infections, drug errors and falls. But new data released Tuesday show the danger …
By LAURAN NEERGAARD WASHINGTON (AP) — New rules this week are bringing changes to the nation’s kidney transplant system that will give some patients a better …
TAMPA (AP) _ Christopher Columbus’ stature in U.S. classrooms has declined somewhat through the years, and many districts did not observe the explorer’s namesake holiday …
MIAMI — It was a nightmare scenario for anyone seeking a successful life. A functionally illiterate, stuttering, 12-year-old black boy, raised in a working-class neighborhood …