Trump administration freezes $7.2 billion for critical school programs
By David L. Snelling Miami- The U.S. Department of Education has frozen funding for public schools in Florida and beyond, placing programs for low-income and …
Mass deportation helps ‘white-ify’ America
U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss of the District of Columbia on July 2 blocked President Donald Trump’s order closing the border to asylum seekers. In …
Health and Wellness
New tests to reveal Chicago beach water quality within hours
CHICAGO (AP) _ Chicago officials say they’ll now know within hours whether water is safe for swimming at several city beaches. It usually takes a …
More clinics offering legal advice to patients in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ Medical and legal partnerships serving low-income people are becoming more commonplace in Minnesota, as some health care clinics are adding on-site attorneys …
Business
IBM helps you donate computer power to fight Ebola
By BRANDON BAILEY OAKLAND, Calif.— IBM has engineered a way for everyone to join the fight against Ebola — by donating processing time on their personal computers, …
US productivity grew at 2.3 percent rate in 3Q
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. workers’ productivity increased in the July-September quarter at a slightly faster pace than previously estimated while labor costs declined …
American Indian groups argue over settlement money
By MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON — American Indian groups are fighting a plan to create a new charitable foundation with more than $380 million in federal …
Education
Negotiators on K-12 education bill agree on per-pupil money
By DAVE KOLPACK BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ Senate and House negotiators on Thursday were polishing off amendments to a 105-page, nearly $2 billion bill on …
Bryant vetoes bill he calls weak on ditching Common Core
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Republican Gov. Phil Bryant on Thursday vetoed a bill that some lawmakers said would move Mississippi away …
14 students receive international travel scholarship at USD
VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) _ Fourteen students at the University of South Dakota are the first to receive scholarships to study abroad through a new international …