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

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The college financial aid form filled out annually by millions of families is getting an overhaul. T

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After lithium-ion batteries burned in a large cargo ship’s hold for a numbe

NEW YORK (AP) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said it has donated $1 million t

Something surprising is happening in the state of Denmark.The country's monarch Queen Margrethe II h

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Maurice Hines, the dancer, actor and choreographer who starred on Broadway and in Francis Ford Coppo

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