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CHICAGO — In 2013, the closures of 49 public schools were referred to by then-Chicago Teachers Union chief Karen Lewis as “a scorched earth policy,” not an education plan.

When the Chicago Board of Education ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Outside St. Paul’s largest homeless encampment in an out-of-the-way East Side park near the river, a small army of outreach workers, case managers and social workers were set up behind a bank of ...Read more

Brazil has denied visas to two senior U.S. State Department officials whom the Trump administration planned to send to scrutinize the fairness and integrity of the country’s electoral system before the Oct. 4 ...Read more

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev urged Russian leader Vladimir Putin to consider freezing the war in Ukraine and returning to a revamped version of the 2022 Istanbul talks, in a rare public nudge toward peace from ...Read more

Skirmishes between Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia intensified as a pause in the nearly two-week run of nightly U.S. strikes on Iran raised fresh questions about President Donald Trump’s strategy in the war.

The Houthis,...Read more

Chandler Bondurant fly-fishes in the Boise River every day, but since the first week of July, the only thing he’s caught is slime.

“It’s pretty much unfishable in town,” Bondurant told the Idaho Statesman.

As ...Read more

In the face of amped-up federal immigration enforcement actions, Maryland has passed more laws that aim to protect the immigrants living within its borders than most states.

Baltimore’s Hispanic and Latino residents say...Read more

It was a blistering day in Butte County when a man revved his wheels in dry grass until a spark ignited, then pushed the flaming vehicle down a 60-foot hill.

Whipped by strong winds amid 100-plus degree temperatures, that...Read more

Wildfire smoke is once again straining relationships between Minnesota and its neighbor to the north.

For the second year in a row, Minnesotans experienced some of the worst air quality in the world as hundreds of ...Read more

India’s youth protesters called off their nationwide demonstrations after the government accepted their key demands including the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, marking rare concessions to a ...Read more

From his perch in the driver’s seat of a horse-drawn carriage eight feet above Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, Ahmet Bilici insists he sees all manner of bicycle offenses in Central Park and wonders what all the fuss ...Read more

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev urged Russian leader Vladimir Putin to consider freezing the war in Ukraine and returning to a revamped version of the 2022 Istanbul talks, in a rare public nudge toward peace from ...Read more

India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday after protests over exam paper leaks, marking the biggest concession yet by the government to one of the country’s largest student movements in years. ...Read more

Public health officials and infectious disease experts are urging Bay Area residents to take added precautions against COVID-19 as wastewater testing shows high concentrations of the virus in parts of the region.

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The Houthis claimed to have hit Saudi Arabia with missiles on Saturday morning, deepening their involvement in the Middle East war, while the U.S. appeared to end a run of 13 days of strikes on Iran.

Saudi authorities ...Read more

Fire broke out at the Tyumen oil refinery in Russia’s Ural region after a drone attack as Ukraine and Russia press intensifying strikes on each other’s critical infrastructure.

Emergency services are at work on the ...Read more

President Donald Trump had gone mostly quiet on trade wars since the Supreme Court struck down his tariffs and the start of the Iran conflict in February, making many think his campaign of import taxes would fade until ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As wildfires rage across Canada and the American West, the announcement from federal forecasters that an El Niño warming is forming thousands of miles away in the tropical Pacific Ocean may offer some ...Read more

Getting into an airline lounge these days is complicated: Some sell day passes. Others don’t. Some allow guests. Others charge extra. Certain elite-status members qualify automatically for entry while others need a ...Read more

While preparing thousands of meals for people affected by the earthquakes in Venezuela, as well as for rescuers and relatives of those still missing, chef Olivier de Belleroche also listens to the stories of those who ...Read more