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A teachers union in Tennessee has filed a federal lawsuit against the state education department's r

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Families of transgender children on Tuesday sued to block a new Missouri law ba

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A federal court on Wednesday affirmed a federal judge’s 2021 ruling imposing a $14.25 million penalt

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UPS and the Teamsters union have reached a tentative contract on working conditions for the 340,000

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso is once again making use of the executive’

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Nick Bosa, the reigning NFL defensive player of the year, is not expected to report to San Francisco

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NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s popular but polarizing prime minister, Narendra Modi, has a fondness for ab

Snoop Dogg has canceled his Hollywood Bowl concert in Los Angeles to show solidarity with writers an