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A new era of college admissions is unfolding after years of turmoil. Standardized testing requirements are being revived, or are under consideration, from coast to coast. Admissions officers at both …

As a tumultuous primary season draws to a close, Democrats have opened up more than one path to winning control of the Senate, according to strategists in both parties and …

A wildfire burning in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and moving toward Reno, Nev., has forced thousands of evacuations, shuttered two hospitals and prompted emergency declarations from state officials. …

President Trump’s economic policies drew a fresh round of concern from some Republicans this weekend who criticized his trade policies, as others in the party sidestepped questions about his broader …

From a secure, windowless room in northern Phoenix, technicians control the Colorado River water that sustains America’s largest desert metropolis. The vast canal system the team oversees has for four …

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Officials said they are investigating a mail carrier after video surfaced of him appearing to strike a beloved peacock on Tuesday in a Pasadena, Calif., neighborhood. Gina Davis, a member …

Nancy Kassebaum, a three-term moderate Republican from Kansas who was the first woman to chair a major standing committee in the United States Senate, died on Friday in Manhattan, Kan. …

A team from the Cicero Institute, an upstart think tank, flew to Indiana this year to help make it a crime for homeless people to sleep on the street. It …

Downtown traffic has snarled, as crews scurry to put up barriers, weld down manhole covers and even relocate traffic lights. The National Gallery of Art has conducted vibration studies and …