The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia comes with a track record of opposition to abortion and an early agenda of defending Jan. 6 participants. Edward Martin Jr. was named to the post, according to the Justice Department.

Dangerously cold temperatures have led to a number of area schools to either call off classes on Tuesday or have a late start. Overnight wind chills in parts of Mid-Missouri are expected to hit minus-20 degrees,

To bring Meta to Louisiana, officials rewrote laws and pushed through big tax breaks in record time. The inside story, from the people who made it happen.

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The nation’s report card shows a growing NAEP score gap between low- and high-performing students. The scores will fuel debates about school closures, cellphones, and more.

Democratic and Republican leaders alike voiced concern about the pause in federal dollars “creating chaos” and “jeopardizing the financial stability” of their states.

Both government agencies and nonprofits in Louisiana scrambled to understand what Trump's order pausing federal grants and loans.

The Brookhaven Academy Cougars won a pair of closely contested basketball games on Friday in John R. Gray Gymnasium over their MAIS District 3-5A competitors from Columbia Academy. Brookhaven Academy didn’t have much trouble with Columbia Academy when the teams met earlier this month in Marion County for a girls’ matchup,

You’ve probably seen the reports of the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ January 7, 2025 opinion upholding a Virginia law that

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