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BOSTON- Massachusetts students are showing gains in fourth-grade reading but are slipping in fourth-grade math and eighth-grade reading and math. That’s the major takeaway from national standardized test scores released Wednesday. Massachusetts and Minnesota were the only...

The survey has tracked the experiences of those most impacted by Sandy over the past three years. The storm also caused the government to review how it handles flood insurance claims.

It is a fun way to trick-or-treat in a more controlled environment. Mother Nature is also creating a scare for several parishes. Rain is in the forecast for the entire metro area Saturday.

Two days of incessant rain, the tail-end of which was so heavy it even confined US Triple Crown hero American Pharoah to walking around his barn under cover yesterday morning, have cast something of a damper on the build-up to the 32nd Breeders’ Cup, that begins in...

“It wouldn’t surprise us to see the Bulldogs the favorite once again on game day”.

None of that, however, should obscure what Friday’s 10 races at Keeneland really are: an excellent card of highly competitive racing.

Paul Ryan says it’s a “new day in the House of Representatives”.

In the case of 11-year-old Janiya Thomas, Manatee County authorities discovered shed been missing for a year when they arrived to remove all five children from the home of Keishanna Thomas following a complaint that the woman had abused another child, a 12-year-old boy.

“This action will demonstrate to the American people that the IRS is under fix, and signal that Executive Branch officials who violate the public trust will be held accountable”.

The senator did not hide his disdain for the accord, which, in addition to extending the debt limit and funding the government through 2017, raises caps on both defense and domestic spending. But Paul’s ambition for this bill is to deny unanimous consent on passage of the...

Watch the exchange, via NBC News.

Washington continues to beat the national average in every age and subject category of the National Assessment of Education Progress, commonly known as the Nation’s Report Card. Last year, Tennessee had the most amount of growth in the state. In statewide results from the...

After a significant amount of rain over the weekend, the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal lifted the statewide burn ban that went into affect October 16.

And, amazingly, a few Freedom Caucus members consider Ryan, a thoroughgoing conservative by any traditional definition, to be dangerously moderate too. It’s being sold by the Speaker of the House as a victory on entitlement reform.

“The chairman of the House committee that is investigating the 2012 Benghazi attack on Sunday defended the panel’s inquiry ahead of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton scheduled testimony on Thursday”.