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Puerto Rico legislator targets parents of dropouts
A legislator in Puerto Rico has submitted a bill that would increase fines and jail time for parents whose children skip classes or drop out of school. Angel Munoz Suarez says fines up to $5,000 and a 12-month jail sentence are needed to reduce dropout and absenteeism rates in the ...
Arias jury deadlocked but must keep deliberating
Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder said Wednesday they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time boyfriend, prompting the judge to instruct them to keep on trying. The jury reported its impasse after only ...
Chicago Board of Ed votes to close 50 schools
The Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define — for better or worse — Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in office. City officials say the closings are necessary because of falling school enrollment ...
In Arias trial, TV cameras never far behind
The Jodi Arias trial had all the ingredients of a circus the minute it started: sex and violence, a defendant more than willing to seek the spotlight, a judge who extended leniency in allowing lengthy testimony and cameras in court — and a media-savvy sheriff ready and willing to set ...
Test results up overall; voucher schools flat
A state Education Department analysis of the latest standardized test results for public school students in grades three through eight shows the state continues to make incremental overall improvement with a long way to go. The number of students performing at grade level in math, science, English and social studies ...
US judge orders child returned to Sweden
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a 3-year-old girl at the center of an international custody dispute between her divorced parents to be returned to Sweden after concluding the child is being wrongfully kept in Iowa by her mother. In a ruling filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Des ...
Feds tell Fla. court immigrant can't be lawyer
The U.S. Department of Justice is arguing that Florida should deny a law license to anyone who enters or remains in the country without legal permission. Federal authorities were asked last month by the Florida Supreme Court to help it decide whether federal law precludes the court's admission of an ...
AP top news in Iowa at 3:58 p.m. CDT
State House approves education policy deal DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The state House has unanimously approved an education policy deal that would provide additional school funding. Lawmakers backed the plan Wednesday in a 95-0 vote. Republican Rep. Ron Jorgensen, of Sioux City, says the compromise plan would provide more ...
AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EDT
Obama administration acknowledges 4 American citizens killed in US drone strikes since 2009 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of ...
Kerry: US, allies ready to step up aid to rebels
The U.S. and several key allies looked again Wednesday for a strategy to end Syria's civil war, their united efforts unable at the moment to stem the Assad regime's military gains and Washington still unwilling to join those providing the rebels with lethal military aid. U.S. Secretary of State John ...
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