North Carolina's public schools superintendent is seeking pay raises for all teachers, plus bonuses for experienced teachers who coach fellow educators or teach in low-performing classrooms. ...

With the West Wing as his backdrop, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday declared President Barack Obama "even-handed" in his assessments of the presidential race, days after Obama ...

"If you don't see yourself reflected in mainstream awards, you tend to create your own," Union, 43, told the Associated Press at the 2016 Sundance Festival. "Until there is no longer a need for that ...

The contamination of drinking water in Flint, Michigan, has so outraged community advocates that they now pose a powerful question: Was the city neglected because it is mostly black and about 40% poor? ...

“It has been said, Flint, Michigan, is a crime scene and that someone needs to go to jail for what has happened here,” Roberson said. “There are sick children; there are families hurting.” ...

Then there was John Elway. On and on the evolution went. QBs would get slightly faster, slightly stronger, slightly bigger, and eventually the throwing accuracy would catch up with the evolving prototype. ...

Natalie Cole, the daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, who carved out her own success with R&B; hits like "Our Love" and "This Will Be" before triumphantly intertwining their legacies to make his "Unforgettable" their signature hit through technological wizardry, has died. She was 65. ...

"There's inconsistencies on [what pills they were]. There was also wine provided," the prosecutor said. He said the woman has said she was "frozen, paralyzed, unable to move," so she was therefore unable to consent to sexual activity. ...

Barack Obama Gun control speech OBAMA CRIES DURING SPEECH on violence 1/5/16 The president gave a speech early Tuesday in the wake of the San Bernardino shootings, calling for more background checks and sale restrictions. ...