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Two authors argue that teachers should embrace controversial issues to help students learn the political process. But, they say, context is key.

School officials decided to reopen schools after the more than 900 in the district were inspected and found to be safe.

Attorneys for death row inmates challenging Arkansas' execution secrecy law say the state Supreme Court should not continue to delay the disclosure of key…

Faced with 1 million people who left voice mails saying they wanted to buy health insurance, the federal government is giving people two more days to sign up on the federal exchange.

According to numbers compiled by the Death Penalty Information Center, the number of people executed in the United States is at its lowest level since 1991. Death sentences are down 33 percent.

A former state senator who pleaded guilty earlier this year to a federal mail fraud charge will appear before a federal judge next spring for…

Leroy Peoples, the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit, served 780 consecutive days in isolation.

Street performers are a common sight in Kuala Lumpur, but they weren't always welcome. An effort to bring buskers together, along with support from the Tourism Ministry, helped change their image.

House Speaker Paul Ryan looks like he will avoid what would've been a government shutdown at midnight with a massive $1.1 trillion spending package. But he had to appeal to Democrats to do it.

For the first time, researchers have estimated how much illness and death unsafe food causes worldwide. Their report finds the most common culprits are norovirus, Campylobacter and E. coli.