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  • Teacher Sarah Ross and students (from left to right) Ximena, age 4, Yareli, age 3, and Kendra, age 2 at the Indiana Migrant Preschool Center, a free preschool for migrant children ages 2 to 5. The school teaches students in English and Spanish with the goal of preparing migrant children for kindergarten, wherever it may be.
    Schools Hustle To Reach Kids Who Move With The Harvest, Not The School Year
    The children of migrant farm workers are some of the country's poorest, most undereducated and hardest to track down. Programs like one in southern Indiana are working to change that.
  • Republicans and others watch the broadcast at the official watch party of the Republican presidential candidates debate at The Richard Nixon Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif., on August 23.
    How to watch the second GOP presidential debate
    Seven Republicans vying for the GOP presidential nomination will take the stage in California Wednesday night for the second GOP debate of the 2024 elections. But the front runner is skipping — again.
  • John Beach, 74, stands in his backyard in Yarmouth, where he can see newly installed solar panels.
    Solar panels in historic districts: who decides where 'modern' fits?
    The 45,000 people who live in Cape Cod's Old Kings Highway Historic District are required to get approval from local committees for visible solar installations. Those who have had their solar plans challenged or denied have described the committees’ decisions as inconsistent, arbitrary, and subjective.
  • Irish police officers apprehend a man after a demonstration near the scene of an attack in Dublin city center, on Thursday Nov. 23, 2023. The violence broke out following a knife attack that left a woman and two other children were injured.
    Ireland's prime minister condemns anti-immigrant rioters in Dublin
    Violence broke out in the capital city after rumors circulated that a foreign national was responsible for a stabbing outside a Dublin school that left three children injured. Dozens were arrested.
  • Workers prepare to distribute food Wednesday to civilians fleeing a Pakistan military operation against the Pakistani Taliban in North Waziristan, near the border with Afghanistan. Close to a half-million residents have fled their homes in recent days.
    In A Remote Corner Of Pakistan, A Mass Exodus
    Pakistan's military is waging an offensive against the Taliban, and the outcome is uncertain. But nearly a half-million civilians have already fled their homes in an area that has few resources.
  • Growth will remain low and consumers will be cautious as long as unemployment stays high, economists say.
    Is Moderate Growth Good For The Economy?
    Growth will remain low and consumers will be cautious as long unemployment stays high, economists say. And as long as consumers remain frugal, companies will be reluctant to hire aggressively. But is a modest rate of growth of 2 percent to 3 percent better for the U.S. in the long run?
  • Growth will remain low and consumers will be cautious as long as unemployment stays high, economists say.
    Is Moderate Growth Good For The Economy?
    Growth will remain low and consumers will be cautious as long unemployment stays high, economists say. And as long as consumers remain frugal, companies will be reluctant to hire aggressively. But is a modest rate of growth of 2 percent to 3 percent better for the U.S. in the long run?
  • Congress, shown gathered for President Obama's State of the Union in January, is speaking at about a grade level lower now than in 2005, according to the Sunlight Foundation.
    Sophomoric? Members Of Congress Talk Like 10th-Graders, Analysis Shows
    The sophistication of congressional speech-making is on the decline, according to the open government group the Sunlight Foundation. Since 2005, the average grade level at which members of Congress speak has fallen by almost a full grade.
  • Nurse Maria Vatista draws blood from a Greek drug addict for an HIV test in a mobile testing van in Athens last year. HIV infection rates are rising, as Greece's financial crisis has led the government to cut health and social services, including a successful needle exchange program.
    Greece's Latest Crisis: Rising HIV Cases
    Despite having one of the lowest HIV rates in Europe, Greece's recent jump in the number of infections, particularly among injecting drug users, is alarming. Health workers blame cuts in health and social services, including the end of what had been a successful needle exchange program.
  • Amanda Perez, left, is comforted by fellow student Alejandro Barron following a shooting on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, campus, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Las Vegas.
    AP source: Las Vegas shooting suspect was a professor who applied for a job at UNLV
    The attack just before noon sent police swarming onto the campus, while students barricaded themselves in classrooms.
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