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Why retired teachers struggle to make ends meet

By Madeline Will, Education Week

In several states, retired teachers and other state workers haven’t gotten a cost-of-living adjustment to their pension checks in years. And with the cost of health care continuing to rise, retirees say they’re reaching a breaking point.

WATCH: U.S. prosecutors add hate crime charges in California synagogue shooting

By Julie Watson, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

Federal officials announced Thursday that they have filed 109 hate crime charges against the man suspected of opening fire in a Southern California synagogue and said he called a 911 dispatcher afterward to report that he had done it to…

Alabama senators delay abortion ban vote as shouts break out

By Kim Chandler, Associated Press

Anger erupted in the state Senate when some Republicans stripped exceptions for rape and incest from the bill.

Trial of white officer in Eric Garner chokehold death to proceed

By Associated Press

A judge is allowing a police disciplinary case to move forward against the white officer accused in the 2014 chokehold death of Garner, who was unarmed.

U.S. leaves questions about migrant teen's death unanswered

By Nomaan Merchant, Sonia Perez D., Associated Press

Almost a week after the 16-year-old's death, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has not said why Juan de León Gutiérrez was first taken to the hospital and released, only to return one day later.

WATCH: Trump advocates push against 'surprise medical bills'

By Kevin Freking, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

President Donald Trump on Thursday called for an end to the astonishingly high charges insured patients can face when a member of a medical team that treats them is not in their insurer's network.

Facebook auto-generates videos with extremist images

By Desmond Butler, Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

A confidential whistleblower's complaint to the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained by The Associated Press alleges Facebook is inadvertently making use of propaganda by militant groups to auto-generate videos.

WATCH: Trump hosts Boston Red Sox at the White House

President Donald Trump honored the World Series champion Boston Red Sox — well, some of them — at the White House on Thursday, but made no mention of the controversy that shadowed the visit.

Three students disarmed gunman in Colorado school shooting

By Kathleen Foody, P. Solomon Banda, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

The three students slammed the gunman, a classmate of theirs, against the wall and struggled with him when shots rang out. One of them lost his life as a result.