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Arizona teachers continue to demand raises, better school funding

By Melissa Daniels, Associated Press

Thousands of teachers staged walk-ins at 1,112 schools spanning 130 districts in Arizona, according to Arizona Educators United. But so far Gov. Doug Ducey and the Republican-controlled Legislature haven't budged to the group's demands.

Trump exploring possibility of rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, lawmakers say

By Ken Thomas and Kevin Freking, Associated Press

President Donald Trump has asked trade officials to explore the possibility of the United States rejoining negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership after he pulled out last year as part of his "America first" agenda.

Model Janice Dickinson tells jury Bill Cosby raped her in 1982

By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press

Model Janice Dickinson, the fourth accuser to take the witness stand at Cosby's sex assault retrial, told jurors she was "rendered motionless" by the pill as Cosby got on top of her in his Lake Tahoe, California, hotel room.

After tax season, beleaguered IRS must deal with overhaul

By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press

The IRS, pummeled for years by congressional Republicans and funding cuts, faces the challenge of administering the most sweeping overhaul of the U.S. tax code in three decades. But first the beleaguered agency had to get through the current tax-filing…

How Facebook does business

By Miles O'Brien

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg finished his visit to Capitol Hill with another long hearing Wednesday. After two days, do we have a better understanding of how the social media giant gathers data? Science correspondent Miles O'Brien joins Amna…

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Neighbor regrets 911 call that led to fatal police shooting of Stephon Clark

By Associated Press

"It makes me never want to call 911 again," Dave Reiling, told the Sacramento Bee.

California governor approves limited National Guard deployment to Mexico border

By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press

California Gov. Jerry Brown agreed Wednesday to deploy 400 National Guard troops at President Donald Trump's request, but not all will head to the U.S.-Mexico border as Trump wants and none will enforce federal immigration enforcement.

Woman calls Bill Cosby a 'serial rapist' as sexual assault retrial begins

By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press

The woman was first among a number of witnesses who are expected to testify that Cosby drugged and molested them during his sexual assault retrial in Pennsylvania.

These rare schools see benefits of combining AP classes with vocational training

By Amadou Diallo, The Hechinger Report

Debating whether kids need hands-on training or academic rigor misses the point. These two schools embrace the idea that to thrive, students need both.