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CHICAGO (AP) — Suburban Chicago police say they found Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor after she went missing earlier this week staying at a hotel.

CHICAGO (AP) — Suburban Chicago police say they found Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor after she went missing earlier this week staying at a hotel.

High school graduation rates hit a record high across California, with the biggest gains made by students most at risk of dropping out, according to statewide figures released Tuesday. The 2015 data showed increases among all demographics, with the largest strides made by student groups with the lowest historical graduation rates — African American and Hispanic students, English learners, and migrant students. The jumps, mirrored in many Bay Area districts, trace in part to the elimination of the High School Exit Exam graduation requirement... Читать дальше...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Some immigrants who have entered the country illegally will be allowed to teach and practice medicine in New York state after its licensing board voted to accept applications from those immigrants brought to the United States…

Community members are invited to a free reception May 26 to honor retiring Longview School District employees.

Jim Cramer thinks Wall Street is missing the point on these two retail kingpins.

The daughter of the presumptive GOP nominee tells "CBS This Morning" called the Times article "pretty disturbing"; more Wed. on "CBS This Morning"

The case likely won't be resolved for a year or more.

Feeding off the continuing interest in eating fresh, local food, developers are ditching golf courses and designing communities around farms, offering residents a taste of the pastoral life — and tasty produce, too. Master developer the New Home Co. was looking to build a neighborhood, not just homes, and market research showed that people wanted to connect to community. [...] “it made lots of sense to take this 7.5-acre piece of property and turn it into an urban farm, have that be the focus point,” says Kevin Carson, New Home president. Читать дальше...

Two Gatorade state soccer players of the year will be joining Nebraska in the fall.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Violinist Itzhak Perlman's cancellation of his North Carolina performance

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Violinist Itzhak Perlman's cancellation of his North Carolina performance

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Violinist Itzhak Perlman's cancellation of his North Carolina performance

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Violinist Itzhak Perlman's cancellation of his North Carolina performance

Southern rail conductors are staging a 24-hour walkout which could cause travel chaos on some of the country's busiest routes.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The FBI and an attorney offered rewards totaling $35,000 Tuesday for information in the shooting of a 9-year-old Milwaukee girl who was struck by a bullet fired from outside her home earlier this month.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has filed new financial documents describing his personal wealth — and he isn't waiting until they're public to say they're good.

The Latest on Tuesday's primary elections in Kentucky and Oregon (all times local):

The official MAP news agency on Tuesday quoted the Interior Ministry as saying the report's content is "truly scandalous."

Melissa Cookston, who specializes in cooking whole hogs, is partial to the Memphis-style flavors she recalls from her childhood.

Drivers tired of dodging potholes and transportation officials weary of fighting for funding got a bit of promising news with a recent poll showing that Bay Area voters may be willing to raise their gas taxes by a nickel a gallon to fix roads. [...] the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, responsible for regional transportation planning and finance, is in no hurry to put a nine-county gas tax measure on the November ballot for fear it might weaken other potential efforts to coax voters to... Читать дальше...

New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority spokesperson Jon Lundin said that an operator of Olympic sporting venues in the US state of New York is cognizant of the US Department of Justice investigation into the Russian Olympic doping scandal.

A SUSPICIOUS fire that destroyed a Geelong mosque is the fifth church fire in the city since last October.

Controversial Christian theme park promises a jobs boom, while defending its restrictive hiring practices