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When a gunman killed two of her students, Ivy Schamis was the only adult in the room. Her journey through guilt and healing sheds light on the impossible role of American teachers.

Many people know me as the chair of the Young Republicans. If you asked around Trinity in Waconia, you’d find I have always been a bit of a mover and a shaker. I write this today, not as ...

"They loved to tell me to clean the toilet. When I protested, they said, 'What? You think you are too good to clean a toilet ...

Stop the presses: The National Hockey League had a really good idea.

More than 100 million people live in risk corridor, Nasa data shows The best late-night host in TV history isn't Leno or Leterman, according to fans. Here are the top 20. Rory McIlroy was beaten ...

A log mover tipped at Eastland Port in Gisborne on ... moving logs tipped over in the Eastland Port log yard on Saturday night, spilling its load near the dry dock. The incident happened about ...

This is the state capital, bustling with movers and shakers and political intrigue — and, often, people mounting ...

More cars have plowed into the historic downtown Pensacola cemetery in the past 18 months than in the previous 50 years. What ...

Refugees had been arriving in the United States at levels unseen in nearly three decades, aided by nonprofits and ordinary people across the political spectrum.