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Details: Written by SAM HANANEL, Associated Press; Published: 11 September 2016

Kansas, Georgia, Alabama lose bid to disenfranchise "thousands"

Details: Written by LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer; Published: 11 September 2016

Johns Hopkins in Baltimore pioneering experimental program

Details: Written by SARA BURNETT and LARRY FENN, Associated Press; Published: 09 September 2016

In this Tuesday, June 7, 2016 photo, students play basketball outside at Little Fort Elementary school in Waukegan, Ill. In the years following the 2008 financial crisis, school districts serving poor communities generally have been hit harder than more affluent districts, according to an Associated Press analysis of local, state and federal education spending. (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski)

There has been a worsening of America's rich schools, poor schools divide — and with that a deepening racial divide

Details: Written by JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press; Published: 09 September 2016

A line of protesters against the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota head to a unity rally on the west steps of the State Capitol late Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, in Denver. Several hundred marchers walked from the four directions to the Capitol to take part in the rally against the oil pipeline. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's attempt to halt construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline was denied Friday by a federal judge

Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor); Published: 07 September 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Hillary Clinton told reporters that among the first order of business is to host a White House conference on mental health

Details: Written by KEN THOMAS, STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press; Published: 05 September 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, accompanied by Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., left, arrives at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, after traveling from Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Clinton meets unions and attends Labor Day festival in Cleveland