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The root cause of many student issues stems from teachers not being provided consistent and relevant professional development to improve their craft.

Iran has an unusual outreach program that targets young adults from countries south of the U.S. border. In recent years, the program has brought hundreds of Latin Americans to Iran for intensive Spanish-language instruction in Iranian religion and culture, much of it supervised by a man who is wanted internationally on terrorism charges.

"It's a common misconception that bats want to roost in your hair," said Katie Coiner, an animal keeper at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore.

This 136-pounder was reeled in by Dennis Templeton of Texas.

A flurry of drone strikes raises questions about the Obama administration's stated commitment to dial back its aggressive wartime tactics.

Bored with your normal workout routine? You might just be saved by the kettlebell.

A group in the U.S. House of Representatives recently introduced a bill to void the trademark. Yet the choice of the team's name belongs to one person, Washington owner Daniel Snyder.

AROUND COSTA RICA: Ticos create origami cranes at the Children’s Museum for an art exhibit dedicated to Sadako Sasaki, a young girl who died of cancer after her city was bombed in 1945.

Financial aid would help cover immediate needs for the rest of the year, notably for the most vulnerable 935,500 people who have not yet received assistance and who are at-risk of cholera or from the hurricane season.

More than a billion people around the world barely survive on $1 a day. A group of students and documentary filmmakers from the U.S. find out just how truly devastating poverty is for many of the world’s inhabitants.