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Doreen Simmons was born in Nottingham, England, and graduated from Cambridge University and somehow wound up in Japan commenting on Sumo wrestling. She died last month at 85.

The DOJ says Maine is violating Title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits sex-based discrimination at schools that receive federal funding. Gov. Janet Mills has promised to "vigorously defend" the state.

For 20 years, teens from around the country have come to Washington, D.C. to compete in the national Poetry Out Loud finals.

A top House Democrat is asking Microsoft for information about a DOGE staffer's GitHub account connected to whistleblower allegations of sensitive data leaving the National Labor Relations Board.

A new $7.4 billion opioid settlement for Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family has been approved by all U.S. states and territories

It's a case of real life catching up with James Bond fiction: Britain's MI6 spy agency named its first-ever female chief. She used to be Q. Now she'll be C.

The last place Brad Larsen saw his mom before she died was at a diner in New York. A few years later, he went back. The bartender asked if he remembered their table, and invited him to sit there.

Author Maggie Stiefvater's latest young-adult series kicks off with the tale of a young girl from a poor but psychic family, and her star-crossed romance with a rich private-school boy. Stiefvater based the tale on magic and Welsh mythology, but set it in small-town Virginia.

The fierce storm arrived in the Philippines early Saturday, then traveled through Hong Kong. At least 64 have been reported dead.

Americans are waiting for the first doses of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, expected to be distributed very soon. Moderna also has a vaccine waiting for federal review.