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Teachers packed the lobby of the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix in the wee hours of Thursday morning, as lawmakers debated a budget that gives teachers big raises but falls short of their demands for better school funding.

Arizona Teachers End Walkout But Vow To Keep Fighting: 'Now We Must Win The War'

Educators aren't satisfied with the pay bump passed Thursday, but after it was signed, they announced they would return to class — roughly a week after their massive statewide walkout began.

Delaware Expected To Be The First State To Ban Child Marriage Outright

Gov. John Carney is expected to sign the bill lawmakers passed that would make Delaware the first state in the nation to ban anyone under the age of 18 from getting married, no exceptions.

U.S. Unemployment Drops To 3.9 Percent — Lowest Since 2000

The last time the U.S. jobless percentage sat below 4 percent was in December of 2000. April brought net job gains, but fell short of economists' predictions.

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens delivers the annual State of the State address in January. Missouri lawmakers have called on him to resign, though he calls the case against him a "witch hunt."

Missouri Lawmakers Will Hold Special Session To Consider Impeaching Governor

More than three-fourths of the members of Missouri's Legislature signed a petition to call for the session. Gov. Eric Greitens faces two felony charges.

Start Hear: Dope, Brave and Geeky

This week on Start Hear:2 Dope Queens: Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams are funny. They're black. They're BFFs. And they host a live comedy show in…

President Trump speaks to a cheering audience at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Dallas on Friday.

Trump And Pence Address NRA Amid Tense Gun Debate

The president assured the group, which has become a lightning rod since the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that it has "an administration fighting to protect your Second Amendment."

An artist's rendition of NASA's InSight lander, which is expected to launch on Saturday morning. InSight will monitor the Red Planet's seismic activity and internal temperature.

NASA Is Heading Back To Mars To Peer Inside The Red Planet

The NASA mission is set to launch Saturday morning. The InSight spacecraft will land in the Elysium Planitia to listen for "Marsquakes" and learn more about what Mars is made of.

Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the Marxist literature center at Peking University, long a bastion of patriotic student activism, in Beijing on Wednesday. Xi has pushed China's universities to enforce ideological conformity and avoid discussing constitutional democracy, civil society and judicial independence.

As Peking University Marks 120 Years, Student Demands For Transparency Are Quashed

The school has a long history of patriotic activism, but recently it has suppressed student activists seeking disclosure of information about a campus sexual harassment case.

Puzzle Guru Art Chung, leads the final round on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

Dude, Where's My Car?

In this final round, all the answers contain the consecutive letters "C-A-R". Dude! Sweet!

My Great-Grandfather Narrowly Escaped A Lynch Mob — He Was 11 Years Old

The horror of lynchings has always been a part of my ancestral memory. But knowing the real story of my own family's brush with lynching? It made it real.

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