EUGENE, Ore. – Bethel School District is closing Shasta Middle School to help address the $1.8 million deficit that had been caused by declining district enrollment, rising costs, and limited state ...

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Elgin Area School District U-46’s new 193,000-square-foot middle school under construction in Elgin will be called “Legacy” honoring those who have contributed to the district, including the teacher ...

The last 20 living hostages held in Gaza were released on Monday, reuniting with their families in jubilant scenes as world leaders gathered in Egypt to discuss the future of Gaza and the next phases ...

WASHINGTON/CAIRO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Israel and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump's plan for Gaza, a ceasefire and hostage deal that could open the way to ...

Young people are now unhappier than those in middle age, a new study has found. For decades, researchers noted the midlife "unhappiness hump"—whereby people begin young adulthood relatively happy, ...

What’s in a name? Meghan Markle created confusion over what her real last name is earlier this year, when she told Mindy Kaling in the first season of Netflix’s “With Love, Meghan” that she goes by ...

Could you be related to King Charles, Prince Harry and the rest of the British Royal Family? If you have one of the 35 last names identified in a new list from a United Kingdom-based genealogy website ...

After saying “I do,” changing a name after marriage has often been seen as the next step on the list to solidify the union of newlyweds as a newly merged family. Among straight couples, the tradition ...

Alice Walker. Charles Bukowski. Louise Erdrich. Juan Felipe Herrera. These are just some of the authors who received a Creative Writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts over the ...