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Transcript of Education Secretary DeVos' Interview with AP
In this Aug. 9, 2017, photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is interviewed by The Associated Press in her office at the Education Department in Washington. It’s been six months since her bruising Senate confirmation battle, and DeVos remains highly divisive.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea
FILE - In this undated file photo by China's Xinhua News Agency, two Chinese SU-30 fighter jets take off from an unspecified location to fly a patrol over the South China Sea. In recent developments surrounding the South China Sea, Taiwan's Defense Ministry said a pair of Chinese Y-8 surveillance aircraft flew through the Bashi Strait between Taiwan and the Philippines then out into the Pacific in a northeasterly direction on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. It said the pair were joined at one point by two Chinese Su-30 fighter jets as they flew through the Miyako Strait north of the island. (Jin Danhua/Xinhua via AP, File)
The Latest: 2 Canadians among 18 dead in Burkina Faso attack
This image taken from video, early Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, shows an armoured vehicle driving down a street after an attack in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Suspected Islamic extremists opened fire at a Turkish restaurant in the capital of Burkina Faso late Sunday, killing at least 18 people in the second such attack on a restaurant popular with foreigners in the last two years. (@Yabsi1er via AP)
Netflix wins 'Scandal' creator Rhimes in blow to Disney, ABC
FILE - In this April 8, 2017, file photo, Shonda Rhimes attends the "Scandal" 100th Episode Celebration at Fig & Olive in West Hollywood, Calif. Netflix announced late Sunday, Aug. 13, that Rhimes and her company Shondaland had agreed to produce new series and context for the streaming service. Rhimes’ current hit shows, “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal” and “How to Get Away With Murder,” will continue to air on ABC. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Missing Dutch national found dead in Turkey
Rescue personnel carry the body of Dutch national Joey Hoffman near the town of Silifke, Turkey, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. A 22-year-old Dutch national who was reported missing in Turkey has been found dead, officials and Turkish media reports said Monday. Joey Hoffman's body was found in a dried-up stream bed in the village of Narlikuyu, near the Mediterranean coastal town of Silifke, the private Dogan news agency reported. Sevket Cinbir, the district governor in Silifke, told the state-run Anadolu Agency that an initial inspection showed no sign that the man had been murdered. (Ali Ekber Sen/DHA-Depo Photos via AP)
Death sentences of Shiites point to limits of Saudi reforms
FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2012 file photo, a Saudi anti-government protester carries a poster with the image of jailed Shiite cleric Sheik Nimr al-Nimr during the funeral of three Shiite Muslims allegedly killed by Saudi security forces in the eastern town of al-Awamiya, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s new crown prince hopes to transform the kingdom and modernize society, but the planned execution of 14 Shiite protesters charged with violence against security forces suggests the kingdom’s handling of sectarian tensions and unrest remains unchanged. (AP Photo, File)
Police officers corral loose pig; jokes ensue
The Latest: Teen Choice Awards winners touch on politics
Zendaya accepts the award for choice summer movie actress for "Spider-Man: Homecoming" at the Teen Choice Awards at the Galen Center on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Phil McCarten/Invision/AP)
Third of Syrian refugee kids not in school, despite pledges
With gun salutes, Pakistan marks 70 years of independence
People buy flags to celebrate Pakistan's independence day, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. The nation will celebrate their 70th Independence Day on Monday, having gained its independence from British colonial rule in 1947. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Police: 16 immigrants locked inside rig at Texas truck stop
In this Aug. 13, 2017 photo, Border Patrol officers check the inside of a tractor-trailer in Edinburg, Texas. Police in Texas acting on a tip found the immigrants locked inside the tractor-trailer parked at a gas station about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the border with Mexico, less than a month after 10 people died in the back of a hot truck with little ventilation in San Antonio. (Delcia Lopez/The Monitor via AP)
Australian inquiry: Priests should report abuse confessions
Officer on fatal Charlottesville crash: 'Hahahaha love this'
8 Kentucky sites added to National Register
China appeals to Trump to avoid 'trade war'
Science Says: Fast-melting Arctic sign of bad global warming
A drop of water falls off an iceberg melting in the Nuup Kangerlua Fjord in southwestern Greenland, Tuesday Aug. 1, 2017. Studies show the Arctic is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the planet. Scientists are concerned because impacts of a warming Arctic may be felt elsewhere. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Arctic voyage finds global warming impact on ice, animals
Rescuers pull out 46 bodies after landslide hits north India
Army soldiers and rescue workers search for bodies of landslide victims even as they try to pull out two buses that were covered in mud after a landslide triggered by heavy monsoon rain in Urla village, Himachal Pradesh state, India, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. The landslide that occurred early Sunday buried part of a highway, trapping two buses and at least three cars. (AP Photo/Shailesh Bhatnagar)
Questions about lawyers' fees put El Chapo defence in limbo
FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2017, file photo provided U.S. law enforcement, authorities escort Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, center, from a plane to a waiting caravan of SUVs at Long Island MacArthur Airport, in Ronkonkoma, N.Y. Guzman wants new lawyers in his U.S. drug trafficking case. Guzman is scheduled to appear in federal court in Brooklyn on Monday, Aug. 14. He's seeking to have his public defenders replaced by private lawyers, but questions remain about how they will get paid. (U.S. law enforcement via AP, File)
Simone Askew is first black woman to lead West Point cadets
In this Aug. 3, 2017, image provided by the U.S. Army, West Point Cadet Simone Askew poses for a photo. Askew is making history as the first black woman to lead the Long Grey Line at the U.S. Military Academy. She will be responsible for the overall performance of the roughly 4,400 cadets at West Point. (Austin Lachance/U.S. Army via AP)
Skydiver rescued after spending hours stuck in tree
Arctic voyage finds global warming impact on ice, animals
Clerical abuse scandal hits Argentine president's school
In this July 4, 2017 photo, Rufino Varela shows a portrait of himself on his cell phone when he was 9-years-old, during his first communion ceremony in 1974 at the Cardenal Newman school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After nearly four decades, Varela broke his silence about sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of Rev. Finnlugh Mac Conastair at the school when he was 12 years old, which has led several other former students to denounce clerical abuse at a school that has educated President Mauricio Macri and many other members of Argentina's elite. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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Cases of HPV-related oral cancers have risen significantly in Canada: study
Public information session set about Sunapee ski area
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One-fifth of Americans find workplace hostile or threatening
In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, a person types on a laptop keyboard, in North Andover, Mass. The American workplace is grueling, stressful and surprisingly hostile. So finds an in-depth study of 3,066 U.S. workers, released Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, by the Rand Corp., Harvard Medical School and the University of California, Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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