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President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 61 drug offenders on Wednesday as part of his ongoing plan to reform the criminal justice system.

2 State Police troopers among 6 shot at Greyhound station //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – Police are responding to an active shooter situation at the Greyhound station on North Boulevard. Multiple ambulances have been called to the scene. Police are urging residents to avoid the area and have closed several roads. The Greyhound station is […]

Bank of America has extended available paid leave time to its maternity, paternity and adoption policy.  Adding four weeks of available parental leave for full- and part-time employees who have been with the bank at least a year, increasing total leave time to sixteen weeks. Bank of America regularly reviews its leave policies, taking into consideration […]

Clark, 24, was shot by Minneapolis police after getting into a domestic dispute with his girlfriend on Nov. 15. He was unarmed when he was approached by Ringgenberg and Schwarze. The officers claimed Clark tried to take his own life by grabbing Ringgenberg's gun. The incident lasted just over a minute before Clark was fatally shot.

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Donald Trump on Wednesday said that women who have abortions should face "some form of punishment," igniting a firestorm of protests from both Democrats and Republicans that prompted him to quickly back away from the comment, NPR reports.

What are people running from to run to? That’s malicious wounding on up to murder. The murders have triple since January of 2016 in Richmond, Virginia. What happened to just ‘walk away’, ‘pump your breaks’, or don’t ‘escalate the situation.’ We are not thinking about the consequences of our actions and the affects of our […]

A report revealed racial, ethnic and income bias in Montgomery County, Md.'s gifted students program. Black and Hispanic students comprise a majority of the county's student population, but they are underrepresented at the elite schools.

Two new reports say that tracking has significant benefits for gifted Black and Hispanic students. But opponents of separating gifted students say it harms those in regular classes.