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A key U.S. government report on mental health, substance use and addiction showed continued improvements in several metrics, especially among young people.There was some uncertainty about the future of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health last year, when the entire 17-member team responsible for it was laid off…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A tornado struck northeastern Wisconsin on Monday, blackening the midday sky and sending workers sheltering in office basements as fierce winds splintered homes, scattered twisted metal across a highway and knocked out power to more than 30,000 people. There were no reports of fatalities or injuries…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will no longer consider school policies that disproportionately harm one group of students as discriminatory unless the discrimination is intentional, rescinding a decades-long standard for civil rights enforcement. In a rule change announced Thursday, the department said it would remove a number of disparate…

Iran’s World Cup team says it’s unfairly being made to travel to matches the day before games and return immediately after, but that schedule itself isn’t uncommon among teams.So how does it work, with 48 teams criss-crossing 16 cities across three countries? Iran has been forced to comply with what…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center’s management isn’t making a commitment to scheduling new shows or building up its staff even as the performing arts venue considers options short of a full two-year closure that a federal judge blocked last month.In a court filing Friday, Kennedy Center lawyers said the…