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It can be hard to make sense of the words used by people who want to make schools better. Here's our Reader's Guide, using the most common words in English.

The Detroit Tigers' season-ticket holder broke his personal record on Monday — catching five foul balls in a single game. His secret? Showing up on foul weather days means fewer fair-weather fans.

Child "suicide bombings" by the Nigeria-based militant group have risen from four in 2014 to 44 last year, the U.N. program says. Most of the children were girls.

The organized denial of climate change science opened the doors to a very public retreat from the principle that a shared public reality could be the basis for our political debates, says Adam Frank.

A lawsuit claims that Led Zeppelin perpetrated a "falsification of Rock n' Roll History." A federal judge dismissed that part of the plaintiff's case.

Few gifted programs across the country have done what Paradise Valley, Ariz., has done to identify and support gifted English language learners.

"Demographics are destiny" has almost become a political cliché, but, so far in this campaign, it's holding true. That gives some clues for how people might vote in the New York primary in a week.

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with New York Times Magazine writer Jay Caspian Kang about former police officer Peter Liang and the issues his conviction brings up in Asian-American identity politics.

Blaming a lack of profitability, UnitedHealth says it will drop out of most health marketplaces insurance exchanges next year. The insurer's first quarter profits in 2016 were $1.6 billion.

The eggplant and peach emoji are standard code for racy thoughts these days, but food has been used for sexual innuendo for centuries. Shakespeare was a pro. (Happy Shakespeare Week!)