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The U.S. Department of Justice is backing three families who are suing to force the state of Maine to pay tuition for some students to attend religious high schools.

Consumer borrowing accelerated in April to the fastest pace in five months as a rebound in credit card usage offset slower demand for auto and student loans.

The Latest on the end of deportation proceedings against a man who has been in sanctuary for almost 600 days (all times local): 4:15 p.m.

An Arkansas university is drawing criticism after accepting a scholarship endowment from the estate of a former professor who reportedly assigned graduate students books that deny the Holocaust.

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ May 1 The Charlotte Observer on a mass shooting on the campus of UNC-Charlotte: It's our turn, Charlotte, to live the nightmare.

A New Orleans teenager has been accepted to 115 colleges and universities across the nation.

Consumer borrowing rose at a slower pace in February as the increase in auto and student loans was the slowest in eight months.

Less than a day after the family of a slain single mother of four launched a fundraising appeal, actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry has lent his support.

A Georgia high-school senior's tweet about being accepted by 31 colleges and universities has gone viral.

Groups that support in-state tuition rates for students who are undocumented or with DACA will hold a protest where actors portraying Mary and Joseph are turned away by innkeepers who are North Carolina politicians.