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Ex-football player jailed after 2 college students slain
Wisconsin school district to discipline students for 'Trump' taunts
Kentucky's Democratic attorney general sues Republican governor over cuts to higher education
Holy Bible on list of 'challenged' books at libraries
Pot-in-schools debate returns to Colorado

Ex-football player jailed after 2 college students slain

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 02:03 PM PDT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The two Southern University students slain during a shootout at an off-campus party appeared to be "innocent bystanders" who were caught in the crossfire, authorities said Monday.

Wisconsin school district to discipline students for 'Trump' taunts

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 01:07 PM PDT

A Wisconsin school district said on Monday it would discipline several students who taunted an opposing team's fans and minority players with chants of "Trump, build a wall" and "Trump" during a high school soccer game. The incident occurred on Thursday during a girls' varsity soccer game between Elkhorn Area High School and Beloit Memorial in southeastern Wisconsin, said Jason Tadlock, the administrator of the Elkhorn Area School District, in a statement posted on the district's Facebook page. During the game, three elementary school students who were sitting near Beloit fans said: "Trump, build a wall," and two high school students chanted: "Trump" four or five times, Tadlock said.

Kentucky's Democratic attorney general sues Republican governor over cuts to higher education

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 12:09 PM PDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's Democratic attorney general sues Republican governor over cuts to higher education.

Holy Bible on list of 'challenged' books at libraries

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 07:45 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — On the latest list of books most objected to at public schools and libraries, one title has been targeted nationwide, at times for the sex and violence it contains, but mostly for the legal issues it raises.