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Some people in public education work hidden in plain sight. Here's the story of one man who takes on the role of surrogate parent, teacher and counselor.

For all the talk of the GOP's upheaval, the Senate majority leader says he doesn't think Donald Trump's nomination will redefine the Republican Party in any substantial way.

Hurricane season has begun. On average, Florida gets a hurricane about every two years. But there hasn't been one in nearly 11 years. This has emergency managers worried about residents' complacency.

The prop from a past festival in Key West, Fla., had been illegally parked for six months, and was set to be destroyed. A women's club has agreed to take ownership and use it for fundraisers.

Hamas police say male driving instructors can't teach female students without a chaperone present. Some teachers have been suspended. But one driving school owner says the policy is good for business.

The international aid convoy reached Daraya less than a month after government forces turned away a previous delivery attempt.

The president went back to the Indiana town to highlight its economic rebound. Since he first visited in early 2009, the unemployment rate has plunged from about 19 percent to around 4 percent.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday is announcing proposed regulations that aim to stop some predatory lending practices.

Mitch McConnell has been a U.S. senator since 1984. The Long Game is the behind-the-scenes memoir of a man famous for his discretion. Steve Inskeep talks to McConnell about the Senate and his book.

Kids were playing with water guns near an apartment building when they smelled smoke. Flames were crawling up the deck belonging to a homebound man on oxygen. Flames were out before firemen arrived.