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Neighborcare Health clinic manager Stephanie Keller, left, and Vashon Island High School nurse Sarah Day say vaccinations are the top service provided at the student-based health center. Keller said the center received a spike in calls from concerned parents as Washington state struggled to contain a measles outbreak (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

May 19, 2019 at 9:47 pm

Vaccinations rise on Vashon Island, challenging its reputation as anti-vax ‘poster child’ VIEW

Amid the nation's largest measles outbreak in 25 years, pro-vaccine advocates are cheering this apparent shift that challenges Vashon Island's reputation as a hotbed of...

May 16, 2019 at 10:11 am

Citing finances, 2nd charter school quits Washington state

Soar Academy announced in January that it was shutting down at the end of the school year, citing financial constraints. Its board chairwoman said the...

Local News

FILE – In this file photo taken Feb. 21, 2019, seventh grade students from Grace Academy in Hartford, Conn., work together on a robot using plans on a computer at the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford. Though less likely to study in a formal technology or engineering course, America’s girls are showing more mastery of those subjects than their boy classmates, according to newly released national education data made public Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Jim Michaud/Journal Inquirer via AP, File) CTMAN201 CTMAN201

April 29, 2019 at 10:25 pm

Girls outscore boys on tech, engineering, even without class

SEATTLE (AP) — Though less likely to study in a formal technology or engineering course, America's girls are showing more mastery of those subjects than...

Nation & World

March 13, 2019 at 6:36 pm

Feds: Charity funneled millions in college bribery scam

The mastermind of a wide-ranging college admissions scandal set up a charity that wove a deep web of deception and fraud to mask bribes and...

Business

FILE– The Serra Mall at the Main Quad on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., Dec. 25, 2017. Federal prosecutors charged dozens of people on March 12, 2019, in a major college admission scandal that involved wealthy parents, including Hollywood celebrities and prominent business leaders, paying bribes to get their children into elite American universities. Both coaches and private admissions counselors received millions of dollars for helping to get students admitted as athletes to Yale, Stanford and University of Southern California, regardless of their academic or sports ability, the authorities say. (Leslye Davis/The New York Times) XNYT132 XNYT132

March 13, 2019 at 7:37 am

Rules for disabled students exploited by college-entrance exam cheaters VIEW

A federal affidavit details allegations of test administrators being bribed "to allow a third party to facilitate cheating" on the ACT and SAT exams.

Business

March 12, 2019 at 6:00 pm

Entrance exam cheaters exploited rules for disabled students VIEW

A college entrance exam policy aimed at helping students with disabilities was exploited to enable cheating in what is being described as the biggest school...

Business

February 13, 2019 at 1:27 pm

Business

January 26, 2019 at 12:21 pm

Muted political tone at largest Koch donor network meeting

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — A record-breaking number of wealthy donors have gathered at conservative billionaire industrialist Charles Koch's private weekend retreat, where leaders of...