French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Monday in Paris as the European Union considers a drastic overhaul of its powers in an attempt to keep their currency afloat. The...

Kenya is facing increasing criticism from neighboring Somalia for recent military offensives into that nation in an attempt to oust Islamic rebels. Somalia’s president, Sheik Sharif Ahmed, condemned...

The Columbia School Board is searching for a new collective bargaining agreement, which would permit teachers to negotiate terms of employment, such as giving teachers say in the number of hours they work,...

Citizens in the northeastern Turkish city of Van experienced a 7.2 magnitude earthquake Oct. 23. The earthquake destroyed more than a hundred buildings in Van and the nearby city of Ercis. The confirmed...

In August United States Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced plans to implement a waiver system to allow individual states to opt out of the student testing mandates from the ten-year-old federal...

During the past summer, the computer systems of CPS underwent major changes to upgrade the outdated hardware for increased speeds and functionality. The first portion of bond funds became available for...

The 2011 edition of homecoming week will take students from coast to coast. What has come to be known as the “Bruin Nation” theme will focus on promoting the different styles from around the country...

Villagers in the mountainous regions of India’s Sikkim state woke Sunday night to an earthquake, measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale. Tremors from the quake reached across northern India, Nepal, Bhutan...

The Yemeni capital of Sana faces increasing violence as government forces battle against soldiers who have joined the antigovernment protestors in their seven month long movement to oust current President...