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Students using ASSISTments, developed by Worcester Polytechnic Institute, saw significant gains in standardized test scores compared to peers in control group.

Students using ASSISTments, developed by Worcester Polytechnic Institute, saw significant gains in standardized test scores compared to peers in control group.

MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — A new study from SRI Education, a division of SRI International, found that a web-based mathematics homework intervention called ASSISTments, developed by…

Civil Rights Hero From ’60s Takes Criticism as Trump Backer

Civil Rights Hero From ’60s Takes Criticism as Trump Backer

Clarence Henderson was hailed as a hero nearly 60 years ago when as a young black man he participated in a sit-in at a segregated North Carolina lunch counter. In…

An armed man held a toddler hostage for hours. A police sniper fired one shot and saved her.

An armed man held a toddler hostage for hours. A police sniper fired one shot and saved her.

By Kristine Guerra October 24 at 11:27 AM Officer Jason Lawless, an Oklahoma police sniper, had one chance, one narrow window to save a 2-year-old girl who had been held…

The story of the ‘best little baby’ and the state trooper who rescued him

The story of the ‘best little baby’ and the state trooper who rescued him

Derek Graham encountered the woman and child on Tuesday evening. Graham, a senior trooper in West Virginia, and another trooper had stopped a female driver who was “highly intoxicated,” Graham…

This photo of an officer comforting a baby went viral. But there’s more to the story.

This photo of an officer comforting a baby went viral. But there’s more to the story.

By the time Michelle Burton and a dozen other Birmingham, Ala., police officers arrived at an apartment, it was too late to save a 30-year-old man, who died of an…

‘My son is not breathing’: Harrowing video shows hero cop saving toddler in distress

‘My son is not breathing’: Harrowing video shows hero cop saving toddler in distress

“My son is not breathing.” Seconds after a distraught Texas father uttered those chilling words to a 911 operator, Officer Chase Miller was on his way. He didn’t have to…

Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities Initiative More than Halfway to Goal of Supporting 100 Mid-Sized US Cities

Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities Initiative More than Halfway to Goal of Supporting 100 Mid-Sized US Cities

NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced that its What Works Cities initiative has reached a critical benchmark: 55 mid-sized U.S. cities are now working to…

MONTREAL, Oct. 24, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ – On the occasion of the historical Peace Agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Handicap International calls…

Gundry MD wellness company announces partnership with charity: water to provide clean water worldwide

Gundry MD wellness company announces partnership with charity: water to provide clean water worldwide

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Gundry MD, a rapidly-growing supplement and skincare company founded by cardiologist Dr. Steven Gundry, is partnering with charity: water — a non-profit organization…

Republic Services Recognized with Virginia Recycling Association Outstanding Service Provider of the Year Award

Republic Services Recognized with Virginia Recycling Association Outstanding Service Provider of the Year Award

MANASSAS, Va., Oct. 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Republic Services is pleased to announce the Virginia Recycling Association has named Republic’s Northern Virginia Recycling Center the winner of the Outstanding Service…