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West Virginia teachers stay on strike after pay raise erased

Unions representing West Virginia teachers and service personnel said Saturday that they will stay out on strike after the state Senate voted to cut the 5 percent pay raise they had negotiated with Gov. Jim Justice.

All school threats get tough response in weeks since Parkland

Fifteen students in one Florida school district are facing felony charges and prison time for making alleged threats since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre.

Ben of ‘Ben & Jerry’s’ arrested during jet noise protest

Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, was one of three activists arrested for disorderly conduct Saturday after blasting jet noise from a mobile public address system in Burlington, Vermont.

Powerful nor’easter leaves outages, damage from Virginia to Maine

Tens of thousands of utility workers in the Northeast raced to restore power to more than 1.5 million homes and businesses just days after a powerful nor’easter caused flooding and wind damage from Virginia to Maine.

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Roger Bannister, first to run a mile under 4 minutes, dies at 88

Roger Bannister died peacefully in Oxford on Saturday at the age of 88. He made history on May 6, 1954, when he became the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile — a feat of speed and endurance that stands as one of the seminal sporting achievements of the 20th century.