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The U.S. Department of Education is investigating the Phoenix-area Maricopa Community College District, the nation's largest, for discriminating on the basis of national origin.

President Obama wants to have the world's largest share of college graduates by 2020. For that to happen, Latinos need to start earning more degrees. A new report details best practices for closing the college-completion gap, some of which have been banned in Arizona.

The White House announced Tuesday that there are "no signs yet" that President Assad has pulled back troops and stopped attacks on civilians. Monday, the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said violence spilled across the border when Syrian forces fired shots into a refugee camp in Turkey.

SDG&E wants its customers to pay the uninsured costs for the 2007 wildfires as well as future ones. Escondido Latinos say the city's at-large election system disenfranchises them. And the candidates for San Diego's mayor want to do something about education.

Syria's Kurds feel they've been treated badly by the Syrian regime and would like to see it fall. But many are hesitant to join an all-out fight to topple President Bashar Assad, because they are also unsure about what might come next.

The Tucson Unified School District is expected to not renew the contract of the Mexican American Studies program director. The latest twist came just after The Daily Show aired its satirical look at the school board.

Latinos are nearly half of the city's population, but there is only one Latino on the city council.

Pew Hispanic Center study shows many Latinos don't like the pan-ethnic phrases. They prefer to be ID'd by their home country.

Desert warriors have seized control over the northern part of Mali. Officials fear that ethnic Tuaregs in the neighboring countries of Niger and Algeria might also be tempted to rebel.

San Diego Unified has is getting more kids to school every day. Officials said that means higher graduation rates, fewer drop outs and more money for schools.