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How Jimmy Carter's love of music helped launch his presidential campaign

Former President Jimmy Carter's close friends included the likes of Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and the Allman brothers.

Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Education, testifies during her confirmation hearing on Thursday in Washington, DC. McMahon is under fire as Trump has announced he plans to eliminate the Department of Education and pass its function to the states.

At McMahon's confirmation hearing, it was the Education Department on trial

In her confirmation hearing, Linda McMahon handled tough questions from Democrats, and affirmed President Trump's plans to shrink, and potentially eliminate, the department.

President Donald Trump, with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and his wife Kathryn, speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One after declaring Feb. 9 "Gulf of America Day."

Who will call it the Gulf of America? A look at this and other naming disputes

Google Maps now labels the Gulf of America for U.S. users, and the Gulf of Mexico for those in Mexico. This isn't the first body of water to have different names according to different countries.

Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Ala., have voted twice on whether to unionize, but the results remained too close to call since 2022.

Amazon ordered to let workers vote on unionizing -- for the 3rd time

A federal administrative law judge says Amazon interfered in the last election on unionization at its warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.

A student at Longwood Middle School in Middle Island, N.Y., takes a math test.

Nearly 5 years after schools closed, the nation gets a new report card

There's some good news in math, mostly bad news in reading and lots of questions about why students are still struggling.

A desert festival where robots are the headliner

Scientists are using the Mojave Desert to test robots for the next space age.

A satellite image shows Hurricane Francine in the Gulf of Mexico as it advances toward Louisiana on Tuesday evening.

Francine becomes a hurricane as it approaches Louisiana

Residents are being urged to finish storm preparations. Francine is expected to bring heavy rainfall and flash flooding to Louisiana, Mississippi, southern Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle.

Joe Ciulla handles Ript gummies before they're packaged at the Ripple Cannabis Company's production facility in Commerce City, Colo.

Even where weed is legal, product safety isn't guaranteed

Most states allow some sale of cannabis, but testing for pesticides and mold in the weed supply varies from one state to another.

Candidate signs for Alabama's second congressional district race sit outside a polling center in Montgomery on Tuesday.

Figures, Dobson advance in Alabama's runoffs for new House district

Alabama's 2nd Congressional District was reshaped to give Black voters more political power and followed a lengthy legal battle that reached the U.S. Supreme Court.

How a stretch of I-20 through Alabama tells the story of American workers

In recent years, Alabama workers have found themselves at the center of three high-profile labor campaigns in three industries. How those have unfolded tells us a lot about labor in America today.

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