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Staff in the kitchen of The Modern, a restaurant operated by Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group and located in the Museum of Modern Art.

Danny Meyer To Banish Tipping And Raise Prices At His N.Y. Restaurants

Meyer says "something fascinating and completely unfair" plagues the restaurant industry: Waiters' incomes have risen far faster than other staff. To balance salaries out, he'll charge more for food.

Cars drive past a memorial for Jonathan Cortez at 54th and Lea streets Oct. 12, 2015. Cortez was killed there in a hit and run Oct. 9, 2015.

Mid-City Residents Want Safety Fixes At Fatal Hit-And-Run Site

The San Diego street where investigators believe multiple drivers struck a Mid-City teen lacks sidewalks and a bike lane.

English professor Neal Phillips sits at a Valencia campus computer in Orlando, Fla., crafting an email blast to students who've been flagged by a new program that analyzes how they're performing.

Higher Ed's Moneyball?

How a Florida community college is testing out new tools to boost learning and graduation rates. The key: getting professors access to real-time data on student engagement and performance.

Danny Meyer To Banish Tipping And Raise Prices At His Restaurants

Meyer says "something fascinating and completely unfair" plagues the restaurant industry: Waiters' incomes have risen far faster than other staff. To balance salaries out, he'll charge more for food.

A pilgrim pauses to pray before the Kaaba during the Hajj in Mecca.

Guest Review: 'A Sinner In Mecca'

A pilgrimage as personal journey

Higher Ed's Moneyball?

How a Florida community college is testing out new tools to boost learning and graduation rates. The key: getting professors access to real-time data on student engagement and performance.

A steamboat drifts along the Mississippi River in New Orleans. A group called America's Watershed Initiative says "funding for infrastructure maintenance means that multiple failures may be imminent" for the lower Mississippi River basin.

Mississippi River Basin Gets A Grade Of D+

A group that measures river basin health cited the poor condition of infrastructure such as locks and dams, among other things, on what it says the world's fourth-largest watershed.

Food For Thought: Healthy Planet Left Behind In U.S. Dietary Guidelines

A scientific recommendation for the final 2105 Dietary Guidelines not only calls for a healthy diet but a healthy planet. However, the USDA says it will not adopt sustainability in its final report.

Demonstrators rally against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's controversial security bills in front of the National Diet in Tokyo in September. The bills, which passed, will allow Japan to send its troops overseas for the first time since World War II. However, the likelihood of Japanese involvement in a foreign war appears quite small.

Japan Can Now Send Its Military Abroad, But Will It?

For the first time since World War II, Japan's military can fight beyond its borders. The move sparked weeks of protests even though the likelihood of involvement in a foreign war appears quite small.

Bush is the latest Republican to offer an alternative to Obamacare.

Jeb Bush Has A Plan To Replace Obamacare. Here's What's In It.

The plan could lower premium prices but also disproportionately hit low-income Americans.

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