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The news marks an important flare-up in a long-running war between teachers unions and the federal government over standardized testing. Washington has become the first state to lose its waiver.

Attorney General Eric Holder says the department is adding resources to bring states in line with a 36-year-old law that attempts to keep Native children close to their relatives and tribes.

Five years after the Justice Department vowed to hold people accountable for the largest oil spill in U.S. history, its prosecution of BP executives has foundered.

Farmers in New Mexico are worried about the future of the state's most beloved crop: green and red chiles. They're increasingly relying on salty groundwater, which damages the soil and the crops.

Schools are moving to high-stakes testing of social and emotional skills. Some experts say it's too soon.

Delays, some stretching to nearly three hours, are being caused by a problem at an air traffic center in Virginia.

Should HIV tests be as common as cholesterol checks? A federal task force is expected to weigh in.

Republicans say the NIH should switch funds from Ebola research to fighting Zika virusi, instead, but NIH officials balk. And a company prepares to test genetically engineered mosquitoes in Florida.

The Oklahoma City Police Department has confirmed that Aubrey McClendon died in a car crash Wednesday morning, one day after he was charged with orchestrating a conspiracy over oil and gas prices.

Marne Foster pleads guilty and resigns as San Diego school trustee. Chargers' Dean Spanos reconsiders San Diego. The district attorney deals with tons of body-cam videos. And a televangelist wants to build a Christian resort in Mission Valley.