FACT CHECK: GOP candidates flub some figures in debate
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and JOSH BOAK Ben Carson botched the economic effect of minimum wage increases. Jeb Bush again pitched a dubious target for economic growth. Marco Rubio, in…
Higher education
Missouri students, football players pressure school leaders
By The Associated Press Student protests at the University of Missouri over how racially charged incidents have been handled by school leaders have ramped up over the semester and reached…
AP FACT CHECK: Clinton, Sanders revise history in Dem debate
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and JOSH BOAK Hillary Rodham Clinton revised history in the Democratic debate when insisting she’s not a flip-flopper on a trade deal she promoted as secretary…
A multigenerational hit: Student debt traps parents and kids
By JOSH BOAK A college degree practically stamped Andres Aguirre’s ticket to the middle class. Yet at age 40, he’s still paying the price of admission. After a decade of…
Immigration shift shows India, China outpacing Mexico
By JAMIE STENGLE Siddharth Jaganath wanted to return to India after earning his master’s degree at Texas’ Southern Methodist University. Instead, he built a new life in the U.S. over…
Ex-Ohio State band director files defamation suit
By JULIE CARR SMYTH The marching band director at Ohio State University claims in a new lawsuit filed Friday that the university has damaged his reputation so much that he…
Univ. of Oklahoma severs ties with frat after racist chant
By SEAN MURPHY NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The president of the University of Oklahoma severed the school’s ties with a national fraternity on Monday and ordered that its on-campus house be…
China state media seen stepping-up anti-Western rhetoric
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Western values are a “ticket to hell,” a newspaper published by China’s Communist Party said in a recent editorial that held up Ukraine and some Arab countries…