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Jacqueline Woodson: What Is The Hidden Power Of Slow Reading?

Novelist Jacqueline Woodson is a slow reader. Taking her time lets her savor each word brings her closer to each story, and it lets her pay respect to her ancestors who weren't allowed to read.

Andreas Kalbitz, an AfD leader in Brandenburg, speaks to supporters after exit poll results in state elections on Sept. 1 in Werder, Germany.

Far Right Makes Gains In 2 German State Elections As Centrists Hang Onto Power

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won big in this month's Brandenburg and Saxony state elections. A recent poll shows the AfD more popular than ever throughout Germany.

Liz Kleinrock: How Can We Broach Hard Conversations In The Classroom?

When one of Liz Kleinrock's fourth grade students made a cringeworthy comment about race, rather than change the subject, she chose to turn the moment into a teachable one — and start a conversation.

President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Trump says reports of an improper conversation with a foreign leader are "ridiculous."

Trump: Reports Of Alleged Improper Conversation With Foreign Leader Are 'Ridiculous'

The president blamed a "partisan whistleblower," whose identity he said he didn't know, for an allegation that Trump had an improper conversation with a foreign leader.

Some insurers using this new payment model offer a single fee to one OB-GYN or medical practice, which then uses part of that money to cover the hospital care involved in labor and delivery. Other insurers opt to cut a separate contract with the hospital.

A New Way Of Paying For Maternity Care Aims To Reduce C-Sections

Instead of paying doctors piecemeal for prenatal appointments and delivery of the baby, some insurers now offer medical practices one lump sum to cover it all.

What can and cannot be recycled? (Ezequiel Becerra/AFP/Getty Images)

Exposing The Myth Of Plastic Recycling: Why A Majority Is Burned Or Thrown In A Landfill

Very little of plastic we recycle is actually removed from the waste stream.

This photo montage shows Gregory Paul as a boy after he was sent to live in the Rainier School for the developmentally disabled. He moved there at age 12 and stayed 55 years.

This boy was institutionalized at age 12. Now he's moving out — half a century later

MaryAnn Brookhart remembers the day in 1964 when her parents dropped off her 12-year-old brother, Gregory Paul, at the Rainier School for the...

Citing "growing federal, state and local regulatory complexity and uncertainty regarding e-cigarettes," Walmart says it will stop selling electronic cigarettes.

Walmart To Stop Selling E-Cigarettes

The nation's largest retailer cited regulatory "complexity and uncertainty" around e-cigarettes. U.S. health officials have raised alarms over growing cases of lung injury associated with vaping.

The inmate population at the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, once stood at nearly 700 but has since dwindled to 40.

Trump Rules Out Sending Captured ISIS Fighters To Guantánamo Bay

Few foreign ISIS fighters captured in Syria and Iraq have been repatriated. Unless European allies accept nationals who are ISIS prisoners of war, Trump said, "we're releasing them at the border."

Belinda Qaqamba Ka-Fassie, a post-graduate student in education at Stellenbosch University, wears a dress that resembles the white blanket typically worn at a male circumcision<em>. </em>Her headpiece and beaded stick, both handmade, are traditionally part of a bride's ensemble. The 24-year-old designs her dresses, often choosing local fabrics.

PHOTOS: Drag Queens In South Africa Embrace Queerness And Tradition

Facing stigma and discrimination, they proudly embrace their heritage in the way they dress.

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