U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today issued the following statement on the Boy Scouts of America's decision to no longer deny membership to youth on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone:

The U.S. Department of Education today announced it is awarding more than $1.3 million to Newtown Public School District to help with ongoing recovery efforts following the tragic shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 first-graders and six educators were killed in December 2012.

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America's servicemen and servicewomen will now have more information about their federal education loans, special benefits available to them, and their repayment options with the release of a new brochure announced today.

Our priority is to ensure that Congress doesn't allow federal student loan interest rates to double on July 1.

It's that time of year. A time for thunderstorms! Meteorologist Josh Fitzpatrick answers how hot is lightning and what causes thunder, along with many other lightning facts.

The first spring "heat wave" of the season will set the stage for rowdy thunderstorms on Thursday night. Tony Cavalier has the blueprint for the most likely events.

Forget spring! Tony says Old Man Winter has his sights set on our region for the Super Bowl weekend.

Metro 911 is reporting hazardous driving conditions due to black ice.

At least six deaths are being blamed on the storm, which spawned Gulf Coast region tornadoes on Christmas Day and a historic amount of snow in Arkansas before pushing through the Upper Ohio Valley and heading toward the Northeast on Wednesday.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today issued the following statement on the Boy Scouts of America's decision to no longer deny membership to youth on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone:

The U.S. Department of Education today announced it is awarding more than $1.3 million to Newtown Public School District to help with ongoing recovery efforts following the tragic shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 first-graders and six educators were killed in December 2012.

It’s been hard to come to terms with, but I need to face t

America's servicemen and servicewomen will now have more information about their federal education loans, special benefits available to them, and their repayment options with the release of a new brochure announced today.

Our priority is to ensure that Congress doesn't allow federal student loan interest rates to double on July 1.