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The state's school board wants to measure progress in math and reading differently for students based on race and ethnicity. Supporters say the new passing rates take into account students' different starting points. Critics charge the mandates are "backwards-looking."

Former Goldman Sachs trader Fabrice Tourre was found liable on six of seven counts on Thursday. The Securities and Exchange Commission accused Tourre of misleading investors in a mortgage-linked security.

Vice President Harris spoke during the memorial service for Ruth Whitfield, the last of 10 Black people killed in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket to be laid to rest.

The trial of former Enron executives Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay enters a critical phase Thursday, when Skilling is expected to testify. Accused of conspiring to deceive investors, analysts and the public about Enron's financial condition, Skilling faces decades in prison if convicted.

Renee Montagne talks with Ofeibea Quist-Arcton about South Africa's 10-day goodbye to Nelson Mandela. His body will lie in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, the scene of his presidential inauguration in 1994.

Attorney General William Barr didn't show up to Thursday's hearing called by the Democratic majority before the House Judiciary Committee. Congress and the Justice Department are in a standoff.

Joichi Ito has resigned as director of the MIT Media Lab after a New Yorker article detailed the lengths to which the Lab concealed funds received from Jeffrey Epstein.

A Labor Department audit found no correlation between the federal system that fines mining companies for unsafe conditions and safety in mining operations.

President Trump's physician, Dr. Sean Conley, told reporters on Saturday morning that Trump was "doing very well." But an official identified as chief of staff Mark Meadows gave a different account.

Bret Schafer of the Alliance for Securing Democracy tracks activity of Russia-linked social media bots, trolls and influencers. He talks to Steve Inskeep about the topics those bots focus on.