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Connecticut becomes the first state to sue the federal government over the federal No Child Left Behind law. The state says the federal government is forcing it to spend millions of its own dollars on unnecessary tests.

A report commissioned by the Republican governor projects big increases in Medicaid costs as a result of the federal law overhauling health care.

The disappearance of MH370 and the shooting down of MH17 in recent months have compounded the hit to the carrier's already shaky bottom line.

Also Friday, there's word from the Kenyan Red Cross that 59 people remain missing. Terrorists killed at least 61 civilians and 6 security officers during the attack on a mall in Nairobi and a four-day siege that followed.

Francis led a prayer in memory of the thousands killed in 2013 by Typhoon Haiyan — the strongest cyclone ever to make landfall.

More than 6 million middle school and high school students used tobacco products this year, according to a new federal report. Most are now using these addictive products by vaping.

Migrants apprehensions at the southern border this past year jumped by 37% compared to the year ago. A growing number of border-crossers are from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled two bills banning abortions unconstitutional on Wednesday.

Early voting begins Thursday for the Aug. 27 primary runoff.

Liz Cheney's sustained criticism of former President Trump made her one of his top political targets. She's now laying out her plans to make sure he never wins back the White House.

For weeks, the song I Can't Wait by Hillary Duff has been in the top three on Radio Disney stations across the country, but elsewhere the song hasn't even made it to the top 50. How can this be? Some critics say that's what happens when a company controls the recording artist, the record label and the radio network. Others say it's just good marketing. NPR's Laura Sydell reports.

Records are made to be broken, the saying goes. But how did the kid from Akron chase down what seemed like an unbeatable number?