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Broward County Public Schools board member Brenda Fam has been taking heat after she pressed her colleagues to define what a "woman" is at the last school board meeting, speaking on behalf of concerned parents who are weighing whether to pull their children out of the district.

Only 37% of American 12th-graders were academically prepared for college math and reading in 2015, a slight dip from two years earlier, according to test scores released Wednesday.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis public officials are speaking out against a video game they say promotes violence against law enforcement. The game "25 To Life" features graphic scenes of shooting at police officers and taking civilians as human shields. Despite a push to keep the game off store shelves, it is readily available at area retailers after it was released last month, 6News' Tanya Spencer reported. Indianapolis police want parents to be aware of the game and to know the game is not appropriate for children. Indianapolis officials pioneered efforts to fight violent video games by restricting access to them six...

Iraq attempted to declare war on the United States Tuesday morning at Topeka's 39th Annual Model United Nations, but the action failed.Model United Nations Delegate Lindsey Smith of Emporia High School was told to formally withdraw her resolution by the United Nations Security Council.At least 880 students from across Kansas participated in the event Monday and Tuesday at the Maner Conference Centre and Capitol Plaza Hotel.Model United Nations coordinator Jenay Weekly, who is the gifter facilitator for Robinson Middle School, said that the Model United Nations is probalby the second largest in the Midwest, the largest being in Chicago.