The Washington Post

The state is launching a three-year pilot program offering $500 a month to homeless students who maintain high attendance and fulfill other requirements.

Kate Rogers was leading a $550 million renovation of the Alamo. She resigned after Texas Republicans began criticizing a social media post and her college dissertation.

The Truman aircraft carrier group conducted airstrikes for 52 days straight. Investigators found that not all of its ships or crews were ready for such intensity.

Minnesota has been a magnet for Somali immigrants for decades and now has America’s largest population of people of Somali descent.

“I call them sometimes guard dogs,” said Kenneth Hoagland, principal of Kellenberg Memorial High School. “They guard against fear, depression and anxiety.”

Oregon State Police approached the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians to discuss the fate of a young humpback whale that had stranded on a beach.