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The popular messaging app became one of the only major social media platforms that permitted accounts with ties to Hamas.

A handful of nonprofit companies, mostly church-based, are challenging holiday shoppers to give money that will buy practical gifts to help needy people in developing countries. They ask Americans: 'instead of buying for the person who has everything, why not buy for the family that has nothing?' For more information...Alternative Gifts International 800-842-2243; Serve International 800-723-3712; World Concern 800-755-5022; Heifer Project International 800-422-0474; American Friends Service 888-588-2372

The Texas Legislature will be back in a few months facing a budget deficit. Will the next round of state budget cuts clip Texas high school football? Or…

Texas education funding is ruled unconstitutional, and Attorney General Greg Abbott is expected to appeal the case to the Texas Supreme Court. There are…

Using data from the Texas Education Agency’s website, State Board of Education Vice Chairman Thomas Ratliff showed how the overall spending at a majority…

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from Islamabad, Pakistan about UN sanctions that were placed on Afghanistan last night. The UN is limiting air travel and freezing overseas bank accounts of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban government. The U.S urged the sanctions, because the Taliban refuses to hand over alleged terrorist Osama Bin Laden, who is in hiding in Afghanistan. The sanctions come just two days after a series of rocket attacks against the U.S and UN in Islamabad, which were meant to deter sanctions.

The postmaster general spoke to dozens of the nation's top election officials Thursday, ahead of an election season that will see record numbers of mail ballots.

Tacloban City, the hardest hit city, faced a 40-foot storm surge and gusts of wind topping 200 mph. Cadavers lined the streets, scores of buildings were flattened and the airport terminal was damaged by the surge.

Sam Yagan, who also co-founded OKCupid, is a leading figure in the online dating world. He shares his perspective.

Russia has been waging a broad, concerted campaign of influence against the U.S. that includes a number of both overt and clandestine elements.