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Under the new federal education law, states get a say in how they measure "student success or school quality." Many states plan to use chronic absence.

African-American voters turned out in big numbers to help propel Democrat Doug Jones' upset victory in the Alabama U.S. Senate race. It was a surprising show of political muscle by a community that's been locked out of power in a Republican-dominated state.

The search for former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Jordan Dorner, who's suspected of killing a police officer and two other people, has stretched across a large area. It's feared he's intent on killing more officers.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with David Miliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee, for the latest on the migrant crisis.

Some good news for Flint, Mich., where the water was contaminated with lead. Dozens of union plumbers volunteered to install water filters and replace faucets for some of the city's poorest residents.

Robert Siegel talks to Dr. Dawn Perlmutter, director of the Symbol Intelligence Group, which specializes in analysis of symbols and rituals. She says fire is a common method of ritual murder in Iraq.

Syrian security officials clash with Arab militants on the Syria-Lebanese border and in Damascus. A Syrian security officer was killed, and four Syrian security police were injured in the shoot out in Damascus. The armed group included Iraqi men who had once worked as Saddam Hussein's body guards. Syria is under intense pressure from the Bush administration to crack down on militants.

Now in control of the House, Republicans will hold hearings on border policy and pandemic relief spending.

Arab leaders at a Cairo summit failed to agree on a way to contain the violence between Israel and Hamas or resolve the Palestinian quest for statehood.

The U.S. carried out retaliatory strikes Friday in Iraq and Syria after a drone strike in Jordan killed three U.S. servicemembers Sunday.