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In the era of U.S. slavery, it was illegal for African-Americans in many parts of the country — both enslaved and free — to learn to read and write.But…

The U.S. is now No. 2, behind Germany and ahead of France, England and Canada. The American squad has been ranked in the top two spots since FIFA created the world rankings for women back in 2003.

The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday in Los Angeles. HBO, the cable television show Mad Men and NBC's 30 Rock were big winners.

Abu Anas al-Libi is accused of orchestrating the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. He was captured during a commando raid in Libya.

The publicly-edited online encyclopedia Wikipedia raked in more than 84 billion views this year. The Wikimedia Foundation gas released a breakdown of those numbers.

The names of each of the 130 victims killed on Nov. 13 were read aloud. President Francois Hollande said France would continue to defend the values for which they died.

The California-based company, already operating in five cities, plans to launch its driverless cars in Dallas, Miami and Washington, D.C.

The top local stories this morning from KERA News:The Dallas school board has been looking at renaming schools now named after Confederate soldiers.At a…

Calls and requests for lifesaving shelter are through the roof at one women’s shelter in North Texas. Others are out of space. Most are out of cleaning…

The Sunday gathering is the first since the killing of nine members of a Bible study group last week at the church.