New teacher strikes and walkouts are making headlines this year, but the issues they are raising are familiar. Educators are especially concerned about pay, school resources, growing responsibilities, testing policies and the role of charter schools. John Yang talks to two of the 2016 Teachers of the Year, Nate Bowling and Shawn Sheehan, about challenges and frustrations facing their profession.

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President Donald Trump said he had a “great meeting” Tuesday with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, hours after bashing the company and accusing it of not treating him well because he’s a Republican.

Trump uses Twitter extensively to get his message out, particularly since the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, including more than 40 tweets and retweets in the last two days, and two criticizing Twitter itself. But Trump has also asserted that social media companies have been exhibiting bias against conservatives, something the companies have rejected as untrue.

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Central American migrants traveling through southern Mexico toward the U.S. on Tuesday fearfully recalled their frantic escape from police the previous day, scuttling under barbed wire fences into pastures and then spending the night in the woods after hundreds were detained in a raid.

In the Chiapas state town of Tonala, migrants flocked to one of the few places they felt they could be safe — the local Roman Catholic church — only to start with fear at the sound of a passing ambulance’s siren.

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The purported leader of an Islamic extremist group blamed for an Easter attack in Sri Lanka that killed over 320 people began posting videos online three years ago calling for non-Muslims to be “eliminated,” faith leaders said Tuesday.

Much remains unclear about how a little-known group called National Thowfeek Jamaath allegedly carried out six large nearly simultaneous suicide bombings striking churches and hotels on Sunday.

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It was a cruise passenger's dream lineup: Hundreds of destinations from around the world hyping the benefits of visiting their communities.

Should I cruise to Hong Kong, Singapore or Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates? How about Southampton, the British port where many cruise ships stop?

Read more at LA Times.

An alligator was recently spotted taking a dip and catching some rays near Panama City Beach, Fla.

Lisa Powell Niemiec was quick to take to Facebook with photos of the gator, which she spotted last week at a beach at the nearby St. Andrews State Park. As of Friday afternoon, the post had nearly 8,000 shares.

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Empathy seems like a good quality in human beings. Pure and simple.

It allows us to consider the perspective of others — to put ourselves in their shoes and imagine their experiences. From that empathetic vantage point, only good things can come, right?

Read more at NPR.

Data flows under the oceans. To get from the US to Europe, for example, internet traffic doesn’t beam by satellite—it rushes through subsea cables. There are about 378 of these pipes, and the information that travels through them does so on glass fiber. While many of these tubes cross the Atlantic, Google is building a new one that they say will be the highest-capacity cable to snake under that ocean. Here’s what to know about how it will work.

Read more at Popsci.

Job interviews are stressful. What are you supposed to wear? How do you answer tough questions? What time are you even meant to arrive? Timing can be tricky etiquette, because many regard it as rude to be early as it is to be late. Here, a career expert offers some advice on how to time your arrival perfectly.

Amy Polefrone, the CEO of HR Strategy Group, spoke to Huffington Post UK, and explained that she believes 15 minutes early is an appropriate time to arrive to give the right impression. "[It shows] you're ready, you're eager, and you have your game face on."

Read more at Yahoo.

The firm behind a fifth of the country’s free cash machines is to start charging customers nearly £1 a time to take their money out.

Notemachine will charge for many of its 10,500 devices following changes to how the ATMs are funded.

Read more at Daily Mail.