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Lawsuit: Community college program was human trafficking
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Eleven students from Brazil and Chile have filed a federal lawsuit accusing a northwest Iowa community college, a recruitment company, a pet food manufacturer and a packaging company of human trafficking and involuntary servitude. The lawsuit filed Monday in the Northern District of...
Homes with rental spaces could help with affordable housing
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — With housing prices along the Wasatch Front skyrocketing, civic leaders and housing advocates are considering numerous alternatives to mitigate the issue of housing affordability. Among the choices are what residential planners describe as accessory dwelling units, they can be...
Wood shop students build desks for online learners
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Students have spent an unprecedented amount of time learning online this year — some by choice, some by mandate, others by necessity. Simultaneously, headlines across the country have reported a steep increase in failing grades. Among the factors impacting academic performance is...
Indiana student, 17, uses business savvy for online boutique
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — When Keegan Beeler started an Instagram-based clothing boutique last spring, the goal was to make a little extra gas money. “It turned into something I actually liked doing,” said the 17-year-old West Vigo High School student. “I just wanted to keep making it...
4th-grader’s art patch sent to the stars on SpaceX rocket
LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — When SpaceX’s Dragon rocket launched on Dec. 6 bound for the International Space Station, it brought a piece of Lebanon County with it. A patch created by 4th-grader and Lebanon native Joshua Ferguson, a student at Milton Hershey School, was selected to be sent on SpaceX’s...
Central Florida students find images of life in the pandemic
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The assignment was to capture in photographs what already weighed heavily on most everyone’s mind: The way the coronavirus pandemic had altered their lives. Students in John Burke’s creative photography class at Boone High School had no shortage of ideas. They took photos...
Australia hosts first group of overseas students since virus
DARWIN, Australia (AP) — Australia has welcomed its first group of international students to arrive since the coronavirus pandemic began, with more due to follow. A charter flight carrying 63 students from mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam and Indonesia landed Monday in the northern city of Darwin....
Virginia student plays music for Alicia Keys on Instagram
RADFORD, Va. (AP) — Few people get to meet their idols. Even fewer get the chance to converse and share their passions with them. Terrance Shepherd — a Radford University graduate student majoring in musical composition — got to do both when he played the piano for singer-songwriter Alicia...
Pandemic pushes steep drop in foreign college students
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Just two semesters short of earning a cybersecurity master’s degree in the U.S., Sai Naini is stuck in India, unsure what his future holds. He rushed home this summer after learning that his father was in failing health after being diagnosed with COVID-19, making it to his...
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