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Three more college students charged with hate crimes after assault in Maryland
SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — Police in Maryland have arrested three more Salisbury University students on hate crime charges following an attack in which investigators say a man was lured to an off-campus apartment, beaten and called a homophobic slur. The latest arrests brought the...
A French student who was arrested and detained in Tunisia returns to Paris
PARIS (AP) — A French doctoral student detained in Tunisia returned to Paris on Friday after weeks of top-level diplomatic discussions. Victor Dupont, a 27-year-old pursuing a Ph.D. at Aix-Marseille University’s Institute of Research and Study on the Arab and Islamic Worlds,...
Trump wants to end 'wokeness' in education. He has vowed to use federal money as leverage
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's vision for education revolves around a single goal: to rid America’s schools of perceived “ wokeness ” and “left-wing indoctrination.” The president-elect wants to forbid classroom lessons on gender identity and structural racism. He wants...
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign chancellor to step down at end of academic year
CHICAGO (AP) — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor Robert Jones plans to resign at the end of the academic year. University officials made the announcement Wednesday, the Chicago Tribune reported. University of Illinois System President Tim Killeen said Jones will...
2 striking teacher unions in Massachusetts face growing fines for refusing to return to classroom
BOSTON (AP) — Two of the three striking teacher unions in Massachusetts have been fined for refusing to return to the classroom. Judges on Tuesday imposed fines of $50,000 a day for the unions in Beverly and Gloucester that would rise by $10,000 a day as long as they remain on...
New Orleans marks with parade the 64th anniversary of 4 little girls integrating city schools
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans marked the 64th anniversary of the day four Black 6-year-old girls integrated New Orleans schools with a parade — a celebration in stark contrast to the tensions and anger that roiled the city on Nov. 14, 1960. Federal marshals were needed then to...
Georgia lawmaker proposes new gun safety policies after school shooting
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state Senate Democrat wants to make it a crime for people to give children access to guns and require a 10-day waiting period for assault rifle purchases unless someone is licensed to carry weapons, two proposals highly unlikely to gain Republican support. ...
West Virginia expands education savings account program for military families
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A program that incentivizes West Virginia families to pull their children out of K-12 public schools by offering them government-funded scholarships to pay for private school or homeschooling is expanding to cover military families that temporarily relocate out of state. ...
Museum finds remains from a victim of a notorious 1980s Philadelphia police bombing
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Additional human remains from a 1985 police bombing on the headquarters of a Black liberation group in Philadelphia have been found at the University of Pennsylvania. The remains are believed to be those of 12-year-old Delisha Africa, one of five children and...
Study finds Wisconsin voters approved a record number of school referenda
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters saw a record number of school referenda on their ballots in 2024 and approved a record number of the funding requests, according to a report released Thursday. The Wisconsin Policy Forum study found that school districts asked voters to sign...
