Dartmouth to eliminate loans for undergraduate students Posted July 18, 2022 Dartmouth College is removing all federal and institutional loans from its undergraduate financial aid awards and replacing them with expanded scholarship grants,…
Peru prosecutors to probe plagiarism claim against president Posted May 31, 2022 Peru’s prosecutor’s office announced Thursday that it is investigating President Pedro Castillo and his wife for alleged plagiarism after a local television station said an invest…
13-year-old Minnesota youth set to graduate from college Posted May 22, 2022 A 13-year-old boy from Minnesota will soon earn his bachelor's degree from college — with a major in physics and a minor in math. Elliott Tanner is maintaining a 3.78 grade poi…
North Macedonia: Teachers strike as power, food prices soar Posted May 9, 2022 State kindergarten and primary school teachers in North Macedonia began an open-ended strike Monday, seeking substantial pay rises amid a cost-of-living
Lawyer for NYC fired after grilling mayor over kid mask rule Posted May 2, 2022 A lawyer for New York City was fired after she crashed a news conference Monday to confront Mayor Eric Adams about the city's mask mandate for ch…
Appeal starts for school leader fired over ‘New Butt’ book Posted April 16, 2022 A Mississippi school district has begun a hearing for an assistant principal who was fired after reading a book called “I Need a New Butt" to sec…
Charles Entenmann, who helped expand family’s bakery, dies Posted April 4, 2022 Charles Edward Entenmann, who helped turn his family's New York-based bakery into a national brand, died in Florida at age 92. Entenmann died Feb. 24 in Hialeah, his son, Charl…
In Western Australia, tiny doors aim to spark kids’ imaginations Posted March 8, 2022 Too often, we look at a lush, lovely nature spot and think about holding some kind of event or function there. But Kerryn Belli, who lives in Western Australia’s Mid West region, …
Brothers regift same hard candy for decades Posted February 23, 2022 Two U.S. brothers have gotten their holiday regifting skills down to an art — they’ve been passing the same hard candy back and forth for over 30…
Bishop in Sicily tells kids Santa doesn’t exist Posted February 17, 2022 A Roman Catholic diocese in Sicily publicly apologized to outraged parents after its bishop told a group of children that Santa Claus doesn’t exist. In a Faceb…