Campaigners want to change the world map to show Africa is bigger
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth…
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LA teacher, 44, accused of drugging, raping boy, 14, prosecutors say
LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that a middle school teacher, Colleen Jo Matarico, is charged with sexually abusing a male student who was…
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Police investigating after body found near Grove Place elementary school
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands – On Sunday, August 24, 2025at about 8:57 a.m., the 911Emergency Call Center received a report from a concerned citizen who discovered adecomposed body behind…
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High school teacher who groomed a teenage student before performing a sexual act on him is identified after she loses her bid to keep it a secret
AUCKLAND, New Zealand – A high school teacher who admitted to grooming a 15-year-old male student and performing a sexual act on him has had her prison sentence quashed, but…
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California teacher, 46, locked boy, 14, in her classroom and raped him
GRIDLEY, California – A former Gridley school teacher was sentenced to four years in state prison today for having sex with a 14-year-old boy who was her student in June…
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Puerto Rico’s schools are ill equipped to cope with ever hotter heat waves
CULEBRA, Puerto Rico (AP) — When temperatures soar at a public school on the small Puerto Rican island of Culebra, students scatter in search of relief. During a summer program last month,…
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Texas teacher took abortion pill ‘Plan B’ to avoid getting pregnant by 17-year-old student
LEANDER, Texas — A Texas high school student teacher who admitted to having sex with a teen boy she taught told cops she saw him “as a little brother,” authorities…
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4th grade teacher charged with raping student, 12, rearrested for telling victim he’ll ‘regret doing this’
NASHVILLE — The Tennessee teacher charged with raping a 12-year-old student was rearrested Thursday after she was caught texting the victim — warning him that he would “regret” reporting her to police. Alissa…
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Underwater robot finds college athlete dead in reservoir
SA;T LAKE CITY — The body of a 22-year-old student-athlete has been found after he drowned in a reservoir, Utah officials said. On August 16,22-year-old Deng Ador was in Blackridge…
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Judge strikes down Trump administration guidance against diversity programs at schools and colleges
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge this week struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities. In her ruling, U.S.…