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May 19, 2025 at 11:38 am

High school coach who did naked fat tests found not guilty of child molestation, sexual assault

A jury has found a former Rhode Island high school basketball coach not guilty of second-degree child molestation and second-degree sexual assault after he spent...

May 13, 2025 at 10:11 am

Jurors deliberate fate of high school basketball coach who conducted naked fat tests

Jurors have begun deliberating in the child molestation trial of a former Rhode Island high school basketball coach who asked hundreds of male student-athletes to...

May 11, 2025 at 6:04 am

Late abortions are rare. The US just lost a clinic that offered the procedure for over 50 years

An abortion clinic in Colorado that for more than 50 years served people who looked to terminate their pregnancies in the second or third trimester...

May 5, 2025 at 12:39 pm

Detained Tufts student seeking transfer says asthma attacks worsened in custody

A Turkish Tufts University student says her asthma attacks continue to worsen since being detained in March.

A Canada goose floats on the Charles River near Harvard University, at rear. Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

April 28, 2025 at 4:24 pm

Trump administration launches race-based discrimination probes of the Harvard Law Review

The Trump administration says it's launching investigations into Harvard University and the Harvard Law Review.

April 26, 2025 at 9:12 pm

Republican-led states keep adding school voucher programs even as critics worry about cost

U.S. states are adopting and expanding programs that use taxpayer money to pay for private schools even as their costs rise and budget pictures become...

April 16, 2025 at 9:37 pm

Tennessee’s GOP leads the fight to deny public education to children without documents VIEW

A growing number of conservative leaders are pushing states to upend the long-standing U.S. constitutional right to free public education for children, regardless of immigration...

April 10, 2025 at 10:13 am

Tennessee Senate OKs a plan to let public schools turn away undocumented students VIEW

Tennessee is advancing a plan to let schools turn away students or charge their families tuition if they cannot prove their legal residency.

April 7, 2025 at 8:39 am

Kentucky flood forces Buffalo Trace Distillery to temporarily close VIEW

The historic Buffalo Trace Distillery has temporarily closed after deadly flooding ravaging Kentucky swept into its facilities, forcing the popular bourbon company to turn away...

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April 6, 2025 at 4:15 am

Rising rivers threaten US South and Midwest after dayslong torrent of rain VIEW

Forecasters said Sunday that flooding could persist as torrential rains lingered over many states, including Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama.