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Meet Jessica Lee, 17-year old Honolulu high school senior who logged 420 hours of volunteer service, competed in varsity golf and completed a multi-day expedition before earning the US Congress’s highest youth award

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Meet Jessica Lee, 17-year old Honolulu high school senior who logged 420 hours of volunteer service, competed in varsity golf and completed a multi-day expedition before earning the US Congress’s highest youth award

Congressman Ed Case presented Lee with her Gold Medal and a certificate of special recognition in August. She became the seventh person from his district to receive the honor over the past 25 years. For 17-year-old Jessica Lee, earning the highest youth honor presented by the U.S. Congress was not the result of a single … Read more

Who is Kelly Matthews? Hobbs Highland Middle School teacher shot; first details on New Mexico shooting suspect

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Kelly Matthews, teacher at Hobbs Highland Middle School reportedly shot. (Facebook/Kelly Matthews)

Kelly Matthews, a special education teacher at Highland Middle School in Hobbs, New Mexicowas identified as the individual shot at the school on Friday, September 25. Local political and community leaders shared messages of support for Matthews following the incident. Kelly Matthews, teacher at Hobbs Highland Middle School reportedly shot. (Facebook/Kelly Matthews) New Mexico state … Read more

Who is Sean Sakaida? Former Moanalua High School wrestling coach faces child pornography charges

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The FBI has arrested Sean Sakaida, a former wrestling coach, on child pornography charges stemming from alleged predatory behavior since 2012. (Representational Photo/AFP)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking to identify potential victims of a former girls wrestling coach at Moanalua High School. The FBI has arrested Sean Sakaida, a former wrestling coach, on child pornography charges stemming from alleged predatory behavior since 2012. (Representational Photo/AFP) Sean Sakaida, a 44-year-old resident of Honolulu, was apprehended and … Read more

An Italian town is rebuilding its school with 70% of the old building’s demolition waste; it will also collect rainwater

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An Italian town is rebuilding its school with 70% of the old building's demolition waste; it will also collect rainwater

An Italian town is replacing its existing primary school with a building designed to reuse the old structure’s demolition waste. The project in Castel Madama, called ‘New School: Innovation, Inclusion’, will reuse, recycle, or recover about 70% of the demolition waste from the existing school. According to the New European Bauhaus Prizesit will collect rainwater … Read more

He quit school at 12 to bag peanuts; 22 years later, he runs a Texas farm with organic crops and a 16-acre vineyard

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He quit school at 12 to bag peanuts; 22 years later, he runs a Texas farm with organic crops and a 16-acre vineyard

Image(s): Shelley E. Huguley Henry Froese was told he couldn’t farm without family ties, couldn’t grow organic crops in Gaines County’s sandy soils, and certainly couldn’t grow grapes there. His answer was always “Why not?” According to Farm Progress, Froese quit school at 12 to bag peanuts for a local farmer, later leased his own … Read more

Westfield High School shooting update: Manhunt for suspect as student shot on Ella Blvd; details

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Westfield High School shooting update: Manhunt for suspect as student shot on Ella Blvd; details

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez confirmed on X that the department, along with the Spring ISD Police, has responded to the incident. Houston NBC affiliate Click2Houston reported that the individual shot is a student at the school and their condition is currently unknown. But Gonzalez did not confirm in the post if the individual shot … Read more

10-year-old Seattle boy lived in a tent while his mother battled fentanyl addiction; after an 11-month rescue effort, he entered school for the first time and said, ‘I want to go back’

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10-year-old Seattle boy lived in a tent while his mother battled fentanyl addiction; after an 11-month rescue effort, he entered school for the first time and said, 'I want to go back'

The boy had been living in difficult conditions and had never experienced school before. (Representational photo. Credit: The Seattle Times) A 10-year-old boy in Seattle walked into a school for the first time last week after spending much of his childhood living in a tent in a North Seattle park. His first day of school … Read more

High school teacher searching for fossils discovers four footprints later confirmed as first reported T. rex trackway, dating back 66.5 million years

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High school teacher searching for fossils discovers four footprints later confirmed as first reported T. rex trackway, dating back 66.5 million years

Image: ABC News/ Kent Hups A high school science teacher exploring a fossil-rich region of North Dakota made a discovery that could change what scientists know about how adult Tyrannosaurus rex moved. In 2025, Kent Hups spotted unusual impressions while volunteering on a fossil dig in the Hell Creek Formation. What initially appeared to be … Read more

Children in China’s Nizhuhe village trekked three hours up and down an 800 metre cliff to go to school; now two elevators and a cable car ride have reduced the journey to half hour

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Children in China's Nizhuhe village trekked three hours up and down an 800 metre cliff to go to school; now two elevators and a cable car ride have reduced the journey to half hour

For years, going to school was a daily test of endurance for children living in Nizhuhe village in southwest China. Their route to the classroom involved steep mountain paths, narrow trails and an exhausting climb along the side of an 800-metre cliff. The journey could take nearly three hours, with children leaving home before sunrise … Read more

Prince Harry’s children moving school after two days over security concerns

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Prince Harry's children moving school after two days over security concerns

By Michael Holden Prince Harry’s children moving school after two days over security concerns LONDON, Sept 14 – The children of Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are to swap schools after just two days because of concerns over the security of transporting them, the couple’s spokesperson said on Monday. Last month, Harry, the … Read more