Neetu Chandak

A 1996 AmTran IC used as a spare bus until the 2013-2014 school year for Fairfax County Public Schools., Robbie Raeful, Wikimedia Commons WASHINGTON - A Virginia student accused of sexual misconduct claimed that Fairfax County Public…

CINCINNATI - An Ohio teacher accused of punishing students with duct tape resigned in January. Charles Igwekala-Nweke taught math at two schools within Cincinnati Public Schools since 2015, but resigned Jan. 18, according…

FLORIDA - Suspected gunman Nikolas Cruz said he heard “demons” to police officers moments after getting caught following the 2018 Parkland school shooting, according to body camera footage released Friday. The two-minute video shows…

CALIFORNIA - Students and parents filed a class-action lawsuit against several colleges following a massive admissions bribery scandal revealed Tuesday. The lawsuit argues applicants did not have a fair chance in the…

TENNESSEE - The University of Tennessee will begin offering free tuition to lower-income students who are residents of the state in the Fall 2020 semester. Interim President Randy Boyd made the announcement of the “UT…

CALIFORNIA - Federal officials charged several people, including two TV stars, for their alleged involvement in a nationwide college entrance bribery scheme. “Desperate Housewives” actress Felicity Huffman was part of the…

WEST PALM BEACH - A father is facing several charges after allegedly bringing a loaded gun to a Florida middle school Monday. Christopher Freeman, 27, said he received a FaceTime call at 3 p.m. that afternoon from his son who said a…

FLORIDA - Prosecutors are looking to recover nearly $450,000 from a Harvard University alumnus who allegedly took the SAT and ACT exams for students in a massive college admissions scandal. Mark Riddell, 36, was reportedly paid…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLNgNMAaO4w CALIFORNIA - Several people, including two TV stars, were charged for their alleged involvement in a nationwide college entrance bribery scheme Tuesday. “Desperate Housewives”…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sghjAY_RywM JEFFERSON COUNTY - Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin weighed in on teachers intentionally calling in sick, forcing several schools to shut down in the state, in a Monday video. “There’s no reason…

BOSTON - A man was arrested for filming high school boys in a Boston Latin School (BLS) bathroom and charged with several counts of child exploitation Monday. Eric Tran Thai, 36, allegedly filmed boys using urinals and bathroom…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI5hEPkZx98 INDONESIA - China and other countries are grounding planes following a crash that killed 157 people, including eight Americans, Sunday. Boeing’s stock went down by approximately 7 percent…

OREGON - Student resident advisers at an Oregon college were informed about examples of white supremacy at a recent training session. Examples included President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan. The training…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ricuifm-Y34 LOS ANGELES - California police identified a dead girl’s body found in a duffel bag along a trail Sunday. Investigators discovered Trinity Love Jones, 9, dead at the bottom of an…

WASHINGTON - James Earl Ray pleaded guilty 50 years ago on March 10, 1969 for assassinating civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. The guilty plea landed on Ray’s 41st birthday. Ray tried to take back his guilty plea and…

OREGON - A substitute teacher is no longer allowed to teach in an Oregon school district after reportedly telling a student to “go back to Mexico.” Swegle Elementary School fifth grade student Steven Zendejas allegedly received…

KANSAS - A University of Kansas professor was suspended from teaching a class after reportedly telling a student to “learn English” Tuesday. Engineering professor Gary Minden said the incident recently occurred in the beginning…

NEW YORK - A majority of college presidents support race-based admissions as Harvard University enters the spotlight for allegedly discriminating against Asian-American applicants. Inside Higher Ed’s 2019 Survey of College and…

CALIFORNIA - Zachary Greenberg pleaded not guilty Wednesday to attacking conservative activist Hayden Williams at the University of California at Berkeley on Feb. 19. “He was using the library at UC Berkeley to study,” Greenberg’s…

NEW JERSEY - A New Jersey university dean is resigning after the school decided to ban Chick-fil-A as a restaurant on campus despite it being students’ top pick. The university said in an email to students in November 2018…

ARIZONA - Parents claim students at an Arizona high school got in trouble over wearing President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) logo on Friday as part of spirit week activities, but the principal said the accusations…

LOS ANGELES - Four Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers were caught on a witness’s video beating Rodney King on March 3, 1991, exactly 28 years ago. The video would later lead to a trial and bring up questions about racism…

WASHINGTON - President Herbert Hoover signed a bill to make the “Star Spangled Banner” the official national anthem for the U.S. on March 3, 1931, exactly 88 years ago. The bill was first introduced by Maryland Democratic Rep. John…

WASHINGTON - A grand jury indicted seven former President Richard Nixon associates for perjury, obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges related to the Watergate scandal March 1, 1974 — 45 years ago. …

MISSOURI - A Missouri daycare center is facing heat after released video footage showed a teacher throwing a three-year-old girl against classroom cabinets Feb. 1. The girl had to get seven stitches after her head was split open,…

SAINT LOUIS - A former Missouri teaching assistant and another man were charged Wednesday for conspiring to kill a boy and his mother. Deonte Taylor, 36 (pictured below), and Michael Johnson (pictured above), 66, allegedly agreed to…

CALIFORNIA - The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) says the teachers’ strike costs the district nearly $1 million a day. This estimate is based on the number of absent students, with the savings of not paying teachers factored…

WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson on Feb. 24, 1868 — 151 years ago — and the build-up to the decision would have a lasting impact on tenure for the U.S. government. Johnson, a…

WASHINGTON - Fidel Castro’s reign over Cuba ended after his brother Raul Castro was officially named as the country’s president on Feb. 24, 2008 – 11 years ago. Raul Castro received limited powers to rule over the country after…

RIVERSIDE - A California couple pleaded guilty Friday to allegedly torturing their children, shackling them to their beds, putting them in cages and starving them. David, 57, and Louise Turpin, 50, were arrested in January 2018…