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Remains may be those of Rochester student
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Rochester, NY, United States (AHN) – Authorities are expected to confirm on Monday whether remains found in New York are those of a missing Rochester Institute of Technology student. New York State Police were due to hold a press conference just before noon about the discovery of human remains [...]
Family of Pace student angry over award for officer responsible for death
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Mount Pleasant, NY, United States (AHN) – The family of Danroy “D.J.” Henry, a Pace University student who died last year, is up in arms over the decision of a police union to honor with an award the officer responsible for the fatal shooting. “It just shows their inhumanity [...]
NYC school chancellor resigns after three months
Hansen Sinclair – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – According to a statement by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Cathie Black, the publishing executive who became New York City schools chancellor, is resigning from the position after three months in office. Once referred to as the “First Lady of American Magazines,” Black was [...]
Cops pepper spray 8-year-old having a temper tantrum
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Lakewood, CO, United States (AHN) – Police in Colorado pepper sprayed an 8-year-old second grade boy who was having a temper tantrum. Reportedly Aidan Elliot, 8, became enraged while at his Lakewood, Colorado elementary school on Feb. 22 and began threatening students and was spitting and throwing chairs. [...]
Al Shabaab orders Somali school to pay monthly “contribution”
Shafi’i Abokar – AHN News AHN Correspondent Mogadishu, Somalia (AHN) – Al Shabaab militants, the al Qaeda proxy in Somalia, have ordered Somali teachers and their school children to pay a monthly contribution to help finance the group’s combat operations against the United Nations-backed government and African Union peacekeepers in the capital. During a meeting [...]
Majority of teachers feel Internet could aid in parent-teacher communication
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Bergen, Germany (AHN) – 71% of teachers feel that a secure internet “parent portal,” where parents could see details about their child’s schooling, would improve school-to-parent communication. In the survey conducted by itslearning on teachers in France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, the UK and the U.S., 75% of the [...]
Somalia to teach job skills to youths to avert extremism
Shafi’i Abokar – AHN News AHN Correspondent Mogadishu, Somalia (AHN) – Somalia’s fragile transitional government has disclosed it has finalized a job creation program for youths in a bid to protect them from falling into crimes such as extremism. Aweys Sheik Haddad, director general for Somali labor, youth and sports ministry, announced the program Thursday [...]
Grandma decks masturbating man at elementary school
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Saint Albans, WV, United States (AHN) – A 74-year-old grandmother punched a man who had exposed himself near a school. Joan William son was picking up her granddaughter Lexi, from George C. Weimer elementary school when she was startled by the man’s actions. “He was right in front [...]
50 former Somali pirates end rehab workshop in Puntland
AHN News Staff Mogadishu, Somalia (NewsBahn) – At least 50 former buccaneers from various districts in the semiautonomous Somali state of Puntland on Thursday ended a months-long training workshop in the capital Garowe. A well-organized ceremony intended to mark the conclusion of the rehabilitation course for the former pirates was held in the presence of [...]
White House, Facebook join forces against bullying
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The White House and social networking site Facebook joined forces Thursday to battle bullying. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michele Obama opened a White House conference on bullying, while Facebook launched two new safety measures that will allow members of the site to [...]
