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NORTHAMPTON, Mass. – A Massachusetts teen charged with having sexual contact with a bullying victim who later killed herself is returning to court. Prosecutors and attorneys for 19-year-old Austin Renaud of Springfield are due in Hampshire Superior Court on Tuesday to discuss scheduling, including when his trial might start.
TORRANCE, Calif. – Officials say portable cooking equipment has exploded in a Southern California classroom, sending 10 high school students to the hospital. Officials told the Daily Breeze that four of the injured teens at North High School in Torrance were seriously hurt in the Friday afternoon blast.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Prosecutors are considering filing multiple charges against a man accused of intentionally ramming a school bus head-on in Southern California
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – County officials in central Missouri argued Tuesday that they should not be required to pay to educate a 16-year-old girl awaiting trial for the alleged murder of a young neighbor. Attorneys for Alyssa Bustamante have asked the Missouri Supreme Court to order officials in Cole County to pay for her education.
Los Angeles – Country music star Tim McGraw made a surprise visit to Grassland Middle School in Tennessee to talk with students about bullying last Friday. According to the Tennessean , the singer spoke about Asher Brown, the 13-year-old Houston boy who shot himself in the head after antigay bullying went unaddressed at his school. “To keep that from happening to their friends, he encouraged the students to speak up if they see bullying behavior, walk away from bad situations and, above all, not to fall into the trap of becoming a bully,” reported the Tennessean
NEWARK, N.J. – Now that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has pledged $100 million to help boost Newark, N.J.’s low-performing public school system, it’s time for officials to start figuring out how to use the funds. One educator says Newark should boost pay for standout teachers and consider hiring back some of the educators laid off because of budget restraints
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SAN ANTONIO – A woman believed to be the mother of a Texas seventh-grade volleyball player pulled a gun on a rival team celebrating a lopsided win over her daughter’s outmatched squad, officials said Friday. Girls on the Kirby Middle School volleyball team fled when the woman confronted them with a gun Thursday night in the parking lot and threatened to shoot, Judson school district spokesman James Keith said. No shots were fired and no one was injured
KETTERING, Ohio – Police say a woman who couldn’t afford to fix her car’s brakes ran a red light and crashed into a school bus carrying elementary school children home in western Ohio. Police Lt. Bill Karolyi (kuh-ROHL’-ee) says one child was hospitalized as a precaution following the Thursday afternoon crash in Kettering, a Dayton suburb with about 60,000 residents