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The University of Alabama has renamed Graves Hall – named after former Ku Klux Klan member and state Governor Bibb Graves – Lucy-Graves Hall, after the first African American student to attend the university.  The hall was renamed on Thursday, on the 66th anniversary of Autherine Lucy Foster’s enrolment at …

After the office of Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk closed the investigation into the January 2013 death of a school student, his family accused him of lying to them and the public. He responded by offering half a million dollars of his own money for evidence resulting in a conviction …

Two students were shot in Richfield, Minnesota on Tuesday, with one dying from their injuries and another in critical condition, according to police. Suspects fled the scene immediately after the shooting. The two students were found shot on the sidewalk outside a school by police. “This is a tragic day,” …

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On Wednesday the North Penn School District issued a statement, apologizing for a teacher who was caught on a photo taping a medical mask to a child’s face. It called her actions “unacceptable.” “An image taken in one of our classrooms last week and circulating on social media does not …

In a statement on Wednesday, Biden claimed the US economic recovery was “one of the strongest ever,” but that “millions of student loan borrowers are still coping with the impacts of the pandemic and need some more time before resuming payments.” Payments on federal student loans were originally suspended in …

The Jackson County jury decided on Monday that the unnamed student was discriminated against “based on his sex.”  According to the complaint, the student had registered a legal name change in 2010 and updated the birth certificate in 2014 to reflect his new name and gender. Though the state recognized …

In a video posted to the Blockade Australia Facebook page last week, 23-year-old Kirsten Hoffman proudly told the camera that she had just disabled a machine at Newcastle’s coal port – the world’s largest – by hitting the stop button.  While Hoffman walks around with her Blockade Australia stickers, her …

The supposedly gender fluid teen, who stands accused of raping a female classmate in the girls’ bathroom, may have had other hunting grounds, parents claimed during a fraught board meeting after learning that the student was already on electronic monitoring. Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney Buta Biberaj confirmed to local media …

Video footage captured on Thursday showed 16-year-old Grace Smith met with school officials and a police officer when she turned up at the doors of Laramie High School in Wyoming. Smith had already served two consecutive suspensions for refusing to wear a face mask in class – per school board …