Play video content A college student who’s been missing since Friday — this after getting asked to leave Luke Bryan’s Nashville bar — wandered the streets aimlessly … now seen on surveillance video. 22-year-old Riley Strain was in town last weekend, visiting with friends from the University of Missouri for a convention in Nashville — … Read more
A student pilot tried getting into the cockpit of a cross-country flight to Dulles, Va., telling crew members he was merely “testing them” with this dangerous stunt, authorities said. Nathan Jones, 19, was aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 322 from San Diego to Dulles International Airport on March 3 when he “made three separate attempts to … Read more
Throngs of tourists swarm Suffolk Street day after day to glimpse the pride of Dublin that stands outside St. Andrew’s Church: a statue of Molly Malone, the folkloric fishmonger commemorated in the city’s unofficial anthem “Cockles and Mussels.” Many of them do more than look: In what’s become an odd tradition that tour guides claim … Read more
MEXICO CITY — A student from a rural Mexican teachers’ college where 43 youths disappeared in 2014 has died in a confrontation with police, officials said Friday. Prosecutors in the southern state of Guerrero said the confrontation occurred late Thursday on a roadway near the Ayotzinapa teachers’ college. Sources at the college said the dead … Read more
TORONTO — A 19-year-old student from Sri Lanka is accused of stabbing and killing six people he lived with, including four children from a Sri Lankan family, Ottawa police said Thursday. Ottawa police chief Eric Stubbs said an “edged weapon” or “knife-like object” was used by the suspect, who was identified as Febrio De-Zoysa. He … Read more
ATLANTA (AP) — The suspect in the killing of a nursing student on the University of Georgia campus used an object as a weapon in the crime and he’s also accused of “disfiguring her skull,” according to newly filed arrest affidavits. Jose Ibarra, who faces multiple murder and assault charges, is also accused of dragging … Read more
OWASSO, Okla. (AP) — More than a dozen students walked out of class Monday at an Oklahoma high school where a 16-year-old nonbinary student was beaten inside a restroom earlier this month and died the following day. Students and LGBTQ+ advocates held signs that read “You Are Loved” and “Protect Queer Kids” as they gathered … Read more
‘You can’t afford a single cent of this!’: Texas woman treats U.S. taxpayers like her sugar daddy. Has $11,000 in student loans and needs 300% of income to survive. Caleb Hammer responds The stark reality: nearly 43.6 million Americans have outstanding student loans, according to the Education Data Initiative. For many of these borrowers, the … Read more
Elon Musk shared a tweet Sunday claiming the recent murder of a college student in Georgia was being subjected to a “media blackout.” But the killing, allegedly committed by a 26-year-old Venezuelan national in the U.S. illegally, has been covered extensively by just about every media outlet in the country. The Elon Musk Twitter Saga, … Read more
The University of Waterloo is expected to remove smart vending machines from its campus. A student discovered an error code that suggested the machines used facial recognition technology. Adaria Vending Services said the technology doesn’t take or store customers’ photos. A university in Canada is expected to remove a series of vending machines from campus … Read more