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U.S. hockey player Haley Skarupa, front, demonstrates a drill during a hockey clinic presented by the Washington Capitals and the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association, Friday, March 4, 2022, in Arlington, Va. The growth of girls and women's hockey in the Washington area is still a work in progress almost two decades into a boom of youth participation in the sport credited to Alex Ovechkin and the NHL's Capitals.(AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Girls hockey programs show promise in nontraditional markets

By Stephen Whyno Apr. 28, 2022 03:06 PM EDT

FILE - Sunisa Lee, of the United States, performs on the floor during the artistic gymnastics women's all-around final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo. The 19-year-old Auburn freshman has helped lead Auburn to the NCAA gymnastics championships April 14-16 in Fort Worth, Texas. Lee has also parlayed her all-around gold into a run on Dancing with the Stars since the new name, image and likeness rules made college an easy decision. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Olympic gold medalist Sunisa Lee banking more NCAA success

By John Zenor Apr. 05, 2022 12:56 PM EDT

Sunisa Lee competes on the beam during the women's U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials Sunday, June 27, 2021, in St. Louis. For decades, high-profile college-bound Olympians were forced to make a choice: turn pro to cash in on their notoriety or remain an amateur to go to school. That's no longer an issue for athletes like gymnasts Sunisa Lee and Jordan Chiles after legislation cleared the way for them to profit off their Name, Image and Likeness. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Golden opportunity: College-bound Olympians look to cash in

By Will Graves Jul. 02, 2021 04:01 PM EDT

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, center, speaks during a press conference on Belle Isle in Detroit, on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, announcing the end of COVID restrictions in the state. After facing 15 months of capacity restrictions and being hit by the country’s worst surge of coronavirus infections this spring, restaurants, entertainment businesses and other venues can operate at 100% occupancy starting Tuesday. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP)
Whitmer: Expand tuition aid to 22K more frontline workers

By David Eggert Jun. 22, 2021 03:09 PM EDT

Highway official: Boston traffic at pre-pandemic levels

Jun. 21, 2021 09:35 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic hit Massachusetts in March 2020, the Boston area’s notoriously frustrating traffic dried up as many people started...

LSU urges state to require COVID-19 vaccines at its schools

Jun. 19, 2021 06:19 PM EDT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU's governing board is urging the state Department of Health to add COVID-19 shots to a list of required vaccinations for college...

Get enrolled, get jabbed: Community college makes it easy

By The Associated Press Jun. 19, 2021 10:11 AM EDT
Prospective students interested in taking classes at the Community College of Rhode Island can get enrolled and get vaccinated at the same time. ...

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Jun. 18, 2021 12:49 PM EDT
Rutland Herald. June 14, 2021. Editorial: First in the nation Congratulations, Vermont. We did it. We moved the needle...

Highlights of Connecticut budget implementation bill

Jun. 17, 2021 06:01 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Senate on Thursday gave final legislative passage to a wide-ranging bill that spells out details of the new, two-year ...

Indiana Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ryan Mishler, center speaks with a fellow senator during an April 1, 2021, Senate session at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. Mishler's committee dedicated $75 million from the state's federal COVID-19 relief funding toward a new program helping workers obtain short-term training certifications despite the concept receiving little public discussion and few details on the money would be spent. (AP Photo/Tom Davies)
Indiana rushes to spend virus relief aid on new jobs program

By Casey Smith And Tom Davies Jun. 14, 2021 12:14 PM EDT

Rhode Island Army National Guard Sgt. Juan Gomez looks over the post inoculation waiting area at a coronavirus mass-vaccination site at the former Citizens Bank headquarters in Cranston, R.I., Thursday, June 10, 2021. The U.S. is confronted with an ever-growing surplus of COVID-19 vaccines, looming expiration dates and stubbornly lagging demand at a time when the developing world is clamoring for doses to stem a rise in infections. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Vermont city to hold fireworks; Dartmouth grads get 2 guests

Jun. 12, 2021 11:43 AM EDT

FILE - This Nov. 14, 2016, file photo, shows Sangren Hall on the campus of Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Mich. A group of anonymous alumni has gifted $550 million to Western Michigan University. The school says it will receive the funding over 10 years. It will be divided among scholarships, investing in quality educators, advancing medical research and education, and bolstering Western Michigan athletics. (Bryan Bennett/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP, File)
Western Michigan gets $550M gift from anonymous alumni

By Anna Liz Nichols Jun. 08, 2021 03:51 PM EDT

Historically Black SC technical school offers free tuition

Jun. 02, 2021 11:17 AM EDT
DENMARK, S.C. (AP) — A technical college in rural South Carolina is offering free tuition for the first 500 students who enroll for the fall 2021 semester. ...

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 10:10 AM EDT
South Florida Sun Sentinel. June 1, 2021. Editorial: Diversity finds another enemy: The Florida Supreme Court In a...

FILE - This April 5, 2020, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. Michigan's slow population growth over the past decade will cost the state a U.S. House seat, continuing a decades-long trend as job-seekers and retirees have fled to other states. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Conservatives aim at Census' method for uncounted households

By Mike Schneider And Nicholas Riccardi May. 30, 2021 11:55 AM EDT

Julie Tille, a Walkways to Westminster mentor, left, chats with Anisa and Asma Dahir before the college's graduation ceremony in Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday, May 7, 2021. The graduation of the twin sisters from a refugee family marked a key milestone in a journey that is a testament to their hard work, their parents’ insistence that they place a high value on educational opportunities, and the collective efforts of those who helped two little girls who spoke only Somali when they started kindergarten. (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP)
Utah twins graduate, reflect on refugee parents' sacrifices

By Marjorie Cortez May. 30, 2021 08:00 AM EDT

Providence College to mandate student vaccines in fall

May. 28, 2021 02:42 PM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence College is the latest Rhode Island university to mandate coronavirus vaccines for full-time undergraduate and graduate...

An image of a Native American is featured in the artwork of Johnston Gate, Harvard University's first and largest gate heading to the campus, in Cambridge, Mass., Sunday, May 23, 2021. Some 350 years ago, Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck, an Aquinnah Wampanoag man, became the first Native American to graduate from the university, the product of Harvard's chartered mission to educate "English and Indian youths of this country." (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
For Native Americans, Harvard and other colleges fall short

By Philip Marcelo May. 27, 2021 01:19 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 29, 2020, file photo, Pat Moore, with the Chester County, Pa., Health Department, fills a syringe with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine before administering it to emergency medical workers and health care personnel at the Chester County Government Services Center in West Chester, Pa. Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine strongly protects kids as young as 12. The company released the preliminary findings Tuesday, May 25, 2021, based on testing on more than 3,700 12- to 17-year-olds in the United States. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Ban on COVID-19 vaccine requirement fails in Louisiana House

May. 26, 2021 12:05 PM EDT

Dartmouth expands mental health services, loosens dorm rules

May. 24, 2021 11:23 AM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Dartmouth College is increasing mental health support and loosening some COVID-19 restrictions in dorms amid concerns about students...