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First-year teacher Cindy Hipps sits outside of Lagos Elementary School, at Manor Independent School District campus east of Austin, Texas where she has taught first grade in a virtual and in-person hybrid classroom during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hipps said she was told she "was introduced to the ring of fire of teaching." "I feel like a superwoman now, like I can take on anything.” (Acacia Coronado/Report for America via AP)
Virus, technology, unrest make stressful year for teachers

By Acacia Coronado And Kantele Franko May. 02, 2021 10:40 AM EDT

In this aerial photo, mid-sized pickup trucks and full-size vans are seen in a parking lot outside a General Motors assembly plant where they are produced Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in Wentzville, Mo. As the U.S. economy awakens from its pandemic-induced slumber, a vital cog is in short supply: the computer chips that power our cars and other vehicles, and a vast number of other items we take for granted. Ford, GM and Stellantis have started building vehicles without some computers, putting them in storage with plans to retrofit them later. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
EXPLAINER: Starving for more chips in a tech-hungry world

By Michael Liedtke And Tom Krisher Apr. 08, 2021 09:18 PM EDT

In this aerial photo, mid-sized pickup trucks and full-size vans are seen in a parking lot outside a General Motors assembly plant where they are produced Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in Wentzville, Mo. As the U.S. economy awakens from its pandemic-induced slumber, a vital cog is in short supply: the computer chips that power our cars and other vehicles, and a vast number of other items we take for granted. Ford, GM and Stellantis have started building vehicles without some computers, putting them in storage with plans to retrofit them later.(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
EXPLAINER: Starving for more chips in a tech-hungry world

By Michael Liedtke And Tom Krisher Apr. 01, 2021 02:43 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2021 file photo, a Suder Montessori Magnet Elementary School teacher speaks to students during a virtual class outside of the school in solidarity with pre-K educators forced back into the building in Chicago. When the coronavirus pandemic shut down schools, leaders had to figure out how to get kids online. In a patchwork approach borne of desperation, they scrounged wireless hot spots, struck deals with cable companies and even created networks of their own. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)
'Big burden' for schools trying to give kids internet access

By Tali Arbel Mar. 14, 2021 12:21 PM EDT

Vaccination sites will be open in Vermont despite snow

Feb. 01, 2021 02:00 AM EST
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vaccination sites will be open on Tuesday in Vermont as most of the state is expected to get a half to a foot (15-30 centimeters) of...

Pinon High School science teacher James Gustafson teaches virtually from his empty classroom in Pinon, Ariz., on Sept. 24, 2020. Unlike their students, the school's teachers report to campus each day, careful to wear masks and keep space between them. (Megan Marples/Cronkite News via AP)
Navajo school, students fight to overcome amid COVID-19

By Anthony J. Wallace/Cronkite News Nov. 27, 2020 10:42 AM EST

This image provided by Apple shows the new HomePod Mini that Apple unveiled Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. The new HomePod Mini will cost almost $100. It will integrate Apple's own music service, of course, with Pandora and Amazon's music service in “coming months.” (Apple via AP)
Apple unveils new iPhones for faster 5G wireless networks

By Michael Liedtke And Tali Arbel Oct. 13, 2020 02:31 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020 file photo, A computer screen shows a Los Angeles Unified School District teacher during an online class at Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood in Los Angeles. Across the U.S., the pandemic has forced students to attend virtual school to prevent spread of the coronavirus. But the more we rely on technology, the bigger the consequences when gadgets or internet service let us down. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Q&A: How to handle technology issues with online school

By Tali Arbel Sep. 26, 2020 12:16 PM EDT

Lauderdale district sets Wi-Fi spots in school parking lots

Sep. 19, 2020 11:51 AM EDT
MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) — A school district in eastern Mississippi is setting up Wi-Fi hotspots on campuses to help students who don't have internet access at...

Paulina Mariano Ortiz, 7, whispers to her brother Axel, 5, in a pick-up truck bed repurposed as an educational space on the southern edge of Mexico City, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. Concerned about the educational difficulties facing school-age children during the coronavirus pandemic, a couple who runs "Tortillerias La Abuela," or Grandma's Tortilla Shop, adapted several spaces outside their locale to provide instruction and digital access to neighborhood children who don't have internet or TV service at home, a project which has attracted donations and a waiting list of students. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Mexico tortilla shop gives free TV, internet for school kids

By Gerardo Carrillo Sep. 04, 2020 08:15 PM EDT

Colorado spending $2M to provide internet access to students

Sep. 02, 2020 01:47 PM EDT
DENVER (AP) — Colorado will spend $2 million in federal pandemic relief funding to provide internet access to students who lack service as part of an overall...

FILE - This Sept. 18, 2016 file photo shows the main stage during the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. The 72nd Emmy Awards awards will be conducted remotely and air on ABC with Jimmy Kimmel as host. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Virtual Emmys: Less walking, talking, but beware the Wi-Fi

By Lynn Elber Aug. 20, 2020 03:41 PM EDT

Tucson to use pandemic money to boost Wi-Fi connectivity

Aug. 08, 2020 12:04 PM EDT
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona's second most populous city plans to use $4.5 million of federal pandemic aid to expand free public Wi-Fi into areas of Tucson...

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Jul. 22, 2020 07:01 PM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York’s newspapers: Doing Schoolwork in the Parking Lot Is Not a Solution ...

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013 file photo, a woman walks in front of a Victoria's Secret store in Chicago. On Friday, July 3, 2020, The Associated Press reported on a video circulating online incorrectly asserting Victoria’s Secret clothing tags have a chip in them that tracks buyers after they purchase a product. The tiny barcode-like tag highlighted in the video is actually an ultra high frequency device used to track inventory in the store, said Justin Patton, director of a radio- frequency identification — RFID — lab at Auburn University. It isn’t functional outside the range of in-store RFID readers. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By Ali Swenson, Beatrice Dupuy And Abril Mulato Jul. 03, 2020 01:47 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2020 file photo, 21 Savage attends the Tom Ford show during NYFW Fall/Winter in Los Angeles. The rapper will be launching a free online financial literacy education program for youth sheltered at home during the coronavirus pandemic. The Grammy winner announced his new Bank Account At Home nationwide initiative on Wednesday. His efforts will include a partnership with Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to provide free Wi-Fi and tablets for underserved inner-city students. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
21 Savage launches free online financial program for youth

Jul. 02, 2020 06:53 PM EDT

Chicago announces new efforts to boost Census participation

May. 30, 2020 08:48 AM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago officials are turning to texting and a roving van providing Wi-Fi access to encourage participation in the U.S. Census. ...

In this Tuesday, April 14, 2020 photo, a view of a cell tower after a fire, in Dagenham, England. Dozens of European cell towers have been destroyed in recent arson attacks that officials and wireless companies say are fueled by groundless conspiracy theories linking new 5G mobile networks and the coronavirus pandemic. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
Conspiracy theorists burn 5G towers claiming link to virus

By Kelvin Chan, Beatrice Dupuy And Arijeta Lajka Apr. 21, 2020 03:58 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 7, 2020, file photo, patients are brought into Wyckoff Heights Medical Center by staff wearing personal protective gear due to COVID-19 concerns, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The coronavirus has breathed fresh life into old conspiracy theories and inspired a mishmash of new ones, with a cast of villains that includes Bill Gates, 5G wireless technology, the United Nations and President Donald Trump’s political foes. The baseless claims spreading on social media also feature videos taken outside hospitals treating COVID-19 patients. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Virus-fueled conspiracy theories take aim at hospitals

By Michael Kunzelman Apr. 17, 2020 01:13 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 8, 2020 file photo, health workers wear personal protective gear inside a COVID-19 testing tent in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, South Africa. On Friday, April 10, 2020, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that former U.S. President Barack Obama said that he would not “allow white people to kill Africans with their toxic vaccines.” The fabricated claim shared across social media grew out of a French TV segment where two doctors suggested that a tuberculosis vaccine be tested in Africa in trials to fight the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
NOT REAL NEWS: A week of false news around the coronavirus

By Arijeta Lajka And Beatrice Dupuy Apr. 10, 2020 05:34 PM EDT