Primary and secondary education
Team Shuster's John Shuster yells to his teammates after throwing the rock while competing against Team Dropkin at the U.S. Olympic Curling Team Trials at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. The John Shuster-skipped team that upset Sweden at the 2018 Winter Games will be in Beijing next month to play for another gold. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
Keeping curling cool goal for sport's chief in US after gold

By Eric Olson Jan. 21, 2022 02:10 PM EST

Hairdressers wearing protected suits cut residents' hair at a residential block which has become under lockdown in Xi'an in northwest China's Shaanxi province on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. A major Chinese city near Beijing has placed its 14 million residents on partial lockdown after a number of children and adults tested positive for COVID-19, including at least two with the omicron variant. Elsewhere, millions of people are being confined to their homes in Xi'an and Yuzhou, two cities that are farther away but have larger outbreaks traced to the delta variant. (Chinatopix Via AP)
China locks down 3rd city, raising affected to 20 million

By Ken Moritsugu Jan. 11, 2022 02:09 AM EST

Noriyuki Suzuki, center, a volunteer who lost his 12-year-old daughter in a tsunami in 2011, tells his experience to a group of visitors in front of former Okawa Elementary School where 74 children from the elementary school lost their lives along with 10 teachers by the tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Suzuki will take part in the torch relay for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Olympic torch relay poignant for Japan tsunami victim's dad

By Haruka Nuga Mar. 09, 2021 10:15 PM EST

FILE - In this March 27, 2020 file photo, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, right, speaks during a during a news conference while Dr. Kristina Box, the Indiana state health commissioner, listens at the Statehouse in Indianapolis.Indiana officials say K-12 schools will remain closed for the remainder of the year due to the coronavirus outbreak. Gov. Holcomb said April 2, 2020, anyone flouting his stay-at-home order is putting themselves and others around them at risk. (AP Photo/Tom Davies File)
Indiana schools shut for year as virus cases, deaths rise

Apr. 02, 2020 04:47 PM EDT

In this photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich., Thursday, April 2, 2020. The governor ordered that students in the state will not return to K-12 school buildings the rest of the academic year due to the coronavirus pandemic and instead will learn remotely. All public and private schools are more than halfway through a four-week shutdown ordered by Whitmer to combat the outbreak. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP)
Gov. Whitmer: Michigan schools closed for academic year

By David Eggert Apr. 02, 2020 04:45 PM EDT

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announces updates on COVID-19 at a news conference on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at the State Emergency Operations Center in Johnston, Pa. (Olivia Sun/The Des Moines Register via AP, Pool)
Reynolds: Close schools through April, make education plans

Apr. 02, 2020 04:42 PM EDT

Man exposes himself after hacking into online Florida class

Associated Press Apr. 02, 2020 02:15 PM EDT
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A man exposed himself to students after hacking into an online class being held by a public school in Florida, school officials said...