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NEW YORK (AP) — When Daniella Malave started working for Chipotle at 17, the main benefit she was seeking was free food. As it turned out, she also got a free college education. While working full time for the chain, Malave completed two years of community college with annual stipends of $5,250 from Chipotle. After [...]
BOSTON (AP) — Vivian Kargbo thought her daughter's Boston school district was doing the right thing when officials kept classrooms closed for most students for more than a year. Kargbo, a caregiver for hospice patients, didn't want to risk them getting COVID-19 and extending pandemic school closures through the spring of 2021 is what many [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — It's a busy Friday afternoon at a Somali restaurant on the northeast side of Columbus, home to second-largest Somali population in the country. The smell of spices is just as robust as the loud conversation and the East African restaurant is crowded after afternoon prayers at the nearby mosque. The hubbub grows [...]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Students in obstetrics-gynecology and family medicine — two of the most popular medical residencies — face tough choices about where to advance their training in a landscape where legal access to abortion varies from state to state. Abortions are typically performed by OB-GYNs or family doctors and training generally involves observing [...]
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ATLANTA (AP) — Rhonda Briggins spent much of Election Day in 2020 at an Atlanta polling place handing out water and snacks to encourage voters to stay in an hourslong line to cast their ballots, something her sorority has done for decades in Georgia. This election, Briggins and some of her thousands of sorority sisters [...]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture last week proposed sweeping changes in the way chicken and turkey meat is processed that are intended to reduce illnesses from food contamination, but could require meat companies to make extensive changes to their operations. Despite decades of efforts to try and reduce illnesses caused [...]
As many schools across the country grapple with teacher shortages, some are turning to candidates without teaching certificates or formal training. Alabama administrators increasingly have hired educators with emergency certifications. Texas, meanwhile, allowed about one in five new teachers to sidestep certification last school year. In Oklahoma, an "adjunct" program allows schools to hire applicants [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most pets hate visiting the vet. Now it’s becoming a lot more unpleasant for their owners, too. America’s worst bout of inflation in four decades has swollen the cost of a dog or cat’s visit to the animal doctor. Prices for vet services have jumped 10 percent in the past year, government [...]
In the wake of disruptions in the nation’s meat processing industry that occurred during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ohio created a grant program that is now helping to grow the state’s meat processing industry, according to an official from the Ohio Farm Bureau. Included in the 2022-23 state budget, the first Ohio [...]