Posts Tagged ‘United States’

Bloomberg releases $65.7 billion NYC budget requiring teacher layoffs

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled a $65.7 billion budget on Friday that continued to rely on slashing thousands of teaching positions despite opposition. The budget aims to fix a record a $4.58 billion deficit deficit and a $6.1 billion decrease [...]

Stanford votes to resume ROTC

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Palo Alto, CA, United States (AHN) – Stanford University became the latest Ivy League school on Friday to reinastate the Reserve Officers Training Corps. The Palo Alto campus’ faculty senate voted 28-9 to let the military set up an ROTC program despite opposition over the ban on transgender people [...]

Toyota to resume normal production at year’s end

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Toyota said on Friday it would maintain limited production until the end of the year. The automaker is working to resolve supply chain issues and a crisis triggered by a tsunami in Japan. Production levels in domestic plants are currently at 50 [...]

Philadelphia Orchestra seeks bankruptcy protection

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Philadelphia, PA, United States (AHN) – The Philadelphia Orchestra plans to file for Chapter 11 protection to restructure its finances in the face of a $14.5 million deficit. The orchestra’s board of directors decided over the weekend to declare bankruptcy despite opposition from musicians who have been in talks [...]

Students walk out; want new principal

Hansen Sinclair – AHN News Reporter Durham, NH, United States (AHN) – About 500 students walked out of Oyster River High School Thursday morning in protest of the school board’s decision not to hire a new principal. Principal Laura Rogers, who has been at the school for five years, said she would not be returning [...]

Yale student killed in laboratory accident

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor New Haven, MA, United States (AHN) – Yale University announced on Wednesday that a student who was to graduate next month died following an accident in a laboratory. Michele Dufault died after an accident invovling a piece of equipment in the Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, according to a message to [...]

NYC school chancellor resigns after three months

Hansen Sinclair – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – According to a statement by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Cathie Black, the publishing executive who became New York City schools chancellor, is resigning from the position after three months in office. Once referred to as the “First Lady of American Magazines,” Black was [...]

This Bud says NFL will play in 2011; Titans owner guarantees league will emerge from lockout

Kareem Shaker – AHN Sports Reporter Knoxville, TN, United States (AHN Sports) – Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams told a major media outlet recently he is convinced the National Football League will emerge from its lockout in time for the start of the 2011 season. The league’s status has been up in the air since [...]

Study: Workplace gender disparity more visible, prevalent

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Chicago, IL, United States (AHN) – According to a recent CareerBuilder survey, perceptions of unequal pay and career advancement opportunities are increasing in the workplace. Thirty-eight percent of female workers said they feel they are paid less than their male colleagues in the same roles that also have [...]

Mother of missing TX cheerleader arrested

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Colorado City, TX, United States (AHN) – The mother of a missing Texas teen cheerleader appeared in court on Friday for arraignment. She is being charged with obstruction of justice. Billie Jean Dunn, the mother of 13-year-old Hailey, who went missing Dec. 28, was arrested Thursday in connection [...]

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