Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Pittsburgh, PA, United States (AHN) – A Pittsburgh school was evacuated early Wednesday after a bomb threat. Penn Hills High School said in a statement students were evacuated to another location in the district after a threat was made to the senior high school building. The students were later [...]

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines (AHN) – The University of Santo Tomas in Manila celebrated the 400th anniversary of its founding Friday. The school is the oldest university in Asia and has been recognized by the Vatican as a royal and pontifical university. Pope Benedict XVI greeted the university on its [...]

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Coventry, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – Texting has been criticized for contributing to worsening spelling and grammar use among young people. However, a study by Coventry University dispelled that common belief. The use of the short messaging function on cellphones instead contributes to students’ spelling development, the university’s researchers said. [...]

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – British Prime Minister David Cameron pushed Monday for more public service reforms, particularly in the areas of healthcare, education and peace and order. On top of the coalition government’s reform agenda is the abolition of primary care trusts and health authorities and the turn [...]

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – In an effort to curb the growing child obesity epidemic, new federal guidelines proposed Thursday focus on making school lunches healthier. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued the new guidelines marking the first such changes in 15 years. They include cutting [...]

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – There is an ongoing debate in the public domain about the religious symbols especially a “religious sword,” called a “Kirpan” that Sikh males are expected to carry after they are baptized in the Sikh religion. The controversy started after a fourth grade student [...]

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Fifty Pakistani students are due to arrive in the United States in the first week of 2011 under an exchange program. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Academic Programs Alina Romanowski announced their arrival during a conference call on Thursday. She said a special effort [...]

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines (AHN) – Philippine President Benigno Aquino III signed Monday the $36.4 billion (PHP 1.6 trillion) national budget for 2011. The biggest allocation went to education, followed by national defense and public works and highways. It was the first time since 1999 that the Philippine budget was [...]

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Oklahoma City, OK, United States (AHN) – An Oklahoma teacher last Friday arrested a student for being in possession of a permanent marker. Apparently the 13-year-old Roosevelt Middle School student violated a little known city ordinance which prohibits the possession of a permanent marker in certain circumstances. The [...]

The Media Line Staff Mt. Carmel, Israel Arieh O’Sullivan – The first thing they did was run to the sports field to get a good look. The view was shocking. The surrounding Carmel Mountain forest, which had encircled and shaded the Yemin Orde Youth Village, was gone. Just soot and burned trunks remained. A week [...]