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DENVER (AP) — A former school bus aide pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting three nonverbal students with autism who were unable to report the abuse.Kiarra Jones, 30, entered guilty pleas to 12 charges under a plea agreement as she was about to go on trial in suburban Denver for abuse that was revealed in 2024 by bus surveillance video, according to prosecutors and court documents.Jones is represented by lawyers from the public defender’s office, which does not comment to the media on its cases.The abuse was discovered after Jessica Vestal, the mother of one of the nonverbal students, asked school…

Florida remains a popular destination for travelers as it stacks a lot of crowd-pleasers in one easy, year-round summer-like package. With over 1,300 miles of coastline that includes sugary white sands on the Gulf side with waves and surfing on the Atlantic, exciting theme parks, Latin and Caribbean influences, fascinating historic towns, laid back island vibes and a myriad of nature offerings, Florida offers visitors so many options for a memorable vacation experience. Home to beautiful beaches. (Photo Credit: Fort Myers – Islands, Beaches and Neighborhoods)Best Destinations in FloridaFlorida Keys remains a popular destination as this tropical paradise offers a…

Chinese lidar-maker Hesai announced plans on Monday to double its production capacity from 2 million units to 4 million units this year, as it looks to corner the global market for the laser-based sensors. That would be well up from the 1 million-plus unit mark that Hesai hit in 2025. Hesai’s push to grab more market share comes just one month after leading U.S. lidar-maker Luminar filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. That company is not expected to continue operating once its bankruptcy plan is approved, though it is looking to sell the lidar business. Hesai has raised hundreds of millions…

by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 9:00 AM ET, Mon January 5, 2026 Adventures by Disney is improving its Rhine River Cruise itinerary in 2027, adding more Disney magic to the experience, along with a new pre-cruise experience for Danube River Cruise guests. The river cruise, which is operated by family-friendly river cruise line, AmaWaterways, visits historic Colmar and Enguisheim, France, the inspiration for Beauty and the Beast. Travelers on this cruise can choose to enjoy a full-day excursion to Lucerne, Switzerland, visiting Glacier Garden or UNESCO-designated Neuf-Brisach.  Onboard, guests will be enchanted with a Beauty and the Beast-inspired dinner menu when…

Three offshore wind developers are suing the Trump administration after the Department of the Interior halted five projects worth a total of $25 billion on December 22. If completed, the projects would generate a total of 6 gigawatts of electricity. Two lawsuits were filed Thursday and Friday last week by Ørsted and Equinor, which are developing the 704 megawatt Revolution Wind and the 2 gigawatt Empire Wind, respectively. Another was filed on December 23 by Dominion Energy, which is building a 2.6 gigawatt farm off the coast of Virginia. Revolution Wind is nearly 90% complete, while Empire Wind and Coastal Virginia…

Ask any history teacher in Michigan how their lessons could be better and they will tell you that they need to incorporate more current events into the curriculum, East Kentwood High School history teacher Matt Vreisman insists. State standards require social studies teachers to cover pre-Columbian history to the present, and incorporating modern historical events — such as the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection — is a challenge, adds Whitehall High School history teacher Brian Milliron.Though Tuesday is the five-year anniversary of the event, Vriesman, Milliron and other teachers found a way to weave the insurrection into their advanced placement history…

This spring, JetBlue plans to add even more flights to one of its most important focus cities in Florida. The budget carrier has just announced that it plans to launch two new domestic routes from Fort Lauderdale International Airport (FLL) starting in May.  The first route to launch will be daily service from FLL to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) starting on March 12. The route was originally announced as a seasonal, spring-break only service, but JetBlue says it will now operate flights year-round.Then, on May 21, the carrier will launch twice-daily flights between FLL and Orlando International Airport (MCO).…

A hacktivist remotely wiped three white supremacist websites live onstage during their talk at a hacker conference last week, with the sites yet to return online. The pseudonymous hacker, who goes by Martha Root — dressed as Pink Ranger from the Power Rangers — deleted the servers of WhiteDate, WhiteChild, and WhiteDeal in real time at the end of a talk at the annual Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany.  Root gave the talk alongside journalists Eva Hoffmann and Christian Fuchs, who wrote an article about the hacked sites for the German weekly paper Die Zeit in October.  As of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is telling Head Start providers to avoid dozens of terms in federal grant applications, including “race,” “belonging” and “pregnant people” — a directive that could reshape the early education program.A coalition of organizations representing Head Start providers and parents said in court filings last month that the Department of Health and Human Services told a Head Start director in Wisconsin to cut those and over a dozen other terms from her application. She later received a list with nearly 200 words the department discouraged her from using in her application, including “Black,” “Native American,”…

Lego announced its new Smart Play system at CES on Monday, adding interactive, responsive Legos to the famously analog franchise. The Smart Play system includes a 2×4 brick, Smart Tag tiles, and Smart Minifigures. The Smart Bricks and Minifigures can sense nearby Smart Tags, which are 2×2 studless tiles with unique digital IDs that tell the Bricks and Minifigures how to act. If the Smart Tag comes in a set for building a helicopter, for example, then the Smart Brick will light up and make propeller sounds that would help bring a helicopter to life. Its built-in accelerometer would make…