Two teenage boys have been given probation after using artificial intelligence to create hundreds of fake nude photos of their classmates. The boys were 14 at the time. Authorities said the boys took images of the girls from school photos, yearbooks, Instagram, TikTok and FaceTime chats, and morphed them with images of adults depicting nudity or sexual activity. At least 59 girls were among the victims, many of them classmates with the boys at Lancaster Country Day School. Many called for the toughest sentence on Wednesday as they described their trauma. The judge said the boys' records will be expunged in two years if they don't reoffend.
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Georgia lawmakers may require that every public school student be checked for weapons each day. On Monday, a Senate committee advanced a bill, pushing it closer to final passage. The proposal follows a 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder that killed four. Supporters say detectors will help spot guns and knives. There's little research, though, that their broad use stops school shootings. There are also concerns about how much the systems cost, how to guard against false alarms, and whether detectors are really needed in elementary schools. Some opponents say the state should limit kids’ access to guns instead.
There hasn't been quite as much madness in March Madness in recent years. The top four seeds in each region have gone unbeaten in the first round in each of the last two NCAA Tournaments. Coaches say the influx of money into the sport now that players can be paid has led to what one coach called a “chasm” in talent between the haves and the have-nots. The ability for players to move freely in the transfer portal has also made it harder for strong mid-major teams to stay together.
At least 48 boys and young men died during the latest round of initiation ceremonies in South Africa, which involve the highly secretive process of traditional circumcision to “become a man.” South Africa has been grappling with the problem of initiation deaths for years. It is rare to hear the story of an initiate who died, and The Associated Press spoke to the family of one. Participants don't talk about the ritual to outsiders. Families and authorities have struggled to understand and police a traditional but often abused practice. Hundreds of illegal initiation schools attract people who can’t afford licensed ones.
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The U.S. government’s top intelligence official has told lawmakers that Iran’s government “appears to be intact but largely degraded.” However, Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, repeatedly dodged questions about whether President Donald Trump had been warned about the fallout from the weeks-old war, including Iran's attacks on Gulf nations and its effective closure of the vital Strait of Hormuz. Gabbard also stated in prepared remarks to the Senate Intelligence Committee that U.S. attacks on Iran last year had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program and that there had been no effort since then to rebuild that capability. The statement was notable given Trump’s repeated assertions that a war with Iran was necessary.
Allegations that César Chavez sexually abused women and girls are reshaping how many communities honor him. The United Farm Workers says it will not join any event named for its late leader. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says state agencies won't celebrate César Chavez Day. Cities including Milwaukee and Lansing, Michigan, are canceling dinners or other celebrations commemorating the labor leader. Others are pushing to rename streets, schools and landmarks after civil rights leader and farmworker advocate Dolores Huerta instead.
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A man has been charged with selling a stolen gun to Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former member of the Army National Guard who used it to kill one person and wound two others at Old Dominion University. The charges come a day after the attack by Jalloh, who had previously spent eight years in prison for attempting to aid the Islamic State group. Authorities say Jalloh yelled “Allahu akbar” before opening fire Thursday in a classroom at the Virginia school and being killed by ROTC students. ROTC students receive a scholarship to attend college while training to become commissioned officers in the U.S. military.
Ohio State has moved past the abrupt resignation of the university’s president by elevating its chief academic officer into the role. Trustees voted unanimously Thursday to appoint Executive Vice President and Provost Ravi Bellamkonda as former President Walter “Ted” Carter Jr.’s successor. They bypassed the traditional nationwide search to name the school's fourth president since 2020. Bellamkonda’s appointment comes as a clearer picture begins to emerge of Carter's “inappropriate relationship.” His admission has been tied to the female host of a podcast for military veterans that Ohio's privatized economic development office, JobsOhio, paid $60,000 to sponsor.
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Outdated intel likely led US to carry out deadly strike on Iranian elementary school, AP sources say
Outdated intelligence has likely led to the United States carrying out a deadly missile strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed over 165 people, many of them children, in the opening hours of the conflict, according to a U.S. official and a second person briefed on findings of a preliminary U.S military investigation into the incident. Now, dozens of Democratic senators are demanding answers from the Trump administration. The letter from more than 45 senators pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on whether the U.S. was, in fact, culpable. The senators also raised concerns about the hollowing out of a congressionally mandated office set up specifically to reduce civilian casualties.
Rural school districts say the Trump administration’s visa changes are jeopardizing a key source of teachers. Many schools hired foreign teachers when they couldn't attract American instructors to remote locations. But visas have become harder to come by under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Schools are looking for other ways to fill the gaps. When schools can't hire local replacements for international educators, some are planning to rely more on online instruction. Instructors join a class live and teach via video chat. Elsewhere, school leaders say they may hire uncertified teachers, combine classes or drop course offerings.