Three more University of Michigan scholars from China were charged with smuggling biological material into the U.S. and lying to federal agents in the latest expansion of a federal probe that has raised questions about national security and bioterrorism. The scholars are among seven Chinese nationals with ties to UM charged with federal crimes in…
A Memphis Business Academy football coach was arrested on Oct. 30 for charges related to an alleged drug trafficking conspiracy in the Mississippi Delta, according to court records. Torio Chaz Wiseman, the football coach for both the high school and middle school teams at the Memphis Business Academy, was charged with four felonies related to…
Can schools in Ohio legally confiscate or search students’ cell phone? In Ohio, state lawmakers voted this year to prohibit cell phone use during the school day under most circumstances. Each school district, community school, and STEM school must adopt a policy by Jan. 1 prohibiting students’ use of cell phones during the instructional day, with some…
More schools are adopting policies banning cell phones, from all-out bans that forbid students from taking their phones out at any time of day to more flexible policies that allow older students to have their phones out during lunch or other breaks. In some classrooms, students are even instructed to put their phones in what…