Around 450 students met with more than 120 potential employers at the 25th annual MTI Job Fair Thursday. MTI’s Janet Greenway says the event is divided into two parts. “We had an energy job fair in the morning that targets our powerline, wind and sub-station technologists,” said Greenway. “Then we had the campus-wide job fair …
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Feb 22
Model slams Burberry’s noose-knotted hoodie: ‘Suicide is not fashion’
MichaelJay/iStock(NEW YORK) — Burberry has apologized after a sweatshirt in one of its fashion shows appeared to include a noose hanging around the model’s neck, prompting another model who walked in the show to call the design “triggering.” The sweatshirt in question was part of a collection debuted at London Fashion Week show last Sunday. …
Feb 22
‘ISIS bride’ sues US to enter amid citizenship fight, debate over fleeing fighters
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — The father of a so-called “ISIS bride,” who was born and raised in the U.S. and now wants to return home with her son, has sued the Trump administration after it declared that she is not a citizen and has no right to enter the country. The lawsuit, which was filed against …
Feb 22
Authorities plan to search Colorado landfill for Kelsey Berreth’s remains
Woodland Park Police Department(FOUNTAIN, Colo.) — Colorado authorities are planning to begin the task Tuesday morning of digging through a landfill for Kelsey Berreth’s remains and other possible evidence in the missing mom’s case, sources told ABC News. The search of the Midway landfill near Fountain, Colorado, could last several months, according to sources with …
Feb 22
Florida mayor arrested for allegedly shooting at police officers
Pasco Sheriff’s Office(PORT RICHEY, Fla.) — A Florida mayor, who was accused of practicing medicine without a license, was arrested on Thursday after he allegedly fired shots at deputies who were attempting to serve a search warrant, according to police. Port Richey Mayor Dale Massad was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted homicide …
Feb 22
Driver avoids tragedy as plank from subway platform spears windshield
WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — An Uber driver in Queens was the luckiest guy in New York City on Thursday. Mahboob Lodhi, who said he had just gotten off a shift working for the car-share company, was cruising through Woodside in the city’s largest borough when a large plank fell from elevated subway tracks above him and …
Feb 22
Texas student arrested for bringing blade, ‘hit list’ to middle school
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStock(HUMBLE, Texas) — A Texas middle school student was arrested this week for allegedly bringing a large blade and a so-called “hit list” to school, administrators said. Karl Koehler, principal of the Atascocita Middle School in Humble, Texas, said the student was caught with an 8-inch blade on Wednesday that was large enough to cut …
Feb 22
Trump administration signals ISIS foreign fighters could be sent to Guantanamo Bay
zudin/iStock(WASHINGTON) — As President Donald Trump seeks to wind down the fight against the Islamic State in Syria, his administration is increasingly leaving open the possibility that some of the group’s foreign fighters be sent to the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Trump has advocated as a private citizen, presidential candidate and even …
Feb 21
Pope Francis calls for ‘concrete and effective measures’ at historic sex abuse summit
Birute/iStock(ROME) — On the first day of a historic conference that’s likely to become a defining moment of his papacy, Pope Francis appeared prepared to tackle the excruciating, decades-long epidemic of child sex abuse at the hands of Catholic priests. “We hear the cry of little ones calling for justice,” the pope said as he …
Feb 21
Sex abuse summit in Vatican comes amid growing number of investigations of Catholic priests in the US
Hornet83/iStock(ROME) — The meeting of Catholic leadership in the Vatican to address clerical sex abuse comes amid a busy and controversial time for the church within the United States. There are now at least 17 states or cities that have open investigations into their respective local dioceses, and a number of states and cities have …