Category: Top News
Safer Internet Day 2019: Raising digital safety awareness for users of all ages
… worldwide initiative educates people about issues from cyberbullying and social networking to the risks associated with using digital devices and how to stay safe when browsing the Internet, not just in February, but every day.
Super Bowl ad showcases more than 40 current players and legends of the game
#NFL100: NFL Super Bowl Spot Kicks Off NFL100 Celebration – watch the video
Patriots’ Julian Edelman named Super Bowl LIII MVP
Edelman caught 10 receptions for 141 yards and added an eight-yard rush.
Philadelphia Eagles’ Chris Long wins Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award
Chris Long celebrated his 10th season playing in the NFL by donating his entire year’s salary, roughly $1 million, to support educational initiatives in the cities in which he has played, St. Louis, Boston and Philadelphia.
Five children, ‘not properly restrained,’ die in Maryland car crash
(Updated: February 10, 2019)Â — Maryland State Police troopers are investigating the cause of an early morning crash in Bowie, Maryland, on February 2 that took the lives of five children. […]
Disgraced Ex-Oklahoma senator ordered to pay over $125,000 to child sex victim
Shortey’s charges included 3 counts of child porn: emailing videos of a prepubescent girl and young boys and producing child porn by persuading a minor to send him a sexually explicit image. Those charges were dropped as part of a plea deal.
Tampa Bay Rays release 2019 Fan Fest details
Over 70 current and former major league players and coaches will be there – along with mascots Raymond and DJ Kitty. All proceeds from the event benefit the Rays Baseball Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization and the official charity of the Rays, which focuses on youth and educational programming in the Tampa Bay region.
Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia: NASA honors those we’ve lost
Feb. 7 – ‘Day of Remembrance’ – NASA Pays Tribute to Fallen Heroes
Cops thwart heinous plot to kidnap, rape, torture and burn a child alive
Four co-conspirators wanted to kidnap a little girl from a county fair, take her to a cabin for raping and torturing and then burn the child alive.
Amazon Future Engineer: Program funding Computer Science courses in over 130 New York City High Schools
… making computer science education accessible to children in under-served communities … Labor Statistics projects that by 2020 there will be 1.4 million computer-science-related jobs available but only 400,000 computer science graduates with the skills to apply for those jobs.
