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This photo dated Oct. 24, 2011 shows Katherine Massey walking near the corner of Elmwood and Tupper in Buffalo, N.Y. Massey was one of the victims killed in the grocery store shooting in Buffalo on Saturday. Her sister calls her "a beautiful soul." {Robert Kirkham/The Buffalo News via AP)

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'Hero' guard, shoppers among Buffalo shooting victims
By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press
Sun,05/15/22-1:29PM , 228 Reads
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Aaron Salter was a beloved community member and security guard who knew the shoppers of Tops Friendly Market by name. When they came under attack from a gunman with a rifle, he sprang into action.
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In this undated photo provided by Dalaine Bradley, Ahmad Waller, 11, Zion Waller, 10, and Drew Waller, 7, left to right, study during homeschooling, in Raleigh, N.C. (Courtesy of Dalaine Bradley via AP)

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Homeschooling surge continues despite schools reopening
By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press
Thu,04/14/22-7:25AM , 303 Reads
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic ushered in what may be the most rapid rise in homeschooling the U.S. has ever seen. Two years later, even after schools reopened and vaccines became widely available, many parents have chosen to continue directing their children’s educations themselves.
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Rico X poses at his home March 14, 2022, in Hermitage, Tenn. X, who oversees the before- and afterschool programs run by the YMCA of Middle Tennessee, says enrollment has had to be capped as parents return to work after the COVID pandemic because of staff shortages, leaving capacity at about 70% of what it was before the pandemic. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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Understaffing leaves after-school programs with unmet demand
By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press
Sat,03/19/22-8:25AM , 234 Reads
The return to classrooms for the nation’s schoolchildren has not meant a return to work for many of their parents who, with workdays that outlast school days, are finding crucial after-school programs in short supply.
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FILE — Lisa Miller answers questions about her custody battle during a news conference immediately following arguments for her case before the court at the State Capitol, April 17, 2008, in Richmond, Va. Miller, who fled the United States with her daughter in 2009 and lived as a fugitive to avoid sharing custody with her former same-sex partner, pleaded guilty Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, to parental kidnapping. (AP Photo/Lisa Billings, File)

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Former fugitive pleads guilty in 2009 parental kidnapping
By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press
Wed,02/16/22-4:15PM , 288 Reads
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A former Vermont woman who fled the United States with her daughter in 2009 and lived as a fugitive in Nicaragua to avoid sharing custody with her former same-sex partner pleaded guilty Wednesday to parental kidnapping.
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