Bombs target Nigerian primary schools

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian authorities found improvised bombs in two primary schools in the northern city of Kano on Thursday, hours after the schools were attacked using explosives and gunfire by suspected militants from Islamist sect Boko Haram. Boko Haram is waging an insurgency against Nigeria's government to try to impose stricter sharia (Islamic law) across Nigeria. It mostly targets ...

Christian Legal Society V. Martinez Decision Upends Campus Religious Groups

(RNS) When the Supreme Court ruled that a Christian student group could only be recognized at a small public law school if it accepted non-Christians and gays as potential leaders, some lawyers and campus advocates grew nervous.

Brewer OKs state vouchers for private schools

PHOENIX - A new law signed this week by Gov. Jan Brewer could give an estimated 100,000 children in Arizona schools - including six in the Yuma area - a check from the state to go to a private or parochial school instead.The measure vastly expands an existing voucher...

Gov. signs medical emergency law inspired by Sutton athlete Ellsessar

BOSTON - All public schools in the state will put emergency medical response plans in place, evaluate the access to life-saving heart defibrillators and ensure that teachers and coaches know CPR, under a school safety bill signed by Gov. Deval L. Patrick today.

Schools reopen in Mali's Islamist-held Timbuktu

Schools reopened Monday in the city of Timbuktu for the first time since an Islamic faction seized control last month of the fabled tourist outpost, where they are now working to impose Shariah law.