Larry Fenn

Amid coronavirus pandemic, fewer students seek federal aid for college

July 6, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

The number of high school seniors applying for U.S. federal college aid plunged in the weeks following the sudden closure of school buildings this spring -- a time when students...

Counselor in residence Megan Lawrence sits ...

Colleges in Colorado and across nation struggle with soaring student demand for counseling

November 25, 2019 at 6:37 p.m.

More college students are turning to their schools for help with anxiety, depression and other mental health problems, and many must wait weeks for treatment or find help elsewhere as...

Third-grade student Miles Stidham uses an East Webster High School laptop to do homework in Maben, Miss., in May. The Stidhams are unable to get internet at their home in the country, so they take advantage of the internet in the school鈥檚 library.

Homework gap: Millions of students lack internet at home

June 10, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

Nearly 3 million students around the country struggle keeping up with their studies because they must make do without home internet.

In this April 27, 2019, photo, Andy and Stacie Proctor stand in front of their new home in Vineyard, Utah. For some millennials looking to buy their first home, the hunt feels like a race against the clock. The Proctors ultimately made a successful offer on a three-bedroom house for $438,000 in Vineyard. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Young homebuyers scramble as prices rise faster than incomes

May 25, 2019 at 3:43 p.m.

SALT LAKE CITY -- For millennials looking to buy their first home, the hunt feels like a race against the clock.

In this March 30, 2019, file photo, members of Virginia celebrate after defeating Purdue 80-75 in overtime of the men's NCAA Tournament college basketball South Regional final game in Louisville, Ky.

How March Madness success is tied to NBA-caliber talent

April 3, 2019 at 9:18 a.m.

In the 30 seasons since the NCAA Tournament started morphing into "March Madness," 120 teams have traveled the road to the Final Four. That's 120 unique formulas that have worked...

FILE – In this Nov. 8, 2018, file photo, a Pittsburgh Steelers fan holds a Le’Veon Bell jersey during the second half of an NFL football game between the Steelers and the Carolina Panthers in Pittsburgh. The steady exodus of mid-level veterans from the NFL is one element of a long-standing tension between players and the league over the structuring of contracts. The contract holdouts by Bell and Earl Thomas this season put the issue into vivid focus. (AP Photo/Don Wright, File)

NFL franchises keep going younger and cheaper at expense of veteran players, AP analysis finds

January 27, 2019 at 3:43 p.m.

By the time NFL players reach their third and fourth years in the league, the vast majority are struggling just to hang on because of injuries or younger, faster and...

U.S. charter schools put growing numbers in racial isolation

December 2, 2017 at 10:20 p.m.

Charter schools are among the nation's most segregated, an Associated Press analysis finds 鈥� an outcome at odds, critics say, with their goal of offering a better alternative to failing...

A gunshot and a child dies: Should anyone be punished?

May 24, 2017 at 9:04 a.m.

Children under age 12 die from gun accidents in the United States about once a week, on average. Almost every death begins with the same basic circumstances: an unsecured and...

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