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This photo provided by the Ben Hill County Sheriff's Office, Ga., shows Bo Dukes on Friday, March 3, 2017. Dukes was arrested in connection with the 2005 disappearance of Irwin County High School teacher Tara Grinstead. News organizations are challenging a judge's gag order in the case involving the slaying of Grinstead. (Ben Hill County Sheriff's Office/WMAZ via AP)
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An Indiana high school student is speaking out after the "Straight Pride" fliers the 16-year-old posted on campus were poorly received. (Dubois County Herald)
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Penn State's victory over Nebraska on Wednesday kicked off the first day of the Big Ten Tournament. The conference, made up of mostly Midwestern schools, is holding its tournament in the District this weekend for the first time. (Associated Press)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MARCH 13 - In this March 6, 2017 photo, Jack Dahl claps for his daughter Jaclyn after she received her diploma from DeSoto High School during a special ceremony at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, Wis. Gundersen and DeSoto High School put together the graduation ceremony for Jack, who is not expected to live long enough to see his 18-year-old graduate on May 26. (Erik Daily/La Crosse Tribune via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MARCH 13 - In this March 6, 2017 photo, Jack Dahl and his daughter Jaclyn share a laugh as they chat with her friends during a special ceremony at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, Wis. Gundersen and DeSoto High School put together the graduation ceremony for Jack, who is not expected to live long enough to see his 18-year-old graduate on May 26. (Erik Daily/La Crosse Tribune via AP)
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Illustration on radical feminist impact on women by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2017, file photo, Michigan State's Miles Bridges celebrates at the conclusion of an NCAA college basketball game against Michigan, in East Lansing, Mich. Bridges was running with a crowd that sat in the back of class, wearing head phones and ignoring teachers at Flint Southwestern. After moving away to mature as a person and player at a prep school in West Virginia, he has become one of the nation's top freshmen at Michigan State. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2016, file photo, Michigan State's Miles Bridges greets fans following an NCAA college basketball game against Mississippi Valley State, in East Lansing, Mich. Bridges was running with a crowd that sat in the back of class, wearing head phones and ignoring teachers at Flint Southwestern. After moving away to mature as a person and player at a prep school in West Virginia, he has become one of the nation's top freshmen at Michigan State. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2017, file photo, Michigan State's Miles Bridges celebrates in the closing moments of an NCAA college basketball game against Michigan, in East Lansing, Mich. Bridges was running with a crowd that sat in the back of class, wearing head phones and ignoring teachers at Flint Southwestern. After moving away to mature as a person and player at a prep school in West Virginia, he has become one of the nation's top freshmen at Michigan State. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2016, file photo, Michigan State's Miles Bridges, right, talks with coach Tom Izzo during an NCAA college basketball game against Mississippi Valley State, in East Lansing, Mich. Bridges was running with a crowd that sat in the back of class, wearing head phones and ignoring teachers at Flint Southwestern. After moving away to mature as a person and player at a prep school in West Virginia, he has become one of the nation's top freshmen at Michigan State. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)
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FILE -- In this Jan. 11, 2016, file photo, Raymond Fryberg exits U.S. District Court after his sentencing in Seattle. Fryberg, the father of a teenager who used his gun to kill four classmates and then himself at a Washington state high school, was sentenced to two years in prison on firearms charges. The lawyer for Fryberg asked a federal appeals court Wednesday, March 8, 2017, to throw out the conviction for illegally possessing the gun used in the crime. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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Teachers take part in a "A Day Without A Woman" demonstration outside the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, Wednesday, March 8, 2017. Organizers of January's Women's March are calling on women to stay home from work and not spend money in stores or online to show their impact on American society. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Teacher Pia Martin greets students as they arrive to school at the Science Leadership Academy as teachers take part in "A Day Without a Woman" demonstration in Philadelphia, Wednesday, March 8, 2017. Organizers of January's Women's March are calling on women to stay home from work and not spend money in stores or online to show their impact on American society. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Former Obama White House press secretary Josh Earnest participates in a forum called "The Press & the Presidency," Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at the John F. Kennedy School of Government on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) ** FILE **
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Former Obama White House press secretary Josh Earnest waves at the conclusion of a forum called "The Press & the Presidency," Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at the John F. Kennedy School of Government on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) ** FILE **
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Former Obama White House press secretary Josh Earnest, right, participates in a forum called "The Press & the Presidency," as Harvard professor and former presidential advisor David Gergen, left, looks on, Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at the John F. Kennedy School of Government on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. Earnest has accused President Donald Trump of using wiretapping allegations as a distraction. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Former Obama White House press secretary Josh Earnest, right, participates in a forum called "The Press & the Presidency," as Harvard professor and former presidential advisor David Gergen, left, looks on, Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at the John F. Kennedy School of Government on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. Earnest has accused President Donald Trump of using wiretapping allegations as a distraction. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Former Obama White House press secretary Josh Earnest participates in a forum called "The Press & the Presidency," Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at the John F. Kennedy School of Government on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. Earnest has accused President Donald Trump of using wiretapping allegations as a distraction. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 2017, AND THEREAFTER – Students participate in a rehearsal of the musical "Annie Get Your Gun" on March 2, 2017, at Conemaugh Township Area High School in Davidsville, Pa. Some high school musicals welcome middle-school performers, possibly motivating students to continue participating throughout high school, according to Conemaugh Township's drama and music teacher Mari Grace Lingenfelter, who is directing the school's musical. "And if we don't get them by this age, we might lose them," she said. (John Rucosky/The Tribune-Democrat via AP)
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In this Feb. 23, 2017 photo, students work on a project in teacher Annika Edgerson's third-grade classroom at the Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Hartford, Conn. Traditional public schools still educate about half the city’s children, but they are not moving in the same direction as magnet schools with racial integration and academic achievement. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
