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Increased technology use during the COVID-19 pandemic has a lingering effect on young students

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By: Eli Dahmah May 1, 2024. Jessica Swanson, a 5th-grade teacher at Salem Hills Elementary, has been teaching for 17 years and has never seen students so reluctant to do their work. “I’ve got kids with pages of missing work that I never used to see. Pages and pages and pages, where I haven’t even been able to even give them a grade because there is so much missing,” said Swanson. “That’s definitely post-pandemic.” Students use iPads in the classroom to supplement their learning, but they are missing out on learning basic skills in school before technology was integrated into the classroom during the pandemic such as handwriting, spelling and grammar. Salem Hills Elementary school in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. (Eli Dahmah) An increase in personal device dependence for children is directly affecting their grades, according to parents and teachers in Minnesota. Schools can use personal devices such as iPads to enhance their learning capabilities, but dependence on those devices cause...
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Two Mississippi National Guardsmen died in a helicopter crash during a routine training flight

Feb. 25, 2024 Two National Guardsmen died after an AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed in Prentiss County, Mississippi during a routine training flight on Friday Afternoon. The Mississippi National Guard has not released any details regarding the investigation, aside from the names of the two men, according to ABC News . Chief Warrant Officer 4 Bryan Andrew Zemek, 36, and Chief Warrant Officer 4 Derek Joshua Abbott, 42, died after the helicopter crashed in northeast Mississippi. Zemek was an AH-64 Delta Apache instructor pilot in Alpha Company 1st Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment, and Abbot was in Delta Company 2nd Battalion, 151st Lakota Medical Evacuation Unit, serving as a maintenance test pilot, according to CBS News . The crash is being investigated, according to a news release from the Mississippi National Guard.
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Changes in federal and state laws have made a Minnesota man convicted of murder eligible for parole

 Feb. 25, 2024. A Minneapolis man convicted for his role in the murder of a woman and her 10-year-old child in 2008 has become eligible for parole after changes to federal and state laws and a recent resentencing. According to Fox News , 32-year-old Brian Flowers was 16 years old when he helped Stephon Edward Thompson murder Katricia Daniels and her 10-year-old son Robert Shepard. Flowers was given two concurrent life sentences with possibility of parole, but between 2012 and 2016, federal law was changed to give those convicted under the age of 18 to be given life sentences with the possibility of parole after 30 years. After the initial changes, Flowers would have been eligible for parole in 2038, according to CBS News . A recent change in state law has lowered that number to just 15 years, making Flowers eligible now. The new law says that juveniles convicted of two consecutive life sentences are eligible for parole after 20 years, and those convicted of one or more concurrent l...
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University of Minnesota students want more for what they are paying in rent

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Apartment Buildings in the North Loop area of Minneapolis on Feb. 25, 2024. (Eli Dahmah) Feb. 25, 2024. Students at the University of Minnesota said they feel their apartments leave much to be desired and are looking for lower rent prices in the future. Many students reported looking for cheaper housing elsewhere next semester because they cannot justify what they are currently paying. One student said he had to take out a loan to be able to afford his rent for the semester after running out of money he had saved from working during the previous summer. The most common theme among students was that they believe the amount they paid in monthly rent was simply too high, followed by issues with the buildings and management. Students reported paying between $785 to $1100 per month.
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Katrin Bennhold and Steven Erlanger discuss the Ukraine Russia conflict and US funding

Feb. 25, 2024. In this episode of The Daily , host Katrin Bennhold talks with Steven Erlanger, the chief diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times about how Europe plans to defend itself against Russia without the financial help of the United States, if the U.S. stops funding its allies in Europe. Erlanger attended a European security conference and specifically noted the shaky mood in the air regarding the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. While this conference was going on, Alexei Navalny, Russia's loudest voice of internal dissent, died in prison. Navalny's death naturally left people concerned, according to Erlanger, who also pointed out that Russia had recently advanced on and taken over Avdiivka, an important crossroads town. Erlanger believes that between the U.S. Congress dragging its feet on sending funds to Ukraine and comments made by Donald Trump, Russia could make a strong advance on Ukraine in the war. Trump said that if NATO members did not pay, he would...
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Sabrina Taverniese and Sydney Ember discuss issues with Boeing planes.

Feb. 18, 2024. In this episode of The Daily , Sabrina Tavernise talks to Sydney Ember, a business reporter for The New York Times about issues with Boeing's 737 MAX 8 plane and a recent issue on an Alaska Airlines flight on a Boeing 737 MAX 9.  Ember said that Boeing has been "under the microscope" due to plane crashes in late 2018 and early 2019 that killed nearly 350 people. People were skeptical of the safety of the planes which caused problems for Boeing, but none that were insurmountable. Fast forward to January 2024, Alaska Airlines flight 1282 takes off from Portland, Oregon, heading to Ontario, California. During the plane's ascent to cruising altitude, at about 16,000 feet, a door plug on the plane flies off and the pilots are forced to make an emergency landing. The door plug is not an actual door, but rather a way to close an opening where an additional emergency exit could be added if needed, depending on Federal Aviation Administration regulations and pas...
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Two juveniles charged in mass shooting at Chiefs' Super Bowl Parade

 Feb. 18, 2024. Two juveniles were charged on Thursday with crimes related to the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chief's Super Bowl parade that left one woman dead and more than 20 others injured. The juveniles are being held in Jackson County Juvenile Detention Center on gun-related and resisting arrest charges, according to Associated Press News . Additional charges are anticipated by the Office of the Juvenile Officer as the investigation continues, according to CNN . The names of the two defendants will likely not be released because of the nature of the juvenile system in Missouri, which is more private than the adult system, according to AP. Police originally detained three juveniles but determined that one of the three was not involved in the shooting.  Police reported that the shooting appeared to have started as a dispute between several people, according to The Athletic . The woman who died in the shooting was 43-year-old Elizabeth Galvan, the host of a popular Tej...
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