Rice Business' online MBA cracked the Financial Times' Global Online MBA list — No.13 worldwide and No.6 in the U.S. — its first year on the ranking.

Neighbors say The Long Weekend's elevated play structure and live music have invaded privacy and raised safety and noise concerns in Shady Acres. City inspectors and citations followed.

Akron officials say a partnership with Undue Medical Debt will erase nearly $20 million in bills for about 17,000 residents. Notices will be mailed to qualifying households.

A private lot across from the Space Needle was cleared after five months; the court-appointed receiver will pay cleanup while the city says private land limits outreach.

Families and advocates say Santa Clara County’s rollout of CARE Court has left petitions dismissed and many ordered services undelivered. Frustration centers on forms, clinician sign-offs and long waits.

Oakland is moving to buy the vacant San Pablo Avenue storefront that once housed Community Foods Market to revive the Hoover branch, closed in 1981. The plan faces funding and design hurdles but would restore a key neighborhood resource.

Div 15 Tech signed on with Sheet Metal Workers Local 104 and hired 16 union members, the union said. The deal pairs the contractor’s fabrication capacity with Local 104’s trained crews.

A Manhattan Ulta salon is facing a lawsuit after patrons say employees refused their hair type. The complaint seeks damages and court‑ordered training.

After more than 25 years leading MTSU, President Sidney McPhee told trustees he will retire in December and plans to join the College of Education as a tenured professor.

Neighbors near 1965 Lombard St. say a new 24-hour Tesla Supercharger has brought noise, traffic and sanitation problems to their Cow Hollow block. Residents want Tesla and city officials to take enforceable action.

Sacramento won a $5 million CalVIP award to scale rapid-response teams, street outreach and youth case management in neighborhoods hit hardest by shootings.

Washington State University has paused the equine portion of a large‑animal surgery elective after receiving threatening messages, and says it will not bring eight horses to campus this spring. The college cited safety for students, staff and animals.

State records show a 22half-year-old wandered out of Kids Korner Daycare and was left outside for at least 15 minutes. TDHS has opened a licensing investigation.