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'Monster' Teacher Who Raped, Tortured Students At NY Boarding School Gets Decades
A onetime teacher at a private boarding school in upstate New York will spend decades in prison for torturing and sexually abusing children under his care.
Paul Geer, 58, of Hancock, was sentenced to over 27 years behind bars in Albany federal court on Thursday, Sept. 4, after a jury found he brought two children across state lines to sexually abuse them.
Geer worked at the Family Foundation School, more recently known as Allynwood Academy, from 1994 to 2001. The school shuttered in 2014 amid a wave of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse allegations dating back to the 1990s.
Evidence at …
Lawsuit: Volunteer Coach Among 21 Hurt In PA Football Bus Crash Sues Driver, Transit Company
Twenty-one people were injured — including at least one student who suffered life-altering injuries — when a school bus carrying the Aliquippa Junior High football team crashed in Economy Borough, (Beaver County), Pennsylvania, on Saturday, Aug. 23, authorities said.
Now, volunteer coach Jonathan Morris, who was hospitalized for three days with serious injuries, has filed a lawsuit against the bus driver and ABC Transit, Inc., the company that operated the bus.
Morris, of Aliquippa, was seated directly behind the driver when the bus fishtailed on Shaffer Road, flipped onto its side, and str…
Girl Suffers Life-Altering Injuries In Pennsylvania Football Bus Crash That Hurt 21, Family Say
A student from the Aliquippa Junior High football team suffered life-altering injuries in the school bus crash that hospitalized 21 people in Economy Borough, her family said.
Robert Gilbert started a GoFundMe for his sister, Queen Gilbert, whose daughter was badly hurt in the Saturday, Aug. 23 crash on Shaffer Road, according to the fundraiser.
Police, fire, and EMS were called to the 190 block of Shaffer Road around 10 a.m. for the crash involving a bus carrying students and staff from the Aliquippa School District, Beaver County EMS said in a release. The bus was carrying 25 players, two…
Princeton Cracks Top 10 In 2026 Rankings: See Which Northeast Colleges Shined
Universities across the Northeast dominated a new list of the best colleges in the US, with more than 30 institutions ranked among the nation's top 100.
Niche released its 2026 Best Colleges in America list on Monday, Aug. 25. The annual rankings cover more than 4,000 US colleges and universities, comparing them based on academics, value, student life, and athletics.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was ranked No. 1 overall. Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, followed in second place, while fellow Cambridge school Harvard University finished fo…
HS In Hackensack Ranked Top 50 Nationally, Nine NJ Schools Crack Top 100: See Which Ones
More than two dozen high schools across the Northeast have been recognized among the top 100 in the US, according to a new ranking.
The U.S. News & World Report released its annual Best High School Rankings on Tuesday, Aug. 19. The 2025 list evaluated more than 24,000 public high schools nationwide based on test scores, college-level coursework, and graduation rates.
The report highlights schools where students outperformed expectations in math, reading, and science, passed college-level exams, and graduated on time. U.S. News said its goal is to recognize high achievers while…
