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Metro Long Island Politics World News Search Type to Search Search Breaking News Trump pauses all US military aid to Ukraine after heated Oval Office meeting with Zelensky US News High school Spanish teacher, 33, accused of having sex with 17-year-old student: police By Patrick Reilly Published Feb. 27, 2025, 4:15 p.m. ET A high school Spanish teacher from California is accused of having a sexual relationship with a teenage student, according to police. Dulce Flores, a teacher at Riverbank High School outside Modesto, is charged with having sex with a 17-year-old while he was a student in 2023, according...

TAMPA -- In just one hour Wednesday afternoon, 97 patrons of Danny Boy's Restaurant in Sun City Center signed a petition asking that Debra Lafave return to work. Lafave quit the restaurant last month while a probation officer investigated whether she had an inappropriate and private conversation with a female co-worker who is a minor. Ed Leary, 78, one of the organizers of the petition drive, said the group now is trying to figure out where to send the petition. He guessed it would be forwarded to the Florida Attorney General's Office. Lafave, 27, was arrested Tuesday and charged with...

A second young woman has come forward to claim that Southwest Airlines Co. employees made her cover up on a recent flight. Setara Qassim told KNBC-TV in Los Angeles that a flight attendant confronted her during the trip from Tucson, Ariz., to Burbank, Calif., and asked if she had a sweater to go over her green halter-style dress. Qassim, 21, said she was forced to wrap a blanket around herself for the rest of the flight. She complained that if Southwest wants passengers to dress a certain way, it should publish a dress code. Last week, 23-year-old Kyla Ebbert said...