Makiya Seminera

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  • pediatricHealth

    Childhood literacy in the U.S. is so bad that a nationwide pediatric hospital chain has started screening for it

    By Makiya Seminera and The Associated Press
  • votoNorth America

    Meet a 21-year-old Michigan student trapped in Singapore because Trump’s travel ban stranded him during study abroad

    By Makiya Seminera and The Associated Press
  • jewelryEconomy

    ‘This year is just not a jewelry Christmas’: Meet a 64-year-old small businesswoman who’s seen her Main Street decline for the last decade

    By Makiya Seminera and The Associated Press
  • People hold up signs during the Harvard Students for Freedom rally in support of international students at the Harvard University campus in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 27, 2025.North America

    Despite everything Trump has done on immigration, U.S. colleges see just a 1% decrease in foreign students this fall

    By Collin Binkley, Makiya Seminera, and others
  • Charlie Kirk, surrounded by a crowd, speaks at Utah Valley University on September 10. He is sitting on the same chair where he was shot later.Cybersecurity

    Teens say they can’t escape graphic videos of Charlie Kirk shooting on TikTok, X, Instagram

    By Makiya Seminera, Jocelyn Gecker, and others
  • FILE – The Conn Student Union at Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn., is shown Friday, May 20, 2022. (Matt Hamilton//Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)Politics

    Foreign students are vital revenue source for colleges, including many small Christian schools. Now enrollment is sinking amid Trump policies

    By Luena Rodriguez-Feo Vileira, Makiya Seminera, and others
  • FILE – Students walk on the Stanford University campus, March 14, 2019, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)Politics

    Foreign college students are now losing their visas and being ordered to leave over misdemeanor crimes or traffic infractions

    By Collin Binkley, Annie Ma, and others
  • Rep. Chuck Edwards talks during a town hall in Asheville, N.C. on Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Makiya Seminera)Politics

    North Carolina GOP House member hit with jeers, boos and pointed questions from voters in visit home: ‘Do your job’

    By Hannah Schoenbaum, Makiya Seminera, and others
  • Kamala Harris behind a podiumPolitics

    Harris fires back against Trump’s economic attacks with proposals for tax cuts and populist policies

    By Matt Brown, Makiya Seminera, and others