China has quietly undertaken more construction and reclamation in the South China Sea, recent satellite images show, and is likely to more powerfully reassert its claims over the waterway soon, regional diplomats and military officers say.
Des Moines Register
A Council Bluffs man working as a foreign exchange student coordinator faces life in prison for sexually abusing international students for whom he was entrusted to find safe homes.
The case exemplifies the vulnerability of foreign exchange students seeking education and new experiences thousands of miles from home and the absence of adequate oversight of the programs that lure them to America, advocates for sexual abuse victims say.
Thomas D. Boatright, 51, pleaded guilty this month to four counts of coercion and enticement of a minor, each of which carries a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life.