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Photo: iStockphotoA Georgia teen has been accepted into 53 colleges and earned $1.8 million in scholarships, PEOPLE reports. Jada-Symone Batichon, 18, recently graduated from Wheeler High, where she maintained a 4.0 grade-point average while participating in several extracurricular activities, including student government, cheerleading, and the National Honor Society. Batichon decided to apply to dozens of schools in pursuit of scholarship offers. “I didn’t want to go into debt.

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A 12-year-old boy is being hailed as a hero after he rescued his grandmother and two brothers from a burning home in Virginia, per PEOPLE. On Tuesday (June 3), first responders were called to a "structure fire with visible flames and heavy smoke" in Petersburg at roughly 8:51 a.m. Responders arrived at the scene and found all the occupants were safely out of the home.

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance at a California high school graduation after receiving a special invitation from a student. On Thursday (June 5), Harris made a cameo at the Compton High School graduation, surprising students as she arrived in her black SUV with tinted windows, per Politico. “Is that Beyoncé?” one onlooker asked before the former VP emerged from her vehicle.

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A Georgia teen has been accepted into 53 colleges and earned $1.8 million in scholarships, PEOPLE reports. Jada-Symone Batichon, 18, recently graduated from Wheeler High, where she maintained a 4.0 grade-point average while participating in several extracurricular activities, including student government, cheerleading, and the National Honor Society. Batichon decided to apply to dozens of schools in pursuit of scholarship offers. “I didn’t want to go into debt.

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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has revealed what he plans to do with his $200 billion fortune, saying most of the money will go to Africa. On Monday (June 2), Gates appeared at the Nelson Mandela Hall at the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he revealed that he intends to donate the bulk of his fortune to Africa through his foundation over the next 20 years, per CBS News. Gates previously said his goal was to support causes that would help save and improve lives across the globe.