NEW BERN, N.C. (WTVD) -- In North Carolina, some college students are taking action to help homeless individuals and improve the environment. They are turning plastic bags into durable sleeping mats.

(TNS) — For the first time ever, Jordan Lightfoot tried her hand at a robotic arm on Sunday, performing surgical moves any medical student would envy. Too bad she’s planning on going to law school.

First-year medical students (left to right) Zhongxuan Chen, of China, and Omar Baig, of Delaware, began their medical education at Thomas Jefferson University’s Sidney Kimmel Medical College in ...