The highest-paying jobs in America usually require a college degree, but there are still promising opportunities for high school graduates in some of today’s hottest industries, including technology.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On Jan. 14, 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives in Casablanca, French North Africa (now Morocco), and becomes the first sitting president to travel on official business by airplane. The long trip via a Boeing 314 Flying Boat named the Dixie Clipper, began on Jan. 11 and required several stops for refueling. Officials determined flying was safer than a ship as German U-boats were wreaking havoc on North Atlantic shipping. At Casablanca, Roosevelt met with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and agreed to demand unconditional surrender of the Axis powers.

Parents of students at an all-girl American academy in Liberia are anxiously awaiting an investigation into allegations that the charity failed to act on signs of a staff member’s sexual abuse.

VIDEO: Home to Apple, Facebook and Google, Silicon Valley is an American economic powerhouse, producing technology companies with global influence. But behind these influential American brands are scores of foreign workers who play a critical role in the Valley’s tech workforce.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he would not, at least for the moment, declare a national emergency to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, instead demanding that opposition Democrats agree to fund the barrier construction .

Britain’s heated debate over migration as it leaves the European Union has been fueled by a spike in the number of asylum seekers arriving on the south coast from France in small boats.