Assistant principal ignored warnings that 6-year-old boy had gun before he shot teacher, report says
A grand jury report says a former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school ignored warnings that a 6-year-old had a gun in the hours before he shot his teacher. The 31-page report was …
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By BEN FINLEY and DENISE LAVOIE
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4/10/24
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A law enforcement official says at least two people were shot at an Eid event in Philadelphia. The official could not discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on …
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By CLAUDIA LAUER and MICHAEL BALSAMO
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4/10/24
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Donald Trump’s lawyers are attempting for a third consecutive day to get a New York appeals court to delay his hush money criminal trial, which is slated to begin next Monday. The former …
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JAKE OFFENHARTZ
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4/10/24
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Vermont's Goddard College is closing at the end of the semester after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles. The board of trustees announced the closing Tuesday and says the school …
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4/10/24
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More than 190,000 women are currently being held in some kind of confinement in the United States — a number that’s been growing rapidly since at least 1980. But experts say programs aimed at …
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By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON
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4/10/24
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Federal safety investigators are focusing on the electrical power system of the massive container ship that veered off course and crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge last month. …
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By LEA SKENE
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4/10/24
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An effort to amend the Maine Constitution to enshrine the right to an abortion is coming up short. The measure fell shy of a two-thirds majority in the Maine House on Tuesday night, failing to clear …
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By DAVID SHARP
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4/10/24
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Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep tells The Associated Press she was nervous while flying to her first tennis tournament in 1 1/2 years. She had just successfully reduced a doping ban on …
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By HOWARD FENDRICH
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4/10/24
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A self-published doomsday fiction author is on trial in Idaho in the deaths of his wife and his new girlfriend’s two children. It’s a complex triple-murder trial that investigators say involves …
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By REBECCA BOONE
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4/10/24
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Opening statements are expected in the trial of an Idaho man charged with killing his wife and new girlfriend’s two youngest children, in an unusual case involving claims about zombies. Chad …
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4/10/24
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced the opening of the 60-day application window for the Investing in America Small Business Opportunity Program (SBOP) – a U.S. Treasury competitive grant program funded by the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI).
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From Times Sources
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4/10/24
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The mother of an autistic boy shown being hit and punched by a school bus aide released a copy of bus surveillance video. Jessica Vestal says she suspects the kind of abuse that went undetected …
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By COLLEEN SLEVIN
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4/9/24
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Nearly half a century after Francis Ford Coppola won the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or for “Apocalypse Now,” he will return to the French Riviera festival to premiere his self-financed …
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By JAKE COYLE
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4/9/24
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A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school has been indicted on eight felony counts of child neglect in the case of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his first-grade teacher in …
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4/9/24
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Plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100 gun shots over 41 seconds during a traffic stop that left one man dead and one officer injured last month. That's according to graphic video …
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By SOPHIA TAREEN and KATHLEEN FOODY
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4/9/24
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Authorities say a teenager planned to attack churches in a northern Idaho city using a metal pipe, butane fuel, a machete and potentially his father’s guns. Eighteen-year-old Alexander Scott …
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By REBECCA BOONE
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4/9/24
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The sister of one of the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history is accusing state lawmakers of acting “nefariously” by pressing at the 11th hour for a so-called red flag law. …
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By DAVID SHARP
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4/9/24
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The Vatican has issued a new document rejecting the concept of changing one’s biological sex. It's a setback for transgender people who had hoped Pope Francis might be setting the stage for a more …
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By The Associated Press
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4/9/24
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An Arizona Supreme Court decision that will end virtually all abortions in the state puts the issue front and center in a critical battleground state. Democrats immediately pounced on the ruling …
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By JONATHAN J. COOPER
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4/9/24
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A state audit has found that California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over the past five years but didn’t consistently track whether the spending actually helped alleviate the problem. …
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By TRÂN NGUYỄN
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4/9/24
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