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Teacher shot by 6-year-old student files $40 million lawsuit

Abby Zwerner, a first-grade teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, was shot in the hand and chest on Jan. 6 by a student. No charges have been filed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Nashville school shooter who killed 6 planned attack for months, police say

Investigators looking into the shooting at an elementary school report that Audrey Hale fired 152 rounds during the attack and studied actions of other mass shooters.

Chicago Sun-Times

Virginia teacher files $40 million lawsuit against Newport News schools, administrators over shooting by 6-year-old

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The teacher shot by a 6-year-old student at Richneck Elementary School on Jan. 6 has filed a $40 million lawsuit against the Newport News School Board, asserting that administrators failed to keep the school safe.

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The Nashville school shooter planned the attack for 'months,' police say

The Metro Nashville Police Department released new findings on Monday about Audrey Hale, the assailant who fatally shot six people at an elementary school in Nashville last week.

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Teacher shot by six-year-old pupil sues school for $40million over 'ignored warnings'

Abby Zwerner has filed a lawsuit against the management of Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia seeking $40 million in damages after a kid shot her on January 6

Daily Mirror

As Chicago's most active voting precinct, Cook County inmates vote with help from jail and advocates

CHICAGO — Chicago’s most active voting precinct has an unlikely cornerstone. A big chunk of its voters don’t cast ballots at an elementary school gym or a library — they vote from jail.

Chicago Tribune

Richneck teacher files $40M lawsuit against Newport News schools, administrators over shooting by 6-year-old

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The teacher shot by a 6-year-old student at Richneck Elementary School on Jan. 6 has filed a $40 million lawsuit against the Newport News School Board — asserting that administrators were grossly negligent in allowing the shooting to take place.

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Robin Abcarian: Kids deserve to know the truth about America's racist past. Even if it's painful

Last month, school officials in St. Petersburg, Florida, told teachers to stop showing students a Disney movie about Ruby Bridges, the 6-year-old Black girl who integrated an all-white New Orleans elementary school in the 1960s.

Los Angeles Times

States aim to boost school safety after Tennessee shooting

In the wake of a deadly elementary school shooting in Tennessee earlier this week, state lawmakers across the country are moving forward with school safety measures

The Independent UK

The Nashville school shooting highlights the partisan divide over gun legislation

President Biden this week called for the reinstatement of an assault weapons ban, a law that had roots in a 1989 shooting in a California schoolyard. Here's a look at what got that ban on the books.

WEKU

Three children and three staff shot dead by former student: What we know about Nashville school shooting

The shooting came as the US is recovering from several recent gun violence incidents at schools, including the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas last year

The Independent UK

Three children and three staff shot dead by former student: What we know about Nashville school shooting

The shooting comes as the US is recovering from several recent gun violence incidents at schools, including the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas last year

The Independent UK

Roughly 1 in 20 Americans own an AR-15 rifle as firearm’s popularity explodes despite role in mass killings

Originally intended for military use, AR-15-style rifles have surged in popularity over the last two decades

The Independent UK

Melissa Joan Hart details involvement in harrowing scene near Nashville school shooting

Actor and Tennessee resident Melissa Joan Hart described helping young children cross a highway near the Covenant School in Nashville where the latest U.S. mass shooting unfolded at the private elementary school on Monday.

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School textbooks to get update into digital era

All textbooks for elementary schools will include QR codes to access video, audio and other resources starting in the 2024 school year, further integrating print and digital materials.

The Independent UK

Children lost in shooting were 'feisty,' a 'shining light'

Details from the rich, full lives of the three adults killed Monday at a Nashville elementary school have quickly emerged

The Independent UK

Roughly 1 in 20 Americans own an AR-15 rifle as firearm’s popularity explodes despite role in mass killings

Originally intended for military use, AR-15-style rifles have surged in popularity over the last two decades

The Independent UK

Three children and three staff shot dead by former student: What we know about Nashville school shooting

The shooting comes as the US is recovering from several recent gun violence incidents at schools, including the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas last year

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EXPLAINER: Mass shootings seldom shift partisan policies

Public outrage is swift following mass shootings such as the one that killed six people at a Nashville elementary school

WEKU

Wisconsin school bans Miley Cyrus-Dolly Parton duet from class concert

Administrators at Heyer Elementary School in Waukesha stopped a class from performing a Miley Cyrus-Dolly Parton duet promoting LGBTQ acceptance because the song "could be perceived as controversial."

Tribune News Service

Sen. Josh Hawley calls Nashville shooting hate crime against Christians, calls for FBI investigation

A day after a gunman killed six people at a Christian elementary school in Nashville, Sen. Josh Hawley took to the Senate floor to denounce the shooting as a hate crime against Christians.

The Independent UK

Wisconsin school bans Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton duet from class concert

Administrators at a Wisconsin elementary school aren't letting a first-grade class perform a Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton duet promoting LGBT+ acceptance because they say the song could be seen as controversial

Los Angeles Times

Lauren Daigle postpones concert to host vigil after Nashville school shooting

Christian singer Lauren Daigle postponed an album preview concert she had set in Nashville, Tennessee, for Monday to instead host a communitywide prayer vigil hours after a private elementary school in the city became the latest site of a fatal mass shooting.

WEKU

What we know about the deadly shooting at a Nashville elementary school

Authorities released graphic body camera footage showing the fatal confrontation between police and the shooter at the private religious school. Three children and three adults died in the attack.

The Guardian - US

Florida school pulls anti-racism film Ruby Bridges after parent complaint

Elementary school in Tampa area withdraws screenings of Disney film that tells story of black student in segregated 1960s

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