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Student shot in leg at South Florida school
A boy was shot in the leg at a South Florida middle school. A Miami-Dade Schools Police Department spokesman says the shooting occurred Friday afternoon at Redland Middle School in Homestead. Initial reports indicate that an 11-year-old boy brought a gun to school in his backpack, and the gun accidentally ...
Today in History
Today is Saturday, May 25, the 145th day of 2013. There are 220 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy told Congress: "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of ...
Students safe after armed man reported at school
A high school student whose class project included a soldier memorial display with a replica AK-47 was carrying it to his mom in the parking lot Friday around the time another student and a teacher said they saw someone outside with what looked like a rifle, police said. Their report ...
Malloy defends effort to restrict Newtown records
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is defending efforts to restrict the release of certain public records related to the Newtown school shooting, saying he wants to protect the victims' families. Malloy said Friday that "an extraordinary set of circumstances" happened on Dec. 14, when a gunman opened fire at the Sandy ...
Duncan, Malloy pledge support for school security
State and federal officials, including the U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, offered reassurances Friday that efforts are underway to improve school security in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown and the gun violence experienced in Connecticut's state capital and other cities. Appearing at a ...
Newtown denied bid to postpone hearing on records
Connecticut's Freedom of Information Commission on Friday denied a bid by Newtown officials to postpone a hearing on a request by The Associated Press for records related to the gunman in December's school shooting. An attorney for the town asked for a continuance until after the state legislature adjourns on ...
Man fatally shot at graduation party in Tucson
Authorities have released the name of a man who was fatally shot at a high school graduation party in Tucson. Tucson police say the victim is 21-year-old Miguel Altamirano. Police say the shooting occurred about 1:45 a.m. Friday at a party at a westside home for a Cholla High School ...
La. ranks high in gun violence, low in gun safety
Louisiana has the highest rate of gun violence in the nation and the weakest gun safety laws, according to a recent national study, and state lawmakers are moving to expand the already permissive statutes. According to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a nonprofit group that tracks gun regulations ...
Students at Saginaw school get warning before prom
Students at a high school have been warned not to hold any unofficial gatherings before their prom following a shooting during pre-prom party for another Saginaw school. The shooting happened about 6 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot at Florence Event Hall in Saginaw, about 85 miles northwest of Detroit. ...
Education Department giving Newtown $1.3 million
Schools in Newtown, Conn., will receive $1.3 million in federal aid to recover after the shootings that left 26 students and educators dead last year. Education Secretary Arne Duncan planned to announce the School Emergency Response to Violence grant during a visit to the state on Friday. The grant to ...
Senate passes additional Newtown-related bills
Connecticut lawmakers on Thursday began building on a package of reforms the General Assembly passed in April that addressed the Newtown school shooting, requiring annual firearms safety training for armed security in local schools and improvements in mental health services for children. Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, whose district ...
W.Va. man charged with threatening high school
Boone County police have arrested a Raleigh County man who allegedly invoked the mass shooting in Connecticut in a threatening message against a high school. Chief Deputy Chad Barker says 26-year-old David Linville of Shady Spring was charged Wednesday with making terrorist threats. Barker says Linville allegedly threatened on a ...
NY sheriffs fault new gun law, seek to join suit
County sheriffs have asked to join the federal lawsuit challenging New York's tough new gun restrictions, calling some provisions vague and impossible to enforce fairly. The New York State Sheriffs' Association and five individual sheriffs are asking U.S. District Judge William Skretny to add their position to the record. They ...
Newtown approves selection of Sandy Hook principal
Colleagues of a woman hired as the new principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School say she has the skills and the experience to help it recover from last December's tragedy. The selection of Kathleen Gombos was unanimously approved by the Board of Education. She will become the Sandy Hook principal ...
No injuries after shots fired outside graduation
Macon County School Superintendent Jacqueline Brooks says shots were fired after a high school graduation ceremony in Tuskegee, with no injuries reported. Brooks tells WSFA 12 News (http://bit.ly/16b6W3h ) the graduation Wednesday evening was for Booker T. Washington High School and was being held at the Chappie James Center at ...
Conn. bill gives families say over Newtown records
The public release of any photograph, videotape or digital recording related to last year's deadly Newtown elementary school shooting would require the written consent of victims' family members, according to a working draft of a bill released Wednesday by the governor's office. The bill, crafted privately by Gov. Dannel P. ...
DONORS URGE CUOMO TO PRESS FOR PUBLIC FINANCING OF STATE CAMPAIGNS
c.2013 New York Times News Service ALBANY, N.Y. — As the capital is engulfed in scandals, advocates of campaign finance reform are intensifying their pressure on Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, urging him to persuade the Legislature to rewrite state elections law in the hope that change in New York could ...
Suit filed over Conn. gun law passed after Newtown
A group of Connecticut organizations that support gun rights, pistol permit holders and gun sellers has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and other state officials, arguing the state's new gun control law violates their constitutional rights. The plaintiffs are seeking a federal court injunction ...
Lawsuit filed against state of Conn. over gun law
A group of Connecticut organizations that support gun rights, pistol permit holders and gun sellers filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday against Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and other state officials, arguing the state's new gun control law violates their constitutional rights. The plaintiffs are seeking a federal court injunction ...
Universal background checks clears state Senate
Legislation mandating universal background checks for gun transactions in Nevada cleared the Senate on Wednesday along a party lines vote. Passionate opinions flared from both sides of the aisle, with Democrats trumpeting SB221 as a step in the right direction toward reducing gun violence in the Silver State that needed ...
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