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Mother of 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Virginia could be jailed for failing drug tests
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia could be jailed Thursday for failing drug tests while awaiting sentencing on federal weapons charges that she used marijuana while possessing a firearm. A bond revocation hearing is set in federal...
Suspect in University of North Carolina shooting is not competent for trial, his attorneys say
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys for a University of North Carolina graduate student accused of killing his academic advisor said in court on Tuesday that a doctor has found their client not competent to proceed with trial. Defense attorneys for Tailei Qi told Superior Court...
Iowa teen found guilty of 2nd-degree murder and manslaughter in deaths of 2 students at school
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa teenager was found guilty on Thursday of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the deaths of two students that he shot at a Des Moines alternative school earlier this year. Preston Walls, 19, had been charged with first-degree murder in the...
At the University of North Carolina, two shootings 30 years apart show how much has changed
Three decades ago, as a University of North Carolina student, he covered a deadly shooting for the school newspaper. Last month, as a journalism professor at the same school, Ryan Thornburg kept his students safe during a lockdown — after another shooting. In some ways, the era of...
A school shooting in Louisiana left 1 dead, 2 hurt. Classes are canceled until Friday.
GREENSBURG, La. (AP) — Classes are canceled at a Louisiana high school where a student was shot to death and two others were injured, authorities said. The names and ages of the victims of the shooting at St. Helena College & Career Academy in Greensburg have not been released....
New murder charges brought against the man accused of killing UVA football players
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Authorities have upgraded murder charges against the man accused of fatally shooting three University of Virginia football players last year. A special grand jury in Charlottesville issued the new aggravated murder indictments against Christopher Darnell...
Prosecutors ask a judge to revoke bond of mother of Virginia boy who shot his first-grade teacher
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors have asked a federal judge to revoke the bond for the mother of a Virginia boy who shot and wounded his first-grade teacher after she allegedly failed multiple drug tests while awaiting sentencing on two felony charges. Deja Taylor pleaded guilty...
Students criticize the University of North Carolina's response to an active shooter emergency
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — As sirens blared across the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and cell phones lit up with alerts of an active shooter, Micah Baldonado cried quietly at his desk while his teacher proceeded with the lecture. “I know there's no right way to react,...
Iowa teen on trial for killing of 2 fellow students says he feared for his life
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa teenager feared for his life when he fatally shot two fellow students at an alternative educational program for at-risk youth, his lawyer said Thursday, rebutting a claim by prosecutors that the shooting was a premeditated attack on rival gang members. ...
Trial starting for suspect in Des Moines school shooting that killed 2 students
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A trial began this week for the first of two teens charged with murder in a shooting at a Des Moines alternative school that left two students dead and the program's founder injured. Jury selection started Monday in the trial of Preston Walls, 19, who is...
