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Teen sentenced after pleading guilty to 2022 shooting near Chicago high school that killed 2 teens
CHICAGO (AP) — A teenager who pleaded guilty to a 2022 shooting near a Chicago high school that killed two teens and wounded two others has been sentenced to more than four decades in prison. A Cook County judge sentenced Christian Acevedo, 18, after he pleaded guilty Monday to two...
When violence and trauma visit American places, a complex question follows: Demolish, or press on?
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Last week in Parkland, Florida, wrecking equipment began demolishing the building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where a gunman's rampage in 2018 ended with 17 people dead. As the rumble of destruction echoed, people in the community set to explaining exactly why...
Nashville court grapples with details on school shooter that were leaked to media
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys fighting over the release of documents involving a 2023 Nashville elementary school shooting pleaded with a judge Monday to finally issue a ruling settling the matter, their request taking on a more desperate tone amid the recent publication of leaked records...
What we know about the fight between conspiracist Alex Jones and Sandy Hook families over his assets
HOUSTON (AP) — Bombastic conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to liquidate his personal assets as he owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, which killed 20 first graders and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut, was a hoax. ...
Demolition of the Parkland classroom building where 17 died in 2018 shooting begins
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A large excavator stretched to the top floor of the three-story building where 17 people died in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, punching its first hole Friday into the classroom where teacher Scott Beigel perished saving students. ...
Six years after the Parkland school massacre, the bloodstained building will finally be demolished
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The three-story building where 17 people died in the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School looms over campus behind a screened fence, a horrific and constant reminder to students, teachers, the victims' families and passersby. ...
Judge sets hearing over alleged leak of Nashville school shooter info to conservative outlet
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has ordered a conservative media organization to appear in court over publishing details from allegedly leaked documents about a 2023 Nashville school shooting, while the outlet sues for the same kind of records to be released to the public. ...
Teenager who killed 4 in Michigan high school shooting appeals life sentence
DETROIT (AP) — A teenager who was convicted of fatally shooting four students at his high school in Michigan is appealing his life sentence, his attorneys announced Friday. Officials with the state Appellate Defender Office said in a statement that they have filed a request for...
YouTube toughens policy on gun videos and youth; critics say proof will be in enforcement
WASHINGTON (AP) — YouTube is changing its policies about firearm videos in an effort to keep potentially dangerous content from reaching underage users. The video sharing platform owned by Google said Wednesday it will prohibit any videos demonstrating how to remove firearm safety...
UVA to pay $9 million related to shooting that killed 3 football players, wounded 2 students
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players and wounded two students, a lawyer representing some of the victims and their families said Friday. But some of the...
