[ad_1] CNN — President Joe Biden is heading back to Georgia. On the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, he’s visiting Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where the civil rights pioneer once preached. The trip makes a lot of sense, not just to pay tribute to King, but also …
Read More »Newport News, Virginia: A 6-year-old shot a teacher with his mother’s gun. The tragedy highlights the lack of strong secure storage laws across the nation
[ad_1] CNN — In the week since a six-year-old boy in Newport News, Virginia took a gun from his home, brought it to school and shot his teacher, community members and officials are grappling with an unsettling question: How did the child get access to a loaded firearm? “There’s a …
Read More »A school staffer searched the backpack of a Virginia 6-year-old before shooting. Now, the school will install metal detectors
[ad_1] CNN — Richneck Elementary School in Virginia will install walk-through metal detectors after officials were alerted last week that a 6-year-old student who allegedly shot his teacher might have had a weapon but failed to find it after a search. Before last week’s shooting of a first-grade teacher, school …
Read More »Southeast tornadoes: More than 30 tornadoes reportedly hit the region on Thursday, killing at least 6 people in Alabama
[ad_1] CNN — Severe storms swept across the South on Thursday, where ferocious winds sent residents running for cover, blew roofs off homes and killed at least six people in Alabama. Damaged powerlines, severed tree limbs and debris littered streets in Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky, where at least 34 preliminary …
Read More »Strong storms capable of tornadoes sweep the Southeast, and injuries are reported in northern Alabama
[ad_1] CNN — Severe storms capable of tornadoes are sweeping across the Southeast Thursday, already injuring several people in Alabama and leaving damage in several states with the potential for hours of more destruction ahead, authorities and forecasters say. In northern Alabama’s Morgan County alone, a storm caused 10 to …
Read More »Mother of 6-year-old who allegedly shot teacher could face charges, police chief says
[ad_1] CNN — The mother of a 6-year-old boy who authorities say shot his teacher at a Virginia elementary school could face charges, Newport News police Chief Steve Drew said Tuesday. “I think that is certainly a possibility,” Drew told “CNN This Morning,” a day after police confirmed the boy …
Read More »What we know and don’t know about the case of a 6-year-old who allegedly shot his teacher
[ad_1] CNN — Like many other American cities before it, Newport News, Virginia, is this week dealing with the aftermath of a school shooting. This time, however, the suspected shooter is just 6 years old, according to police, who said the child opened fire in a classroom at Richneck Elementary …
Read More »US Coast Guard returns 273 migrants intercepted off Florida Coast to Cuba
[ad_1] CNN — The US Coast Guard says it repatriated 273 Cuban migrants Sunday after intercepting a number of boats off the Florida coast on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. The migrants were returned to Cuba aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk, according to a news release. “The …
Read More »Rosewood, Florida marks 100 years since race massacre. Here’s what happened
[ad_1] CNN — In the years after World War I, Black people were thriving in the central Florida town of Rosewood when a White mob driven by racial animosity decimated the entire community within days. Rosewood became the site of a horrific massacre 100 years ago, during the first week …
Read More »6-year-old shoots teacher in Newport News, Virginia, police say
[ad_1] CNN — A 6-year-old boy is in police custody after he shot a teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, Friday afternoon, Police Chief Steve Drew said in a news conference. “The individual is a 6-year-old student. He is right now in police custody,” Drew said. “We …
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