Mom's blues album with a song about mass shootings is nominated for a Grammy
Shemekia Copeland is used to singing about "controversial topics.""For my entire career, I've tackled issues like social injustice, religious hypocrites and domestic violence," Copeland, a now 5-time Grammy nominated blues artist, tells TODAY.com.Things shifted, however, when Copeland gave birth to her now 6-year-old son.
Mass shootings are far rarer outside the United States.
Thursday's shooting rampage at a child-care facility in northeastern Thailand has grim echoes in the United States, where mass shootings - including those at schools - have become an almost regular occurrence.
The 'Protect Our Kids Act' Could Begin to Fix America's Gun Problem. Will It Pass?
Following the murder of 19 children and 2 teachers at Robb elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, The House Judiciary Committee is getting set to meet to consider eight pieces of gun control that will be packaged together in the "Protecting Our Kids Act."
I'm a teacher. We're always just waiting for our school to be next
Last year, the day after the shooting in Uvalde, one of my students tearfully asked me what would happen if we had a school shooting.He asked how he would protect his sister, who was in a separate part of our campus.I began reviewing our ALICE protocol for active shooters (it stands for alert, lockdown, inform, counter and evacuate), talking about each letter in the acronym and how we would implement it, based on the shooter's location, etc.
Nashville victims: three nine-year-olds and school head among six shot dead
Three nine-year-old children and three adults arrived at the Covenant School, a small, private Christian academy in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday for what appeared to be a normal day of school.Before noon, all six had been killed the victims of a shooter who terrorized the school with multiple firearms before being shot dead by police.
Reporter covering Nashville school shooting makes stunning announcement on-air: 'I am a survivor'
While covering a deadly school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, a local reporter said that she is also a survivor of a school shooting.On March 27, a 28-year-old woman shot and killed three children and three staff members at The Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville for children in preschool through 6th grade.
Transgender teacher's Pride flag burned at Saticoy Elementary, where protests escalate
A North Hollywood elementary school already dealing with parental protests over an upcoming Pride assembly was further aggrieved after a transgender teacher's Pride flag was burned by a campus intruder, police and sources said.The angst at Saticoy Elementary School has ratcheted up since parents created an Instagram account on May 16 protesting the school's Pride month assembly, during which administrators planned to talk about families with gay parents.
A school shooter's mom is found guilty. Will it prevent other tragedies?
The conviction of Jennifer Crumbley for involuntary manslaughter in the case of a school shooter's parents sets a precedent for holding others responsible for a child's actions with a gun.
The verdict is seen as a win for accountability and may serve as a deterrent for future mass shootings, prompting gun owners to take precautions. [ more ]
Most school shootings in U.S. aren't mass killings, study finds, and they're often driven by community violence
Most recent school shootings by teenagers are not mass casualty events and are often related to community violence.
The study found that the majority of school shootings involved handguns and were the result of interpersonal disputes.
It is important to differentiate between mass shootings and school shootings related to community violence in order to develop appropriate solutions. [ more ]
Biden Isn't Giving Up on Gun Safety, Even as Much of Washington Is For Now
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME's politics newsletter.Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox.Since Joe Biden raised his right hand and took his oath of office in January of 2021, there have been more than 1,600 mass shootings in this country.That was a relatively short 877 days ago.
Dave Matthews Band's Grown-Up View of Love and Dread
Dave Matthews Band albums seesaw between joy and angst.On the home front, with a partner and family, the songs find affection, pleasure and ease.Beyond it, the wider world holds strife and dread.And looking inward can be just as troubling.Walk Around the Moon, the band's 10th studio album, opens with its title song, swinging the beat and exulting in a relationship that has saved the grateful singer: You gave me everything/Now I'm flying into this kaleidoscopic dream.
Opinion | Why Are Teens in Crisis? Here's What the Evidence Says.
Produced by The Ezra Klein Show' We're in the midst of a serious teen mental health crisis.The number of teenagers and young adults with clinical depression more than doubled between 2011 and 2021.The suicide rate for teenagers nearly doubled from 2007 to 2019, and tripled for 10- to 14-year- olds in particular.
Republican Senator Proposes Armed Grandparents' and Bulletproof Doors' as Solutions to School Shootings
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) touted legislation she's introduced in the Senate to turn America's schools into fortresses in an effort to stop school shootings.On Tuesday's installment of Fox News Tonight, host Kayleigh McEnany noted the Biden administration's opposition to Republican calls to harden schools to prevent or mitigate mass shootings.
Nashville school shooting leaves 3 children, 3 adults dead DW 03/27/2023
CrimeUnited States of America A woman wielding "assault-style" rifles and a pistol killed six people at an elementary school in the southern US state of Tennessee.US President Joe Biden urged Congress to do more to stem gun violence.Three children and three adults are dead after a shooting on Monday at a private school in the US city of Nashville.
Female shooter kills 6 at US elementary school DW 03/27/2023
CrimeUnited States of America 28 minutes ago28 minutes ago A woman wielding "assault-style" rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at a Nashville school.Three children and three adults are dead after a shooting on Monday at a private school in the US cityof Nashville.Police said the shooter was also killed.
Nearly 8 in 10 Voters Support Sanders Bill to Raise Minimum Teacher Pay to $60k
New polling finds that majorities of voters across the political spectrum support the idea.Denver teachers, students and community members picket outside South High School on February 11, 2019, in Denver, Colorado.Michael Ciaglo / Getty Images New polling finds that a proposal by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) to set a minimum salary for teachers and raise the wages of over a million teachers nationwide is overwhelmingly popular among voters.
What Can the House Do to Address George Santos's Falsehoods?
On the campaign trail, Representative-elect George Santos, a Republican who ultimately flipped a Democratic seat in New York, misled voters about his work and educational history, his family's heritage, his past philanthropic efforts and his business dealings.His litany of fabrications has raised questions as to whether Mr. Santos, who was elected last month to represent parts of northern Long Island and northeast Queens, will be allowed to take his seat next week when Congress convenes or thrown out once he is sworn in.
Hobart teen accused of bringing gun to Gary school; no one injured
Three students tipped off a school employee Tuesday that another student had a handgun inside the Gary Middle College, 131 E. 5th Ave., Thursday.Police arrested a 16-year-old male student who's from Hobart.Police said the Glock handgun was fully loaded with an extended magazine.Kevin Teasley, president and founder of the GEO Foundation which operates the Gary Middle charter school, said all of the school's entrances have metal detectors.
Editorial: After the Nashville school shooting, America must do more than grieve. It must act.
Again, America grieves.Monday morning, an assailant wielding two assault-style weapons and a pistol gunned down three students, all age 9, and three adults at a small private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee.It was the eighth mass killing at an American K-12 school since 2006, according to The Associated Press, and the 130th mass shooting in the country this year.
Liam Hendriks calls out gun laws after Highland Park shootings. 'The access to the weaponry ... totally needs to change,' Chicago White Sox closer says.
The Chicago White Sox consulted with Major League Baseball on whether to play Monday night's game with the Minnesota Twins after shootings at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park killed six and wounded more than two dozen others.
Steve Chapman: The Second Amendment doesn't rule out new gun restrictions
When the U.S. Supreme Court vindicated the right of individuals to own firearms for self-defense, it might have opened a new era of calmer debate about the regulation of guns.
In March, on Day 7 of the Gwyneth Paltrow ski trial, after the court spectacle had already been branded everything from a meme machine to the whitest trial of all time, the retired optometrist Terry Sanderson sat in the witness box, somewhat deflated already.By that point, he probably knew that his pursuit of Paltrow for damages connected to a ski collision he said was her fault was a pretty bad idea.
Student Suspect Still At Large: What We Know So Far About the Denver High School Shooting
Police are still searching for the student who allegedly shot two Denver high school administrators after they found a handgun on him during a routine search prompted by the pupil's behavioral issues.A spokesperson for Denver Health hospital confirmed the identities of the victims as Jerald Mason and Eric Sinclair.
Denver Student Shoots 2 School Administrators and Flees, Police Say
A Denver high school student whose past behavior had prompted school officials to require that he be searched before entering the school shot two school administrators on Wednesday morning and then fled, the authorities said.The shooting happened before 10 a.m. at East High School, when the two administrators were patting down the student in an office area separate from other students and found a gun, according to the Denver Police Department.
After recent student fentanyl overdoses in Texas community, court documents reveal drug supplier lived blocks away from schools
(CNN)Parents across the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (CFBISD), located in a Dallas, Texas, suburb, are reeling following a string fentanyl overdoses by nine students who attend schools in the district.The students, who range in age from 13 to 17 and are not identified by name in court documents, overdosed between September 18, 2022 and February 1, 2023.
Stephen J. Lyons: Teenage mental health crisis: The kids are not OK
Last week, my suicidal 15-year-old grandson ingested and smoked a cocktail of several drugs.His loving parents found him nonresponsive, with a heart rate near 200 beats per minute.The emergency responders and doctors saved his life.Sadly, it was not his first attempt.He is now a ward of the state, deemed a danger to himself, and awaits a bed in a facility.
Police: 2 students dead, adult hurt in Des Moines shooting
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE and JOSH FUNK DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Two students were killed Monday and an adult employee was injured in what police said was a targeted shooting at a Des Moines school that is dedicated to helping at-risk youth, and three people were arrested afterward.The shooting was at an educational program called Starts Right Here that is affiliated with the Des Moines school district.
2 Students Killed and Staffer Hurt in Shooting at Des Moines Charter School
(DES MOINES, Iowa) Two students were killed Monday and an adult employee was injured in what police said was a targeted shooting at a Des Moines school that is dedicated to helping at-risk youth, and three suspects were arrested afterward.The shooting was at an educational program called Starts Right Here that is affiliated with the Des Moines school district.
My new pandemic hobby is scrolling Reddit and reading about how selfish I was to breed during a time when the Earth is heating to unsustainable temperatures, millions are dying from a virus that scientists can't seem to get under control and half the country thinks gun control is a joke.
Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill to Raise Minimum Teacher Pay to $60,000
The bill would raise the salaries of 43 percent of public school teachers.Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on March 1, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) introduced a bill on Thursday that takes a crack at ending a crisis that has long plagued the U.S. education system: extremely low teacher pay.
Virginia boy who shot his teacher won't face criminal charges, says prosecutor
A six-year-old boy who shot his teacher in January will not face criminal charges, a prosecutor in Newport News, Virginia, said on Wednesday night.On 6 January, the first grader shot Abigail Zwerner while she was teaching class at Richneck elementary school, leaving her seriously injured.According to a lawsuit on Zwerner's behalf against the Newport News school district, school officials had given the child a one-day suspension for breaking the teacher's cellphone, and teachers alerted administrators about the child's behavior, noting they believed he had a gun.
School Safety: NYC Public School Doors to be Locked
School Safety: NYC Public School Doors to be Locked, Security Equipment Installed New security features are coming to New York City public schools in an effort to combat rising incidents of gun violence and other school safety concerns.Last Thursday, the city's Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) , voted to award Long Island based tech company Symbrant Technologies a 1-year, $43 million contract to equip schools with door-locking mechanisms and video surveillance systems.
All parents worry about their kids - it just comes with the territory.But today's parents are dealing with situations that their own parents never had to worry about, situations for which there really isn't a blueprint.From epidemics of gun violence, online bullying, and a burgeoning mental health crisis, to concerns about becoming an adult in a time of almost unprecedented economic uncertainty, parents have a lot to worry about regarding their kids' well-being.
How can San Jose schools address active shooter fears? - San Jose Spotlight
As more families learn to live with the daily threat of school shootings, San Jose residents are pushing to address campus violence before tragedy strikes.A Pew Research Center study released last week reveals nearly two-thirds of parents worry about their children's safety at school.The study shows 32% of parents are extremely concerned about potential shootings, while 37% of parents are at least somewhat concerned.
Demand soars for kids' books addressing violence, trauma
As the new school year swings into gear, some students carry heavier worries than keeping up with homework: Demand has been growing steadily for children's books that address traumatic events such as school shootings.
Jerald McNair: Our youths are facing their own war
Is it time for our youths to wear bulletproof vests?How many more mothers and fathers have to bury their children?In far too many communities, violence has been normalized.
Virginia school searched 1st-grader's backpack before teacher shot
RICHMOND, Va.Administrators at the Virginia school where a first-grader shot his teacher last week learned the child may have had a weapon in his possession before the shooting but did not find the 9mm handgun he brought to school despite searching his bag, the school system's superintendent said.Police said Friday they were not told about the tip before the shooting occurred.
Teacher shot by 6-year-old with gun in US classroom: Police
Police said the shooting was not an accident; investigators are working to determine where the child got the weapon.A six-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher in Virginia during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said.No students were injured in the shooting on Friday at Richneck Elementary School, police said.
Russia to medevac wounded in school shooting to Moscow
MOSCOW - More than a dozen people wounded in a school shooting in central Russia will be medevaced to Moscow for further treatment, authorities said Tuesday, a day after a gunman killed 17 people and wounded 24 others.
Gun, ammunition found in second-grader's desk at Sacramento elementary school
A gun and loaded magazine were found Tuesday in the desk of a second-grade student at a Sacramento elementary school, district officials said in a letter to parents hours after a shooting at a Texas elementary school killed 19 students and two teachers.
6-Year-Old Accused of Shooting Teacher in Virginia Has Acute Disability,' Family Says
The 6-year-old boy who is accused of bringing a gun to school and shooting his teacher in Newport News, Va., this month has an acute disability and had been under an intensive care plan at school, his family said on Thursday in its first statement since the shooting on Jan. 6.The statement, released through the family's lawyer, said that the boy had previously been accompanied in school each day by his mother or father as part of the plan for his disability, and that the week of the shooting was the first time that a parent was not in class with him.
Virginia shooting of teacher by six-year-old not accidental', authorities say
The apparently deliberate shooting of a Virginia school teacher by a gun-carrying six-year-old pupil has shocked many across the United States, causing outrage and horror even in a country long-used to regular school shootings that are rare elsewhere in the world.Authorities have not described the exact circumstances of the shooting nor how they believe the boy came to possess the weapon or to whom it belongs.
Three killed, 11 wounded in Brazil twin school shootings
The assailant was identified as a 16-year-old ex-student who used a semi-automatic weapon and wore military fatigues.At least three people were killed and 11 wounded after a former student opened fire at two schools in the southeastern Brazilian state of Espirito Santo, police said.The alleged shooter was identified as a 16-year-old who wore military-style camouflage attire with Nazi symbols, the authorities said of the twin attacks that took place at 10am (13:00 GMT) on Friday in the town of Aracruz, 80km north of state capital Vitoria.
3 killed, 11 injured in Brazil school shooting DW 11/25/2022
25 minutes ago25 minutes ago The tragedy occurred at two schools on the same street in southeastern Espirito Santo state.Despite high rates of gun crime, school shootings are uncommon in Brazil.A gunman opened fire at two schools in southeastern Brazil on Friday, killing three people and wounding 11 others, authorities said.
Shootings at 2 Brazil schools leave 3 dead, 11 wounded
BRASILIA, Brazil - A shooter armed with a semiautomatic pistol and wearing a bulletproof vest fatally shot three people, including two teachers, and wounded 11 on Friday after barging into two schools in southeastern Brazil, authorities said.Are you on Telegram?Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia's war in Ukraine.
Opinion | America's Teachers Are Arming Themselves. Should We Discourage Them or Train Them?
There have been 40 school shootings in America causing injury or death so far this year.That's the most on record.The latest took place in St. Louis this week, when a 19-year-old broke into his former school with an AR-15-style rifle and 600 rounds of ammunition.It took law enforcement less than five minutes to arrive, but in that time, two people were killed a 10th grader and a 61-year-old physical-education teacher.
Opinion | America's Teachers Are Arming Themselves. Should We Discourage Them or Train Them?
There have been 40 school shootings in America causing injury or death so far this year.That's the most on record.The latest took place in St. Louis this week, when a 19-year-old broke into his former school with an AR-15-style rifle and 600 rounds of ammunition.It took law enforcement less than five minutes to arrive, but in that time, two people were killed a 10th grader and a 61-year-old physical-education teacher.
School shootings are already at a record in 2022 - with months still to go
As a Michigan teen pleaded guilty on Oct. 24, 2022, to killing four students in a December 2021 attack, America was learning of yet another school shooting.This time, it was a performance arts high school in St. Louis, where a former student opened fire, killing two and injuring at least seven others before dying in a shootout with police.
Ethan Crumbley has pleaded guilty to murdering 4 students at a Michigan school
Ethan Crumbley answers yes to charges against him from assistant prosecutor during his pre-trial hearing at Oakland County Courthouse on Monday in Pontiac, Mich.Crumbley entered the guilty plea to 24 criminal charges including terrorism causing death and first-degree murder for the Oxford High School shooting.
Michigan Teen Pleads Guilty to Killing 4 Students in School Shooting
(PONTIAC, Mich.)A teenager pleaded guilty Monday to terrorism and first-degree murder in a Michigan school shooting that killed four students and put an extraordinary focus on the boy's home life and the alleged role of his parents in the tragedy.Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty to all 24 charges, nearly a year after the attack at Oxford High School in southeastern Michigan.
Kim Kardashian Pays For More Security At Kids' School After Kanye West Posts About School Shooting
(Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) Kanye West's media meltdown has caused ex-wife Kim Kardashian to take extra measures for their children's safety.
Opinion: Stop traumatizing children with active shooter drills
Earlier this month, parents in Texas sent their children to the first day of school dressed in maroon to memorialize the 19 students and 2 teachers killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde in May.
At least nine dead, 20 wounded in Russia school shooting
Children were among the nine victims killed by a gunman at a school in central Russia on Monday, local police and government officials said.Russia's Investigative Committee said in an online statement that at least two guards, two teachers and five students were killed in the shooting in the school in Izhevsk, a city of about 640,000 people about 960 kilometres (596 miles) east of Moscow in the Udmurtia region.This screen grab taken from a footage published on September 26, 2022 on the Telegram account of Alexander Brechalov, Head of the Udmurt Republic, shows him speaking in front of school No88 in Izhevsk [Telegram / @brechalov/AFP] Any shooting at a school is a cause for deep concern for authorities, families and the nation in general.
Google, like Amazon, will let police see your video without a warrant
Arlo, Apple, Wyze, and Anker, owner of Eufy, all confirmed to CNET that they won't give authorities access to your smart home camera's footage unless they're shown a warrant or court order.
Taser and surveillance vendor Axon has what it claims to be the solution to the epidemic of school shootings in the United States: a remote-controlled flying drone armed with a taser.
After Uvalde, Texas State Police Revise Training for Mass Shootings
HOUSTON - In the wake of a massacre at an elementary school in the city of Uvalde, the Texas Department of Public Safety has quietly adopted a much more aggressive approach to handling school shootings, according to a July email obtained by The New York Times.
Teacher shares student's heartwarming gesture -and why it should alarm us
As Ali Levasseur, a third grade teacher in College Park, Maryland, began preparing to head back to the classroom, she was struck by a moment that happened at the end of last school year.
Teachers at Ohio's largest school district vote to strike just before start of school year
(CNN)Teachers at Ohio's largest school district voted Sunday to go on strike for better learning and teaching conditions, just days before school is scheduled to start, according to the teachers' union.
'A key impediment': Brand safety tech continues to divide advertisers into haves and have-nots
The latest surge in hard-hitting news is widening one of the more enduring disparities of online advertising: the gap between those who can afford to still advertise next to these stories and those who can't.
Uvalde school shooter began stockpiling weapons months before massacre: Texas House
Salvador Ramos, the 18-year-old accused of murdering 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in late May, left behind a trail of suicide threats, attacks against women and a fascination with school shootings that authorities apparently missed, according to a preliminary report from the Texas House committee.
Liam Hendriks calls out gun laws after Highland Park shootings. 'The access to the weaponry ... totally needs to change,' Chicago White Sox closer says.
The Chicago White Sox consulted with Major League Baseball on whether to play Monday night's game with the Minnesota Twins after shootings at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park killed six and wounded more than two dozen others.
Shooting threat reported at San Mateo middle school
SAN MATEO - A student at Borel Middle School in San Mateo will not return to campus following a report Saturday that they were viewing images of weapons and a list of student names on their laptop computer, according to the San Mateo-Foster City School District.
Opinion | Students, We Want to Hear What You Have to Say About School Shootings
How many words have adults spoken in the aftermath of mass shootings in America, and are we any safer?Countless words.Countless arguments about gun control and gun violence.
Ohio To Let Teachers Carry Guns After 24 Hours Of Training - Towleroad Gay News
By Jonathan Allen
(Reuters) - Ohio is set to enact a law that allows teachers and other staff to be armed with guns in schools once they have completed up to 24 hours of initial training.
Uvalde police chief showed up to shooting scene without his radio, politician says
The school district police chief didn't have his radio when he showed up to the scene of the deadly Texas school shooting on May 24, according to a local politician.
A teacher who was at the Parkland shooting offers advice for the Uvalde survivors
People sit Feb. 14 in front of a photo display of the 17 people killed four years earlier during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
Young British terror offenders 'being inspired by US school shootings'
Young terror offenders in the UK are being inspired by school shootings in the US with some wanting to commit mass murders themselves, it has been warned
Police encounter people with pellet guns 'with regularity across Canada,' expert says | CBC News
Investigators probing the fatal police shooting of a man in Toronto Thursday will not only have to factor in the recent mass murder at a school in Texas, but also encounters Canadian police officers have with people carrying pellet guns, a criminologist says.
Dodgers News: Dave Roberts Calls For Change After Texas School Shooting
As the nation still processes the aftermath of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that resulted in 19 children and two adults losing their lives, the Los Angeles Dodgers and many of those with a larger voice are using their platform to implore change.
Parkland survivor offers teens advice at Mass. safety summit following Texas school shooting
Following the devastating shooting at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday which took the lives of at least 19 children and two adults, how do those affected, and their parents, begin to navigate the uncertain landscape of their futures?
Yes, there were more children killed in school shootings this year than on-duty law enforcement officers killed by gunfire
This year, 24 children have been killed in school shootings as of May 25.During the same time, between 17 and 21 on-duty law enforcement officers have died from gun