Nation Apr 03 Teacher shot by 6-year-old student sues school officials for $40 million The lawsuit filed Monday accuses school administrators of gross negligence for allegedly ignoring multiple warnings on the day of the shooting that the boy had a gun and was in a “violent mood.”…
Nation Jan 30 Virginia school reopens with new security weeks after young student shot teacher The school reopened after being closed for more than three weeks following the Jan. 6 shooting. Police have said the boy brought a handgun to school and intentionally shot his teacher, Abby Zwerner, as she was teaching her first-grade class.
Nation Jan 25 Lawyer for teacher shot in Virginia school shooting says administration ignored warning that the student had a gun An attorney says a Virginia teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student during class will sue the school district.
Nation Jan 13 School official learned 6-year-old might have weapon before shooting, superintendent says 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 despite searching his bag,…
Nation Jan 09 WATCH: Police chief describes 6-year-old student’s shooting of teacher in class The 6-year-old Virginia student who shot and wounded his teacher pulled the handgun from a backpack and shot her while she was teaching his first-grade class, a police chief said.
Nation Jan 07 Local mayor says shooting of teacher by 6-year-old ‘a red flag for the country’ A Virginia teacher who was critically injured when she was was shot by a 6-year-old student in Newport News is showing signs of improvement as authorities struggle to understand how a child so young could be involved in a school…
Nation Dec 12 Richmond removes final public Confederate statue The city removed its other Confederate monuments amid the racial justice protests that followed the killing of George Floyd in 2020.
Nation Nov 16 Judge orders UVA shooting suspect held without bond The University of Virginia canceled its final home football game of the season Wednesday, the same day a student accused of killing three members of the team and wounding two other students in an on-campus shooting was due in court…
Nation Oct 31 Some states are struggling to implement policing reforms passed after George Floyd’s murder Two years after states around the country passed an unprecedented number of police reforms after the killing of George Floyd, some are struggling to make the new policies stick.
Politics Aug 24 Gender dysphoria covered by Americans with Disabilities Act, federal court rules Advocates for transgender people say a federal ruling that gender dysphoria is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act could halt conservative political efforts to restrict access to gender-affirming care.