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Nation Sep 09

Schools face criticism after threats go unreported to parents

By Martha Waggoner, Associated Press

When did it become a teacher’s job to stop a bullet for your child?

Charlie Gaare is a high school English teacher in Denver and wrote down her thoughts on how gun violence has affected her life as a teacher.

By Charlie Gaare

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16-year-old girl stabbed to death at Connecticut high school

A 16-year-old girl has been stabbed to death inside a Connecticut high school and a teenage boy has been taken into custody, the Associated Press reports. Police say the boy was taken into custody Friday after emergency responders were called…

By News Desk

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Pa. school stabbing leaves several injured; suspect in police custody

Reports of a stabbing at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pa., has left six to as many as 20 people injured. A male student reportedly entered the school, about 20 miles from Pittsburgh, before classes started on Wednesday morning…

By Ellen Rolfes

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Nation Dec 11

Jersey City mayor says gunmen targeted kosher market

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World Dec 11

Afghan bomber hits medical facility near Bagram Air Base

By Rahmat Gul, Associated Press

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Nation Dec 11

Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time ‘person of the year’

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World Dec 11

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi denies Rohingya genocide allegations at UN court

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Economy Dec 11

Saudi Aramco stock gains 10 percent after it begins trading

By Aya Batrawy, Associated Press

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Politics Dec 10

Buttigieg discloses ex-clients as fundraising swing begins

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Politics Dec 10

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By Candice Norwood

Police officers attend a emergency on the scene where active shooting is happening in Jersey City on December 10, 2019. - A shooting in a New York suburb not far from the Statue of Liberty left a police officer dead on Tuesday, and reports said several other people may have been killed during two hours of gunfire. The local prosecutor said that one officer was killed and three other people -- two of them police -- had been wounded in Jersey City, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York. Media reports said the Jersey City shooting began when an officer, investigating a homicide, approached the store, which is near a synagogue and a school. Hundreds of rounds were fired in the ensuing shootout. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/Afp/AFP via Getty Images)

Nation Dec 10

6 killed in New Jersey gunbattle, including police officer

By David Porter, Associated Press

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Nation Dec 10

Navy suspends flight training for Saudi students after Pensacola shooting

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

Politics Dec 10

WATCH: Trump mocks impeachment effort at Pennsylvania rally

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

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Politics Dec 10

What does Michael Bloomberg believe? Where the candidate stands on 6 issues

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