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Sandy Hook families continue to break new legal ground with big court decisions over Infowars host Alex Jones and a major gun manufacturer

HARTFORD, Conn. — Relatives of the Sandy Hook shooting victims have won more than $1.5 billion in damages over the yearlong run-up to the 10-year remembrance of the murderous rampage at a Newtown elementary school.

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Brazil's soccer star Vinícius Júnior wants to give back to schools in his hometown

The forward for Brazil and Real Madrid has been tackling a lot on the road to his first World Cup, including racism abroad and poverty back home.

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Sandy Hook survivors join Biden in Washington to remember all victims of gun violence

HARTFORD, Conn. — When Jackie Haggerty was just 7 years old, she huddled by her cubby in her second-grade classroom as a gunman tore through neighboring classrooms, killing 20 of her schoolmates and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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After-school ‘Satan club’ in Chesapeake is in limbo after sponsor backs out

A new application for the controversial ‘Satan club’ at a Chesapeake elementary school has been submitted, after the original local sponsor withdrew her name.

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World Cup brings together Southwest Side elementary schoolers: ‘We needed this’

Students at Nathanael Greene Elementary in McKinley Park have used soccer’s global tournament as an opportunity to study the world beyond Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Uvalde sues local prosecutor over school shooting records

The city of Uvalde has sued the local prosecutor’s office seeking access to records and other investigative materials on the May shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 children and two teachers dead

The Independent UK

Sci-fi books for young readers often omit children of color from the future

While visiting an elementary school library in 2016 to count the fantasy books for a graduate class on fantasy literature, I noticed there were hardly any science fiction books for readers under 12. This discovery prompted me to spend the next five years researching the shortage of science fiction books…

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Sky’s Kahleah Copper spends Giving Tuesday at Randolph Elementary school

Copper spent the afternoon at the South Side elementary school helping pass out over 500 coats in partnership with Operation Warm and Nordstrom.

Chicago Sun-Times

Uvalde mother sues police and gunmaker in Robb Elementary School massacre

The mother of one of 19 children killed in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has filed a federal lawsuit against police, the school district and the maker of the gun used in the massacre

The Independent UK

Elon Musk opens up on family tragedy after calls to let Sandyhook denier back on Twitter

Alex Jones has been ordered to pay almost $1bn to the families of victims who were killed in the 2012 Sandyhook elementary school shooting in Connecticut

Daily Mirror

Parents slam 'disgusting' After School Satan Club for children as young as five

The new after-school club, founded by the Satanic Temple and the Reason Alliance, has sparked outrage among parents at Golden Hills Elementary School in Tehachapi, California

Daily Mirror

Teacher rebuked for punishment at special needs school

A teacher at a special needs elementary school in Osaka Prefecture has been admonished for inappropriately punishing a student in 2020, it has been learned.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Acting Uvalde police chief during school shooting steps down

The Uvalde officer who was leading the city’s police department during the hesitant law enforcement response to the elementary school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers has stepped down

The Independent UK

Brickbat: What the Fork?

A teacher at Katherine Smith Elementary School in Texas has been charged with felony injury to a child after dragging a 5-year-old girl across concrete. The teacher, who wasn't named by the media, reportedly became upset when the girl would not throw away a plastic fork. She was caught on…

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The Independent UK

Sandy Hook memorial opens nearly 10 years after 26 killed

A memorial to the 20 first graders and six educators killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has opened to the public, a month before the 10th anniversary of the massacre

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Voters cited abortion as a key issue in Pennsylvania’s first election since ‘Roe’ was overturned

As voters streamed into Bell Avenue Elementary School in the Delaware County borough of Yeadon, Pennsylvania, poll watcher Gabriella Coleman stood by ready to help maintain order. But the 32-year-old lawyer said when she cast her own vote Tuesday, she was focused on reproductive rights above all other issues —…

The Independent UK

The murders of 21 children and teachers in Uvalde weren’t enough to bring down Greg Abbott

On the Texas ballot were the lives of the 19 young students and two heroic teachers killed during the 24 May mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, writes Rachel Sharp

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden, in Joliet to bolster Rep. Lauren Underwood, calls Medicare, Social Security critics ‘idiots’

The president spoke at an elementary school gymnasium while stumping for Illinois congressional Democrats ahead of Tuesday’s crucial midterm elections.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Sharjah Book Fair: Arab, Foreign Publishers Gather to 'Spread the Word'

As the Arab League Summit started and ended in Algeria earlier this week, Sheikh Sultan Al-Qasimi, ruler of Sharjah, has launched the 41st edition of the largest book fair in the world at Expo Center Sharjah, few meters from the first elementary school established in 1961, in the Kalba region.…

The Independent UK

Alex Jones trial moves to punitive damages phase

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is facing the possibility of having billions more dollars added onto the amount he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

Tribune News Service

Uvalde’s state senator proposes lawmakers create a $300 million fund for victims’ families

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez is urging the Legislature to create a $300 million victims compensation fund for families of Robb Elementary School students and teachers killed and wounded in the May 24 massacre.

The Guardian - US

US elementary school tested for nuclear bomb waste from Manhattan Project

Report finds levels of the radioactive isotype lead-210 as much as 22 times the expected levels at Missouri school serving mostly Black students

WEKU

One student repeatedly called 911 during the Uvalde shooting, reports say

A series of miscommunications from nearly 400 members of law enforcement led to long wait times for those stuck inside Robb Elementary School, where 19 students and two teachers died.

The Texas Tribune

“I’m so scared”: 911 recordings reveal fear and urgency of those trapped in Uvalde elementary school

Audio obtained by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica shows just how long police and dispatchers likely knew that children and teachers were in danger before taking action at Robb Elementary School.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Instead of protecting kids from guns, Texas would rather fingerprint their dead bodies

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When I was in about fifth grade, my elementary school held an event where the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office came and talked to us about … something. I’m sure it was crime- and safety-related. There may have been a grown man sweating inside a McGruff the Crime…

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