Governor Janet Mills has ordered that the United States and the State of Maine flags be lowered to half-staff until sunset on Aug. 31.
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14-year-old student fatally shoots 4 people at a Georgia high school, officials say
The FBI and Jackson County sheriff’s department interviewed the then 13-year-old and his father after authorities received anonymous tips in May 2023 about online threats. The teen denied making any online threats.
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Parents of 3 students killed in Parkland mass shooting reach $50 million settlement with gunmen
Meanwhile, a surviving wounded student agreed to a $40 million settlement, according to recently filed court records.
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Former Uvalde schools police chief says he’s being ‘scapegoated’ over response to mass shooting
Pete Arredondo and another former district police officer are the only 2 people to have been charged over their actions that day, even though nearly 400 local, state and federal officers responded to the scene.
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Former Uvalde school officer pleads not guilty, faces families in court
Prosecutors allege that both Adrian Gonzalas and co-defendant Pedro Arredondo, former school district police chief, by their inaction and actions left children vulnerable to the attack by a lone shooter.
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Indictment accuses former Uvalde schools police chief of delays while shooter was ‘hunting’ children
The now-former police chief was arrested and briefly booked into the Uvalde County jail before he was released Thursday night on 10 felony counts of abandoning or endangering a child in the 2022 attack.
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Alex Jones’ assets to be sold to help pay $1.5 billion Sandy Hook debt as company bankruptcy is thrown out
Judge Christopher Lopez approved converting Jones’ proposed personal bankruptcy reorganization to a liquidation, but threw out the attempted reorganization of his company Free Speech Systems.
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Uvalde parents sue gunmaker, ‘Call of Duty’ manufacturer and Meta
The attorney representing Uvalde families announced several new lawsuits aimed at Meta, the manufacturer of video game ‘Call of Duty’ and gunmaker Daniel Defense.
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Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to allow armed teachers, a year after deadly Nashville shooting
Members of the public who oppose the bill harangued Republican lawmakers after the vote, leading House Speaker Cameron Sexton to order the galleries cleared.
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12 students and teacher killed at Columbine remembered at 25th anniversary vigil
In addition to remembering those killed, the vigil at a church near the state Capitol also drew attention to those who were wounded and those who survived the shooting but suffered trauma.