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Georgia official seeks more school safety money after Apalachee High shooting

Georgia official seeks more school safety money after Apalachee High shooting

Politics
Amanda Smith

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state school superintendent says he wants the state to spend more money to guarantee security officers and wearable ...

Video released of 2023 interview with father and teen charged in Georgia school shooting

Video released of 2023 interview with father and teen charged in Georgia school shooting

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Body camera video of investigators’ interview last year with a man and his teenage son, who is accused of fatally shooting four ...

‘We’re all sitting ducks’ without more substantial gun control, Warnock says

‘We’re all sitting ducks’ without more substantial gun control, Warnock says

Politics
Amanda Smith

Americans “are all sitting ducks” unless Congress passes more substantial gun control, US senator Raphael Warnock said Sunday, four days after two ...

Another School Shooting — and an  Million Bid to Stop Them

Another School Shooting — and an $8 Million Bid to Stop Them

U.S.
Amanda Smith

This is our biweekly briefing on the latest school safety news, vetted by Mark Keierleber. It’s once again a harrowing week in ...

Backlash for JD Vance after calling school shooting a ‘fact of life’

Backlash for JD Vance after calling school shooting a ‘fact of life’

Politics
Amanda Smith

America’s ideological split over gun control has spilled over into the presidential campaign after JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, voiced regret ...

Franklin County Schools to close all schools after receiving online threats overnight

Franklin County Schools to close all schools after receiving online threats overnight

U.S.
Amanda Smith

The Franklin County School System will close all of its schools Friday due to receiving threats. According to the district in Northeast ...

Vance says school shootings are ‘a fact of life.’ That’s cowardice, not leadership.

Vance says school shootings are ‘a fact of life.’ That’s cowardice, not leadership.

U.S.
Amanda Smith

In the wake of a deadly Georgia school shooting, JD Vance, the Republican who incorrectly thinks he’s qualified to be vice president ...

School resource officers at Apalachee High School being hailed as heroes

School resource officers at Apalachee High School being hailed as heroes

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Amanda Smith

The school resource officer team at Apalachee High School who stopped the shooter are being hailed as heroes. Channel 2 Action News ...

What we know so far

What we know so far

U.S.
Amanda Smith

A 14-year-old identified by authorities as a student at Apalachee High School in Georgia has been charged as an adult with four ...