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A wave of swatting and active shooter hoaxes at universities brings panic and turmoil to the start of the school year

A wave of swatting and active shooter hoaxes at universities brings panic and turmoil to the start of the school year

Facebook Tweet Email Link A terrifying text message sent students running for cover, barricading themselves in bathrooms and knocking over chairs in the frantic rush to hide from the active shooter reported on their university campuses. Then, a few hours later and 700 miles away, it happened again. Reports of active shooters wielding assault rifles on campus sent excited students …

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A wave of swatting and active shooter hoaxes at universities brings panic and turmoil to the start of the school year

A wave of swatting and active shooter hoaxes at universities brings panic and turmoil to the start of the school year

Facebook Tweet Email Link A terrifying text message sent students running for cover, barricading themselves in bathrooms and knocking over chairs in the frantic rush to hide from the active shooter reported on their university campuses. Then, a few hours later and 700 miles away, it happened again. Reports of active shooters wielding assault rifles on campus sent excited students …

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Philadelphia mass transit cuts take effect as school year begins

Philadelphia mass transit cuts take effect as school year begins

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Commuters and students in Philadelphia woke up earlier on Monday and scrambled to avoid being late as they navigated service reductions that the region’s public transit agency has called more drastic than any undertaken by a major transit agency in the United States. The cuts that took effect on the first day of the school year …

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What to know about New Orleans’ post-Katrina charter school boom : NPR

What to know about New Orleans’ post-Katrina charter school boom : NPR

Last fall, for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans’ school district opened a new school of its own, The Leah Chase School. Emily Kask for NPR/‎ hide caption toggle caption Emily Kask for NPR/‎ When charter schools began replacing public schools in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary was one of the city’s holdouts. “I …

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Michigan schools are getting more vaccine waivers. How covered is your kid’s school?

Michigan schools are getting more vaccine waivers. How covered is your kid’s school?

School immunization waiver rates by county for 2024. An interactive version of the map is available in the story below.Justin P. Hicks | jhicks3@mlive.com The rate of Michigan parents declining to get their children fully vaccinated for school, as recommended by health experts, has doubled in the last decade. For the 2024-25 school year, nearly 6.2% of Michigan’s more than …

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Ex-Michigan QB scores game-winning touchdown in debut for new school

Ex-Michigan QB scores game-winning touchdown in debut for new school

Alex Orji didn’t win the starting quarterback job for UNLV, but he helped the team win its season opener on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Orji, who transferred after three seasons at Michigan, scored the game-winning touchdown on an 11-yard run with 8:51 left in the fourth quarter against Idaho State. The extra point made it 38-31, which held as …

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20 Aliquippa Jr. High School football players being treated for injuries after bus crash – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

20 Aliquippa Jr. High School football players being treated for injuries after bus crash  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette First responders on scene after bus carrying Aliquippa football players crashes in Beaver  WTAE Nearly 30 people sent to hospital after Aliquippa junior high football team bus crashes  TribLIVE.com Bus carrying junior high football team crashes in Pennsylvania, sending 21 people to hospital  The Guardian School bus transporting …

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Sex abuse lawsuit against elite Delbarton school poised to be the first civil trial involving the Catholic Church in N.J.

Sex abuse lawsuit against elite Delbarton school poised to be the first civil trial involving the Catholic Church in N.J.

Delbarton, an elite all-boys Catholic prep school in northern New Jersey where several former students have come forward to allege abuse at the hands of the Benedictine order’s monks, could soon find itself under a harsh spotlight. A trial resulting from a lawsuit by a former Delbarton student who says he was 15 when he was sexually abused by a …

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