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15-year-old shot in Maryland high school bathroom, 16-year-old student in custody
A 16-year-old student allegedly shot a 15-year-old boy during an "altercation" in the boys' bathroom at Joppatowne High School in Joppa, Maryland, on Friday, authorities said. The 15-year-old was attended to by school nurses and the principal, and then airlifted to a trauma center where he is in serious condition, Harford County Sheriff Jeff Gahler said at a news conference. The 16-year-old suspect left the school and fled to nearby houses, the sheriff said. He was apprehended "within minutes" thanks to community members, Gahler said. The shooting unfolded on the suspect's first day at the school, though it's now four days into the school year, Gahler said.
Judge in Trump's hush money case delays sentencing until after election
The judge in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money case has delayed his sentencing from Sept. 18 until Nov. 26 -- after the presidential election. The decision, issued in a court filing Friday, means Trump will not face consequences for falsifying business records related to a hush payment to Stormy Daniels before voters choose the next president. Judge Juan Merchan also said he would now rule on Trump's motion to set aside the verdict on Nov. 12. Trump is seeking to have the case dismissed on the grounds of presidential immunity, after the Supreme Court ruled in blockbuster decision that Trump is entitled to immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts undertaken while in office.
Apalachee High School shooting suspect, father will remain in custody
Colt Gray’s attorney did not request bond, and he was returned to the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center soon after. Colin Gray’s attorney opted not to request bond, allowing other attorneys to make that request if they choose school mass shooting in Winder,
Summer 2024 was the warmest on record in the Northern Hemisphere, according to latest Copernicus report
For the second year in a row, summer in the Northern Hemisphere ranked as the warmest on record with extreme heat bringing persistent, dangerously hot conditions across several continents, according to a new report by Copernicus, the European Union's Climate Change Service. Summer 2024 (June through August) was the warmest summer on record for the Northern Hemisphere, beating the previous record set in 2023 by .66 degrees Celsius, or 1.19 degrees Fahrenheit, the report found. The Northern Hemisphere's top 10 warmest summers on record have all occurred within the past 10 years, according to Copernicus. Last month also registered as the joint-warmest August on record globally, tying the value observed in 2023, the report, released Thursday, found. As the planet continues to set new global temperature records, parts of the West Coast continue to experience record-breaking heat. While much of the region typically experiences the warmest temperatures of the year on average during the month of September, the current round of hot weather impacting millions is reaching dangerous levels.
Georgia high school shooting suspect set to face judge for his arraignment
Colt Gray, the 14-year-old suspect in the Apalachee High School shooting, is set to face a judge Friday for his arraignment. This will mark the first court appearance for the teenager, who authorities allege killed four people, including two teachers and two students, at his high school and injured nine others. The Georgia Bureau of Investigations previously said he will be tried as an adult. He has been charged with four counts of felony murder, with additional charges expected, the GBI said. Gray surrendered at the scene to the school resource officers, according to the GBI. He was taken into custody on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. ET, seven minutes after the initial service call went out, according to the Barrow County Sheriff's Office, which employs the school resource officers.
14-year-old suspect in Georgia shooting had affinity for mass shooters: Sources
The teenager suspected in the shooting at Apalachee High School on Wednesday that left four dead had an apparent affinity for mass shooters, multiple sources familiar with the investigation told ABC News. Investigators are currently scouring social media posts that mention prior mass shootings and those who carried them out from accounts associated with the suspect, who officials previously identified as 14-year-old Colt Gray, the sources said. Over a year before Wednesday's incident -- back in May 2023 -- the FBI reached out to the local authorities at the Jackson County Sheriff's Office after a Discord user alerted the Bureau about a possible threat of a shooting at a middle school. The 2023 FBI tip about online threats that were traced to Colt Gray included a user profile written in Russian, sources said. Investigators with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department said at the time that the translation of the Russian letters spells out the name Lanza, referring to Adam Lanza, the mass shooter at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Text messages between parents, kids tell story of fear and chaos during Georgia school shooting
As students hid behind desks and doors during the latest deadly school shooting in the United States, they pulled out their cell phones. It was just before 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, that Becky Van Der Walt received a text message from her son that no parent wants to receive. "I think there's a school shooting," Van Der Walt's son, Henry, a junior at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, wrote, according to text messages shared with ABC News. "We heard gunshots and the police shouting ... We're all in hard lockdown." Around eight minutes later, Henry sent another text to his mom with three simple words, "I love you."
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