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Uvalde parents angered by new report that clears city police of missteps during Texas school attack

By Acacia Coronado, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024

UVALDE, Texas (AP) – An investigation Uvalde city leaders ordered into the Robb Elementary School shooting put no blame on local police officers and defended their actions Thursday, despite acknowledging a series of rippling failures during the fumbled response to the 2022 classroom attack that left 19 children and two teachers dead. Several family members ... Read More »

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Gunmen abduct 287 students in the latest school attack in Nigeria’s northwest, headteacher says

By Chinedu Asadu, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – Gunmen attacked a school in Nigeria’s northwest region Thursday and abducted at least 287 students, the headteacher told authorities, marking the second mass abduction in the West African nation in less than a week. Abductions of students from schools in northern Nigeria are common and have become a source of concern ... Read More »

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Uvalde parents lash out after new report clears city police of missteps during Texas school attack

By Acacia Coronado, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024

UVALDE, Texas (AP) – An investigation Uvalde city leaders ordered into the Robb Elementary School shooting cleared local police officers of missteps Thursday, despite acknowledging a series of rippling failures during the fumbled response to the 2022 classroom attack that left 19 children and two teachers dead. Several family members of victims walked out in ... Read More »

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287 students abducted by gunmen in the latest school attack in Nigeria’s northwest, headteacher says

By Chinedu Asadu, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – Gunmen attacked a school in Nigeria’s northwest region Thursday morning and abducted at least 287 students, the headteacher told authorities, marking the second mass abduction in the West African nation in less than a week. Locals told The Associated Press the assailants surrounded the government-owned school in Kaduna State’s Kuriga town ... Read More »

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Uvalde parents lash out after new report clears city police of wrongdoing during 2022 school attack

By Acacia Coronado, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024

UVALDE, Texas (AP) – An investigation Uvalde city leaders ordered into the Robb Elementary School shooting cleared local police officers of wrongdoing Thursday, despite acknowledging a series of rippling failures during the fumbled response to the 2022 classroom attack that left 19 children and two teachers dead. Several family members of victims walked out in ... Read More »

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Response to Uvalde elementary school shooting beset by ‘many failures,’ investigator says

By Acacia Coronado, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024

UVALDE, Texas (AP) – Uvalde police made “many failures” when responding to a gunman who killed 19 students and two teachers at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school in 2022, the investigator who led the city’s probe of its local officers said Thursday. The report for the Uvalde City Council on Thursday is just one of ... Read More »

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Over 100 pupils abducted by gunmen in fresh school attack in Nigeria’s northwest, authorities say

By Chinedu Asadu, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – Gunmen attacked a primary school in Nigeria’s northwest region on Thursday morning and abducted at least 100 pupils as they were about to start the school day, local residents and authorities told The Associated Press. Abductions of students from schools in northern Nigeria are common and have become a source of ... Read More »

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Haiti extends a state of emergency and nighttime curfew to try and curb violent gang attacks

By The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Haiti’s government said Thursday that it was extending a state of emergency and nighttime curfew to try and curb violent gang attacks that have paralyzed the capital of Port-au-Prince amid a fierce political battle for power. An initial three-day curfew was announced over the weekend, but gangs have continued to attack ... Read More »

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Biden will announce a plan for a temporary port on Gaza’s coast to increase flow of humanitarian aid

By Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden will announce a plan in his State of the Union address Thursday for the U.S. military to help establish a temporary port on the Gaza coast, increasing the flow of humanitarian aid for the beleaguered territory during the Israel-Hamas war, according to administration officials. The officials, who spoke on ... Read More »

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Sweden officially joins NATO, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality

By Matthew Lee And Lorne Cook, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) – Sweden on Thursday formally joined NATO as the 32nd member of the transatlantic military alliance, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality as concerns about Russian aggression in Europe have spiked following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Secretary of State Antony Blinken presided at a ceremony ... Read More »

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