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Mold forces New Jersey elementary to shut down

Sept. 3, 2024
Students from Laura Donovan Elementary School in Freehold are being relocated to other campuses while the district carries out remediation.
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Rice University student shot to death in apparent murder-suicide

Aug. 28, 2024
Andrea Rodriguez Avila's body was found in her residence hall; the body of the suspected shooter, whom she had been dating, was found next to her.
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Former food service director in Illinois district gets 9 years in prison for stealing $1.5 million in chicken wings

Aug. 15, 2024
Vera Liddell, 66, worked for Harvey District 152 for more than 10 years.
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Shooting at Virginia State University injures 4

Aug. 14, 2024
The victims' injuries are not thought to be life-threatening; none of the victims or suspects are enrolled on the Petersburg campus.

Contractor electrocuted on job at Murray State University

Aug. 1, 2024
The worker died while carrying out a job on the Murray, Kentucky, campus.

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Former Uvalde schools police chief charged with child endangerment in connection with deadly 2022 shooting

June 28, 2024
The indictment says Pete Arredondo's failures in responding to the active shooter at Robb Elementary School in 2022 amounted to "criminal negligence."
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Dry rot forces Berkeley (California) district to shut down middle school

June 21, 2024
Longfellow Middle School will be closed for at least two years while the district reconstructs the building.
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Kindergartner and mother walking to school fatally struck by school bus

June 20, 2024
The boy, 6, and his mother, 43, were about half a block from Mamaroneck Avenue Elementary School in Mamaroneck, New York, when they were struck.
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Demolition begins at Parkland, Florida, high school building where 17 were killed

June 17, 2024
The 1200 Building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Broward County district is being razed more than 6 years after the shooting attack.