A recording reportedly caught a Florida kindergarten teacher calling a 5-year-old student a “loser”—and now the boy’s mom is demanding answers. Speaking with the Miami Herald, Kandy Escotto said she noticed a change in her son, Aaron, last fall, which entailed him bringing home bad grades and dreading going to school. She recalled doing homework with …
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The polarizing survivor of the Parkland mass shooting has been falsely labeled a crisis actor, vilified by the NRA and called names by TV hosts. And David Hogg isn’t avoiding self-criticism in his new book. In fact, he calls himself “arrogant,” ”skinny” and details his rejection by girls. Eighteen-year-old Hogg …
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Helena Ramsay was wise beyond her years, shy until you got to know her and discovered she had a wicked wit. She dreamed of seeing the pink dolphins in the Brazilian rainforest — a dream her mother said was cut short by the gunman who killed Ramsay and 16 others …
A security guard who spotted the gunman in the Parkland school shooting but didn’t stop him was almost fired last year after two female students accused him of sexual harassment. The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports that a discipline committee recommended firing Andrew Medina, but instead he was suspended for only three days. The discipline …
A prank caller reportedly “swatted” Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student David Hogg Tuesday morning, summoning SWAT teams to the shooting survivor’s Parkland home. Broward County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Gina Carter said an 8:39 a.m. 911 call described someone being at the Florida home with a weapon and holding hostages. Carter went on to confirm that the call …
A Florida agriculture teacher who allegedly drowned two raccoons and an opossum during class earlier this month won’t face criminal charges—as authorities determined the killings weren’t cruel or inhumane. In a four-page “decline to file” letter obtained by the Ocala StarBanner, Assistant State Attorney Toby Hunt explained his controversial decision not to prosecute Forest High School agriculture teacher Dewie Brewton. …
Authorities in Maryland are pursuing hate crime charges against four high school students accused of plastering swastikas and other offensive graffiti on the grounds of Glenelg High School this week. According to the Baltimore Sun, the hateful imagery and epithets were discovered spray painted on school walls, sidewalks and parking lot on Thursday. School staff …
A Pakistani exchange student was among those killed during the school shooting in Texas on Friday, the New York Post reports. Sabika Sheikh had been planning to return to Pakistan in June, but she was caught in the gunfire at Santa Fe High School that left 10 people dead. Sheikh had been participating in a State …
As details surfaced about the suspected gunman behind Friday’s high school massacre in Texas, one uniquely qualified pundit weighed in on the developing story. In a Fox News interview, the first SWAT team member to enter Colorado’s Columbine High School nearly 20 years ago following that deadly shooting offered his take on some characteristics the …
The school bus involved in deadly crash on a New Jersey highway reportedly made an illegal turn before colliding into a dump truck Thursday. According to CBS News, officials said the bus was en route to Waterloo Village from East Brook Middle School in Paramus when the driver had missed an exit and attempted to make an illegal …
SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — Law enforcement officers are responding to a high school near Houston after an active shooter was reported on campus. The Santa Fe school district issued an alert Friday morning saying Santa Fe High School has been placed on lockdown. Galveston County sheriff’s Maj. Douglas Hudson says units are responding to …
A California school bus driver is facing criminal charges after surveillance cameras allegedly caught her abusing an 8-year-old girl with autism and mocking her for crying. According to KOVR, Kim Klopson, 64, was dropping off students at Browns Valley Elementary in February when the special-needs students on board got off the bus. It’s then when Klopson is reportedly …
