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US Teen Mentally Incompetent To Be Tried In 2018 Shooting, All Sides Say
State prosecutors agree with defense attorneys for the teenager accused of killing eight students and two teachers at Santa Fe High School last year that he is not mentally competent to stand trial at this time.
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Teens Are More Susceptible To Effects Of Binge Drinking
High school binge drinking has declined in recent decades in part because dozens of states, as well as the District of Columbia, raised the minimum legal drinking age to 21 in the 1980s, said Katherine Keyes, an epidemiologist at Columbia University and an expert on alcohol consumption.
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He Nearly Missed Graduation After Car Broke Down. Cops Stepped In To Help
Of all the instructions distributed to Crestwood High School seniors two months before their graduation ceremony, one was unmissable. "PLEASE BE ON TIME," a full-page letter from the principal of the Sumter, South Carolina, school stated in bold and all caps. Twice. "Late arrival could result in a senior being removed from the line," the letter war...
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Middle School Teacher Charged For Feeding Live Puppy To Turtle While Students Watched
The students watched as the sick puppy was eaten alive by a snapping turtle in a Preston, Idaho, junior high classroom in early March, state prosecutors alleged in a Friday filing.
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A Florida Teacher Drowned Wild Raccoons With His Students' Help. Here's Why He Won't Be Charged
A Florida high school teacher who, with the help of his students, killed two raccoons and a possum by drowning them in a tub of water will not face criminal charges, the state's prosecutors announced.
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Ex-Cop Who Hung Back During Florida Shooting Gets $100,000 Annual Pension
The former Broward County sheriff's deputy who did not enter a Parkland, Florida, high school during the massacre there receives more than $100,000 in an annual pension, the state revealed, triggering outrage among the parents of slain students and renewed accusations of cowardice.
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From Stanford To Harvard, Teen Applied To 20 Colleges, Got Full Scholarships To All Of Them
Micheal Brown's streak started in December, when the high school senior checked on his application status at Stanford University. He had applied there early - it was his top-choice college then - and fought off nerves as he sat down at a laptop, surrounded by his best friends and his mother.
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Over 1.6 Million High School Students Can Legally Buy AR-15s In Their Home States
The AR-15 rifle police say Nikolas Cruz used to kill 17 people at his former high school on Wednesday was his legally. He bought it about a year ago, when he was 18, at which point Florida law allowed him to buy a long gun like the AR-15.
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15-Year-Old Opens Fire In Class Kills Two, Injures 12 Others in Kentucky School
A 15-year-old boy armed with a handgun allegedly walked into a rural high school in Kentucky and opened fire on his classmates early Tuesday, authorities said, killing two students and wounding a dozen other people before being stopped by a sheriff's deputy.
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High School Rape In US Fuels Trump-Era Debate On Immigration
A rape at a Washington area high school has drawn intense scrutiny as part of the immigration debate launched under US President Donald Trump, since the two alleged attackers are Latinos who entered the United States illegally.
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After Cafe Attack, Bangladesh Hunts Missing Sons On Facebook
The son of a prominent local leader disappeared from Dhaka on 30th December. A college student was last seen on 3rd February. A high school student never made it to his tutoring session on 29th February. Ultimately, five young men vanished.
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'They Could Easily Have Googled Me': Why An Ohio Teen Became A Fake State Senator
When 18-year-old Izaha Akins pulled up to a small-town high school in northern Ohio, he looked the part - with a driver and two "aides."
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'They Could Easily Have Googled Me': Why An Ohio Teen Became A Fake State Senator
When 18-year-old Izaha Akins pulled up to a small-town high school in northern Ohio, he looked the part - with a driver and two "aides."
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Police Detain Student Gunman at Washington State School, No Injuries
A student fired off two shots inside a Washington state high school on Monday and was tackled by a teacher before anyone was hurt, averting a potentially deadly tragedy, police and students said.
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73 Indian-American Teens Among Intel Science Talent Semi-Finalists
As many as 73 Indian-Americans figure among 300 high school seniors named semifinalists in the Intel Science Talent Search 2015, America's oldest and most prestigious pre-college science and math competition.
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US Teen Mentally Incompetent To Be Tried In 2018 Shooting, All Sides Say
State prosecutors agree with defense attorneys for the teenager accused of killing eight students and two teachers at Santa Fe High School last year that he is not mentally competent to stand trial at this time.
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Teens Are More Susceptible To Effects Of Binge Drinking
High school binge drinking has declined in recent decades in part because dozens of states, as well as the District of Columbia, raised the minimum legal drinking age to 21 in the 1980s, said Katherine Keyes, an epidemiologist at Columbia University and an expert on alcohol consumption.
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He Nearly Missed Graduation After Car Broke Down. Cops Stepped In To Help
Of all the instructions distributed to Crestwood High School seniors two months before their graduation ceremony, one was unmissable. "PLEASE BE ON TIME," a full-page letter from the principal of the Sumter, South Carolina, school stated in bold and all caps. Twice. "Late arrival could result in a senior being removed from the line," the letter war...
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Middle School Teacher Charged For Feeding Live Puppy To Turtle While Students Watched
The students watched as the sick puppy was eaten alive by a snapping turtle in a Preston, Idaho, junior high classroom in early March, state prosecutors alleged in a Friday filing.
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A Florida Teacher Drowned Wild Raccoons With His Students' Help. Here's Why He Won't Be Charged
A Florida high school teacher who, with the help of his students, killed two raccoons and a possum by drowning them in a tub of water will not face criminal charges, the state's prosecutors announced.
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Ex-Cop Who Hung Back During Florida Shooting Gets $100,000 Annual Pension
The former Broward County sheriff's deputy who did not enter a Parkland, Florida, high school during the massacre there receives more than $100,000 in an annual pension, the state revealed, triggering outrage among the parents of slain students and renewed accusations of cowardice.
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From Stanford To Harvard, Teen Applied To 20 Colleges, Got Full Scholarships To All Of Them
Micheal Brown's streak started in December, when the high school senior checked on his application status at Stanford University. He had applied there early - it was his top-choice college then - and fought off nerves as he sat down at a laptop, surrounded by his best friends and his mother.
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Over 1.6 Million High School Students Can Legally Buy AR-15s In Their Home States
The AR-15 rifle police say Nikolas Cruz used to kill 17 people at his former high school on Wednesday was his legally. He bought it about a year ago, when he was 18, at which point Florida law allowed him to buy a long gun like the AR-15.
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15-Year-Old Opens Fire In Class Kills Two, Injures 12 Others in Kentucky School
A 15-year-old boy armed with a handgun allegedly walked into a rural high school in Kentucky and opened fire on his classmates early Tuesday, authorities said, killing two students and wounding a dozen other people before being stopped by a sheriff's deputy.
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High School Rape In US Fuels Trump-Era Debate On Immigration
A rape at a Washington area high school has drawn intense scrutiny as part of the immigration debate launched under US President Donald Trump, since the two alleged attackers are Latinos who entered the United States illegally.
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After Cafe Attack, Bangladesh Hunts Missing Sons On Facebook
The son of a prominent local leader disappeared from Dhaka on 30th December. A college student was last seen on 3rd February. A high school student never made it to his tutoring session on 29th February. Ultimately, five young men vanished.
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'They Could Easily Have Googled Me': Why An Ohio Teen Became A Fake State Senator
When 18-year-old Izaha Akins pulled up to a small-town high school in northern Ohio, he looked the part - with a driver and two "aides."
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'They Could Easily Have Googled Me': Why An Ohio Teen Became A Fake State Senator
When 18-year-old Izaha Akins pulled up to a small-town high school in northern Ohio, he looked the part - with a driver and two "aides."
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Police Detain Student Gunman at Washington State School, No Injuries
A student fired off two shots inside a Washington state high school on Monday and was tackled by a teacher before anyone was hurt, averting a potentially deadly tragedy, police and students said.
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73 Indian-American Teens Among Intel Science Talent Semi-Finalists
As many as 73 Indian-Americans figure among 300 high school seniors named semifinalists in the Intel Science Talent Search 2015, America's oldest and most prestigious pre-college science and math competition.
