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Students play on the playground at J.O. Wilson Elementary (660 K St. NE). File: E.O’Gorek/CCN The District will begin offering COVID-19 vaccines to children ages six months and older at COVID Centers in all eight wards beginning Tuesday, June 21. The Ward 6 Center (507 Eighth St. SE) will be open this week Tuesday 10 … Read More “DC Kids Under 5 Can Get COVID Vaccine Starting Tuesday” »
Boxes of the adult doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are pictured in this photo from DC Health. Detail: Dec. 21 Situational report/coronavirus.dc.gov An advisory panel for the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended approval of Moderna’s Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) request for a COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6 months through 5 years. They … Read More “DC Kids Under 5 Could Get COVID Vaccine Early Next Week” »
The Black Panther Party’s Los Angeles headquarters, as it looked in 1970. | AP LOS ANGELES — In one of the several publications I read, I recently saw an ad from the University of California Press advertising its People’s Guide series. The five titles in the series include Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco … Read More “Visiting or living in Los Angeles? Consult the ‘People’s Guide’ – People’s World” »
Article ENGENE – While the United States once again mourns yet another deadly school shooting, the organizers of March For Our Lives plan to hit the streets this weekend. “In 2018, we marched,” it read in part on the event page. “Now, 4 years later, we are marching again. A march is expected to take … Read More “March For Our Lives to return to LA in the wake of Uvalde school shooting” »
A trooper and the suspect were injured and hospitalized, according to Lieutenant Colonel Bill Dofflemyer of Maryland State Police. Investigators have not yet determined a motive for the shooting at the workplace, which took place around 1 p.m. 2:30 p.m. ET, Washington County Sheriff Douglas W. Mullendore told reporters at a briefing. The suspect has … Read More “Smithsburg, Maryland, shooting: 3 dead, 2 more wounded, including soldier” »
WASHINGTON – A New York City college student drove a bus to Washington, DC on May 1, and apart from a mysterious phone call for help, no one has been heard from since. Now, more than a month later, her family is desperate to find her. TiJae Baker, 23, an artist and art student, had … Read More “NEW college students disappeared more than a month after taking bus to Washington, DC for art concert” »
WASHINGTON – A suspect is in police custody accused of killing a woman in southeast DC, according to authorities. Download the FOX 5 DC News app for local news and weather The shooting took place in the early morning hours of October 11, 2020 along the 2300 block of Green Street, Southeast. Police said on … Read More “Suspected arrested for killing woman in southeast DC, according to police” »
At least 34 students were inside Walnut Park Elementary School when the man tried to enter, Gadsden City School Superintendent Tony Reddick told CNN. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) is investigating the incident. In a press release, ALEA said the person was seen trying to break into a branded Rainbow City patrol vehicle near … Read More “A man trying to get into an elementary school in Alabama is shot and killed by a school resource officer” »
“People will ask why we take so long,” a law enforcement official at the scene of the shooting could be heard saying, according to the Times, which quoted a transcript of law enforcement body footage. “We’re trying to preserve the rest of our lives,” the transcript reads, according to the Times. More than two weeks … Read More “NEW: Law enforcement officers alerted people trapped in Robb Elementary before breaking into the classroom” »
WASHINGTON – A New York City college student drove a bus to Washington, DC on May 1, and apart from a mysterious phone call for help, no one has been heard from since. Now, more than a month later, her family is desperate to find her. TiJae Baker, 23, an artist and art student, had … Read More “NEW college students disappeared more than a month after taking bus to Washington, DC for art concert” »
