Oh DUA LIPA strikes again. This + training season >
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Reporting from Kayla Jimenez, Phaedra Trethan and Thao Nguyen for USA TODAY on whether prosecuting educators and parents will slow gun violence;

New for USA TODAY - #Crumbleysentencing and a Virginia assistant principal charged with failing to prevent shootings show a new strategy on slowing gun violence usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

The majority of American K-12 public school teachers say they are at least somewhat worried about the possibility of a shooting at their school, according to a new survey conducted by the Pew Research Center.

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Will charging educators and parents stop gun violence? Prosecutors are opening a new front in the fight. New for USA TODAY: usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

Teamed with USA TODAY colleagues Kayla Jimenez & Thao Nguyen on this: Will #crumbleysentencing and other cases set a precedent for accountability in mass shootings? usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

The Arizona Supreme Court just upheld the state’s 1864 near-total ban on abortion. It’s enforceable in 14 days. Read Shefali Luthra Grace Panetta’s full story for 19thnews.

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What's happening at the University of Texas shows what a DEI ban can mean at the campus level as a growing number of states – 12 so far – have passed anti-DEI laws. Lily Kepner usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

City officials along the total solar eclipse's path of totality are counting down the days until visitors flock to their towns to see the rare natural phenomenon. New for USA TODAY on the solar eclipse beat:
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Today we launch the result of a three-year investigation into the police use of 'less lethal force.' The project was done in partnership with FRONTLINE and The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism,
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism. The story: bit.ly/3PF5Nup and the interactive bit.ly/4ac8BHS

Baltimore bridge collapse reignites calls for fixes to America's aging bridges usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

New with Thao Nguyen for USA TODAY: Calls for sorely needed bridge infrastructure fixes across the nation are resurfacing after a Singapore-flagged cargo ship struck Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

Ok confession I've been on the eclipse beat for the last month. Here's what's goin' on: usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

The missing men are from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras & Mexico, and live in Dundalk & Highlandtown. They are in their 30s and 40s, he said, w spouses & children.
All of them came to the city for a better life.
“They are all hard-working, humble men' thebaltimorebanner.com/community/tran…

The Falcon 9 launch spotted flying over San Diego during a gorgeous sunset is carrying a new satellite that will track planet-warming methane emissions leaking from oil and gas wells. space.com/methane-tracki…

James Crumbley, whose teenage son killed four students in the 2021 Oxford High School shooting, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter by an Oakland County jury.

Nex Benedict, a nonbinary Oklahoma teen taken to the hospital after a school fight, died by suicide, a medical examiner says. apnews.com/article/nonbin…

Building a community is so important to me but it definitely feels harder than it actually is.

A few things I have started doing to change this is:

NEW: U.S. Department of Education finally released a permanent fix that allows students whose parents lack a Social Security number to submit their FAFSA. This resolves a 2+ months long glitch that had blocked 1000s of students from immigrant families from applying for $$ fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-cent…

In this weekend’s paper:
- Women of the Year: 60 inspiring women across America