Three people were killed in a school shooting in Wisconsin, and the suspect is a female student, age 15.Officials attempt to allay concerns about drone sightings. After discovering that her father’s remains were taken for medical research before she even knew he was gone, a daughter also speaks out.
What to know today is as follows.
Teacher and teen student killed in Wisconsin school shooting
At Wisconsin’s Abundant Life Christian School, a 15-year-old girl was found to be the shooter of a teacher and one of her classmates. The teen has also passed away. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes reported last evening that six people were hurt, including two teenagers who were critically injured and in danger of dying.
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According to authorities, the incident happened in a classroom on campus east of Madison’s downtown during study hall. According to Barnes, a second-grader reported the incident to 911 at 10:57 a.m. According to Banes, what started out as a training day turned into a reality when a group of police assembled for a special emergency training just three miles away.
The shooter was identified by Madison police as Natalie Rupnow, also known as Samantha. It is unclear if the teacher and student who were slain were targets, and investigators are still trying to identify a reason for the killing. In addition to searching the shooter’s residence, police are investigating an internet document purportedly related to the shooting.
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Explosion kills Russian general in Moscow
Lt. General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Forces, was killed in an explosion early this morning in Moscow, Russian officials said.
According to a Ukrainian source briefed on the situation who requested anonymity because they are not permitted to speak publicly about sensitive operations, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) claimed responsibility for the detonation of an explosive device placed in a scooter near the entrance of a Moscow apartment building.
Kirillov had been charged in absentia by a Ukrainian court a day earlier over the use of banned chemical weapons during Russia s invasion of the country, according to The Associated Press.What more do we know?
Feds try to tamp down worries about drone sightings
Federal authorities sought to quell concerns about drone sightings in New Jersey and other states, as President-elect Donald Trump spoke out and lawmakers proposed the deployment of drone-tracking devices. Meanwhile,conspiracy theories are spreading online.
In a joint statement released last night, the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Defense Department said the numerous drone sightings do not pose a national security or public safety risk, echoing a similar message released last week. Commercial, hobbyist and law enforcement drones, as well as other aircraft and stars, were among the objects identified from more than 5,000 tips authorities received in recent weeks. According to the agencies, some 100 recommendations needed more examination.Learn more about the response of federal officials to the drones.
Trump, speaking at his first press conference since winning the 2024 election, criticized the Biden administration for not sharing more information. He stated, “Something odd is happening, but they don’t want to tell people for some reason.” Trump also said he canceled a weekend trip to his New Jersey golf club after saying some drone sightings were very close to Bedminster.Learn more about his remarks.
Over the weekend, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said the Homeland Security Department should send special drone-detection technology to New York and New Jersey. However, the radars, from Netherlands-based Robin Radar Systems, can t tell you who s flying it [or] what country it s from, said the company s general manager, Kristian Brost.Here s what to knowabout the drone-detecting technology.
A veteran s corpse was sent across state lines before his family knew he was dead
Last year, Karen Wandel received an alarming message: Her father, Libero Marinelli Jr., had died more than five months earlier in a South Carolina hospital and, when no family claimed his body, the hospital sent it to be used for medical research.
Wandel hadn t spoken to her father in years, but she wasn t hard to find. Neither were Marinelli s brother or sister, who had kept in touch on birthdays and holidays. But they all learned of his death only after Marinelli s brother sent him a Christmas card that was returned unopened.
Wandel remains stunned by the treatment of her father, who, as a former Army service member, was entitled to be buried in a veterans cemetery but whose corpse instead was first sent to a body broker in another state.
Supplying unclaimed bodies for medical research is widely considered unethical, and most major medical schools and a few states have halted the practice. And it yet continues.
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Politics in Brief
Dismissal denied:A New York judgedenied Trump s bidto vacate the guilty verdict in his hush money trial on presidential immunity grounds.
RFK Jr. in D.C.:Robert F. Kennedy, Trump s pick for health and human services secretary, will likely face tough questions about his anti-vaccine rhetoric and his plans to reshape the health care industryas he meets with dozens of Republican senatorsthis week. A key figure to watch in his battle for confirmation: Mitch McConnell.
Impending ban:TikTok hasasked the Supreme Court to block a lawthat could ban the social media app in the U.S. If justices grant TikTok s application, they will then have to make a final decision on whether the law is constitutional. If justices reject the application, the law would go into effect on Jan. 19 as planned.
Committee leadership:A powerful panel of congressional Democrats recommended Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for the top Democratic post on the House Oversight Committee.Here s how other votes played outfor other leadership spots.
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