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Jeremy Hogan/Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The Covenant School, which was the site of a 2023 mass shooting, received a bomb threat on Monday, according to a Nashville Police Department spokesperson. “Yesterday an employee of Covenant School received an emailed bomb threat. We cleared the site, with assistance from a THP (Tennessee Highway Patrol) bomb […]

ABC News The pandemic created an education crisis in America, with more than 25% of students nationwide chronically absent, missing 10% or more of classes, according to the U.S. Department of Education. The places most affected by truancy are Alaska, with 49% of students chronically absent; followed by Washington, D.C., with 48%, and New Mexico […]

JOHN AMIS/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Nashville, Tennessee, Mayor John Cooper publicly called on lawmakers to pass an extreme risk protection law and take action on gun safety one week after a shooter killed six people at a local private school. Tennessee has “some of the weakest gun laws in the country,” […]

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The suspect who allegedly shot and killed six people at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, last week had been planning for “months to commit mass murder at The Covenant School,” police said, citing the suspect’s journals. The suspect — identified by police as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, a […]

nazarethman/Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Hundreds of people gathered at a candlelight vigil in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday evening to mourn and honor the six victims of a mass shooting at an elementary school. Local, state and federal officials along with dignitaries, religious leaders and community figureheads attended the somber ceremony at One Square Park […]

BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has called for prayers in the wake of Monday’s deadly mass shooting at a Nashville elementary school, while noting that “there will be a time to talk about the legislation.” “I am calling on the people of Tennessee to pray. For the families of […]

Nashville Police Department (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Three children and three adults were killed in a mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday. The alleged shooter, who was identified by police as 28-year-old Nashville resident Audrey Elizabeth Hale, was killed by officers. Here is the timeline of what took place, according to investigators. […]

BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has called for prayers in the wake of Monday’s deadly mass shooting at a Nashville elementary school, while noting that “there will be a time to talk about the legislation.” “I am calling on the people of Tennessee to pray. For the families […]

Metro Nashville Police Department (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The swift and organized police response to the school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday was roundly lauded by local officials and credited with preventing additional carnage and casualties. A six-minute body camera video released Tuesday showed officers weaving through classrooms and corridors before approaching and neutralizing the shooter, […]

Metropolitan Nashville Police Dept. (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Security video from inside Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, captured the suspect entering the main school building unabated by blasting through two sets of glass double doors and stalking the halls before killing six people, including three children. The security footage, released by police Monday night, raises new concerns […]