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Tennessee State

Nashville, TN

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An alarm blared and lights flashed as a heavily armed assailant stalked the hallways of The Covenant School. Surveillance footage of the shooting Monday at the private Christian school in Nashville showed many familiar security measures, including the double set of locked glass doors the killer shot their way through before fatally shooting three children and three school employees.

Nashville shooting highlights security at private schools

New Mexico State

Albuquerque, NM

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s special academy for training workers in the film and television industry is a step closer to fruition, with top state officials announcing Wednesday that it will be headquartered in Albuquerque. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and others gathered at the Albuquerque Rail Yards...

New Mexico’s new film training academy finds a home

Indiana State

El Mirage, AZ

PHOENIX — A West Valley fugitive who attempted to fake his death was arrested last week in Indiana, authorities said. Christen Allen Wright of El Mirage had a warrant out for his arrest for sexual conduct with a minor and molestation of a child based off of a 2017 investigation, the El Mirage Police Department said in a press release.

West Valley fugitive who faked death arrested in Indiana

Phoenix, AZ

PHOENIX — Gas prices are surging in metro Phoenix and across Arizona and a fuel industry expert says there is a main reason it could stay that way for the foreseeable future. The state is transitioning to its summer gasoline blend, which is limiting its supply at times, GasBuddy...

Here’s why gas prices are rising in metro Phoenix, across Arizona

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Maryland State

Baltimore, MD

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland appellate court on Tuesday reinstated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction and ordered a new hearing in the case, marking the latest development in the protracted legal odyssey chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.”. Though Syed’s conviction has been reinstated, he will not...

Court backs victim’s family in Adnan Syed’s ‘Serial’ case

New Jersey State

Newark, NJ

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A career criminal whose rap sheet includes bank robberies and a murder conspiracy was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in prison for killing a New Jersey political consultant in exchange for money in 2014. George Bratsenis, 74, pleaded guilty a year ago to a charge...

Hitman in New Jersey murder-for-hire sentenced to 16 years

Syracuse, NY

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A man who spent 16 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of raping writer Alice Sebold when she was a Syracuse University student has settled a lawsuit against New York state for $5.5 million, his lawyers said Monday. The settlement comes after Anthony...

NY to pay $5.5M to man exonerated in Alice Sebold rape case

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Empty seats: Reversing chronic absenteeism rates in Arizona schools will take time

PHOENIX — The rate of students missing too many school days spiked following the pandemic in Arizona, and now schools are on the hunt for solutions....

Empty seats: Reversing chronic absenteeism rates in Arizona schools will take time

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