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City delays opening of South Side shelter for asylum seekers amid community concerns, according to alderperson

On Friday afternoon, Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office released a statement saying that a firm date had not been set on when the shelter would open at the former James Wadsworth Elementary School in Woodlawn.

Chicago Sun-Times

Shuttered Woodlawn elementary school to house newly arrived asylum seekers

But Ald. Jeanette Taylor threatens to protest over city’s decision about her South Side ward: “They didn’t go about this the right way,” she said. “Did they ask Lincoln Park? Did they ask Hyde Park?”

Chicago Sun-Times

Humboldt Park getting 24 new homes — all built in West Side warehouse

The builder, Inherent LC3, installed the first home in August and is weeks away from delivering the second and third. The single-family houses are all going up near Laura S. Ward Elementary School.

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Alex Jones' motion to set aside Sandy Hook verdict denied

A Connecticut judge has denied Infowars host Alex Jones’ motion seeking a new trial and the overturning of a jury verdict requiring him to pay families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings

The Independent UK

Inspector posing as intruder gets into Uvalde school during safety test

Gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at elementary school in city in May

The Independent UK

High lead levels found in paint at Bridgeport elementary school

Teachers say Chicago Public Schools did not act on concerns about flaking paint until teachers performed their own lead testing.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘How do we continue to allow this?’ Sandy Hook survivor and Uvalde families testify to Congress over assault weapons ban

‘We ran out of time a decade ago. We need to act now’

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Behind the scenes at the state Capitol on day of Sandy Hook shootings

HARTFORD, Conn. — Dec. 14, 2012 started out like a normal Friday.

Tribune News Service

Deputy dressed as Grinch gives onions to speeding drivers

Several motorists who were speeding through an elementary school zone on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway received an odorous onion as a reminder to slow down from a county sheriff’s deputy dressed as the Grinch

The Independent UK

Sandy Hook anniversary: Biden cites 'societal guilt' on guns

President Joe Biden says the U.S. “should have societal guilt” for the slow pace of action on restricting access to firearms as he marked the 10th anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School

The Independent UK

10 years after Sandy Hook, a family finds bits of joy amid shards of pain

Families who had their lives shattered on Dec. 14, 2012, are still straining under the weight of their losses — and still pushing for the changes they had hoped would have already happened by now.

WEKU

In the wake of Sandy Hook massacre, a sense of duty to prevent further tragedy compelled Connecticut lawmakers to act on guns

HARTFORD, Conn. — As the initial shock and horror of the deaths of 20 young children and six female educators at a Newtown elementary school was still fresh in everyone’s mind, Connecticut’s top legislators decided they needed to do something.

Tribune News Service

Sandy Hook siblings walked different, and sometimes difficult, paths to deal with the trauma of losing their younger brother

HARTFORD, Conn. — Erin Kowalski was 11 years old and in sixth grade when her little brother Chase died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Her sister Brittany was a freshman in high school.

Tribune News Service

A decade after Sandy Hook, grief remains but hope grows

Ten years after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, victims' families and survivors say grief and trauma remain but hope continues to grow

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Sandy Hook families continue to break new legal ground with big court decisions over Infowars host Alex Jones and a major gun manufacturer

HARTFORD, Conn. — Relatives of the Sandy Hook shooting victims have won more than $1.5 billion in damages over the yearlong run-up to the 10-year remembrance of the murderous rampage at a Newtown elementary school.

WEKU

Brazil's soccer star Vinícius Júnior wants to give back to schools in his hometown

The forward for Brazil and Real Madrid has been tackling a lot on the road to his first World Cup, including racism abroad and poverty back home.

Tribune News Service

Sandy Hook survivors join Biden in Washington to remember all victims of gun violence

HARTFORD, Conn. — When Jackie Haggerty was just 7 years old, she huddled by her cubby in her second-grade classroom as a gunman tore through neighboring classrooms, killing 20 of her schoolmates and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Tribune News Service

After-school ‘Satan club’ in Chesapeake is in limbo after sponsor backs out

A new application for the controversial ‘Satan club’ at a Chesapeake elementary school has been submitted, after the original local sponsor withdrew her name.

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World Cup brings together Southwest Side elementary schoolers: ‘We needed this’

Students at Nathanael Greene Elementary in McKinley Park have used soccer’s global tournament as an opportunity to study the world beyond Chicago.

The Independent UK

Uvalde sues local prosecutor over school shooting records

The city of Uvalde has sued the local prosecutor’s office seeking access to records and other investigative materials on the May shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 children and two teachers dead

The Conversation

Sci-fi books for young readers often omit children of color from the future

While visiting an elementary school library in 2016 to count the fantasy books for a graduate class on fantasy literature, I noticed there were hardly any science fiction books for readers under 12. This discovery prompted me to spend the next five years researching the shortage of science fiction books…

Chicago Sun-Times

Sky’s Kahleah Copper spends Giving Tuesday at Randolph Elementary school

Copper spent the afternoon at the South Side elementary school helping pass out over 500 coats in partnership with Operation Warm and Nordstrom.

The Independent UK

Uvalde mother sues police and gunmaker in Robb Elementary School massacre

The mother of one of 19 children killed in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has filed a federal lawsuit against police, the school district and the maker of the gun used in the massacre

Daily Mirror

Elon Musk opens up on family tragedy after calls to let Sandyhook denier back on Twitter

Alex Jones has been ordered to pay almost $1bn to the families of victims who were killed in the 2012 Sandyhook elementary school shooting in Connecticut

Daily Mirror

Parents slam 'disgusting' After School Satan Club for children as young as five

The new after-school club, founded by the Satanic Temple and the Reason Alliance, has sparked outrage among parents at Golden Hills Elementary School in Tehachapi, California

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