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Barely a week into the new year, a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, becoming one of the youngest school shooters in the nation’s history. While details of the case are still emerging, his teacher remains hospitalized with serious injuries. David Riedman, creator…

Police were called to Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, on Friday after a classroom incident that left the teacher, Abby Zwerner, with “life-threatening” injuries

A school shooting that Virginia police said was committed by a 6-year-old student represents an extremely rare occurrence of a child that young bringing a gun into a school and wounding a teacher, according to experts who study gun violence

A U.S. Army lieutenant who was pepper sprayed, struck and handcuffed by police in Virginia but never arrested will argue to a jury next week that he was assaulted and falsely imprisoned and that his vehicle was illegally searched

PHILADELPHIA — Relievers in the hot stove and oven mitts in hell. Some things are just easier to sell. Six weeks from now, the Phillies equipment truck will begin the long drive south to Clearwater, Fla. Following closely in the rearview mirror will be a storyline that’s as predictable as…

The teacher, a woman in her 30s, was left with life-threatening injuries after she was shot following an argument during class at Richneck Elementary School

The shooting was not an accident at Richneck Elementary School

Police said the shooting was not an accident; investigators are working to determine where the child got the weapon.

A teacher who was shot by the boy in Newport News is showing signs of improvement as authorities struggle to understand how a child so young could be involved in a school shooting.