Melissa Joan Hart, best known for her role in "Sabrina The Teenage Witch," recounts her experience helping children escape from the deadly shooting at Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. Hart and her husband Mark Wilkerson jumped into action, helping a class of kindergartners across a busy highway and reuniting a mother with her children. Hart said the experience was especially difficult for her, as she and her family had previously lived in Connecticut, where the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School left 20 children dead.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an over-the-counter version of the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone, increasing access to the lifesaving medication and providing an additional option for those who may not have access to a prescription or a pharmacy. This move is expected to reduce opioid overdose deaths throughout the country, and Dr. Scott Hadland, a pediatrician and an addiction specialist at MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston, believes it could save more lives. The FDA remains committed to addressing the evolving complexities of the overdose crisis.
At least three people were killed in a mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville on Monday. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee identified two of the victims as Cindy Peak and Katherine Koonce, both teachers at the school. Maria Colomy, an art instructor at Nossi College of Art & Design, taught the shooter, Audrey Hale, for two semesters in 2017. Governor Lee mourned the victims of the “horrific act of violence” and Colomy expressed her condolences to the victims’ families. The shooting is still under investigation and The Covenant School has released a statement offering their support to the families of the victims.
On March 28th, a shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee left six people dead, including three 9-year-old children. The shooter, 28-year-old Engelbert, was shot by police on the second floor of the school and a makeshift memorial was set up outside the school in honor of the victims. The tragedy has left many people in shock and the Covenant School has not yet released a statement.
The U.S. Senate is set to vote Wednesday on a bipartisan resolution to repeal the 1991 and 2002 authorizations for the wars in Iraq. This resolution would revoke the executive branch's power to wage war without congressional approval, and is expected to pass easily. If passed, it would be a significant step in limiting the executive branch's power to wage war without congressional approval.
A diver found a human bone near the shore of Lake Mead in October, prompting a search by a park dive team that uncovered more. DNA analysis was used to identify the remains as belonging to Donald Smith, a Las Vegas resident who reportedly drowned in April 1974. The Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner confirmed the remains and ruled the death an accident, providing closure to Smith's family and friends after nearly five decades.