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Families of Newtown Sandy Hook victims will receive settlements

A Connecticut judge on Thursday approved the largest portion yet of a settlement in which the estate of the mother of the gunman who carried out a 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary school will pay out $1.5 million to families of 16 victims.

Appeals court reverses ruling in case of teen raped during school sex sting

Administrators at an Alabama middle school showed “deliberate indifference” to allegations that a teacher’s aide persuaded a girl to act as bait to catch an accused sexual predator, a federal court of appeals decided Wednesday.

Conn. high court rules death penalty unconstitutional

Connecticut’s top court on Thursday ruled that the state could no longer impose the death penalty, saying that under the state’s constitution it amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.

New witness may reveal what happened in Clemson student’s death

A new witness has come forward in the death of a 19-year-old fraternity pledge at Clemson University, leading his family to believe they may finally be closer to knowing what happened to Tucker Hipps before he died.

 
Colorado river spill by the numbers

Water tainted with heavy metal gushed from Gold King into the nearby Animas River in southern Colorado, turning it a solid mustard color. It flowed downstream for dozens of miles crossing state lines.

 
Dozens killed, 700 injured in industrial explosion in China

Two huge explosions tore through an industrial area where toxic chemicals and gas were stored in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin, killing at least 50 people, including at least a dozen fire fighters, officials and state media said on Thursday.