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Police say a 15-year-old student opened fire inside a study hall at a small Christian school in Wisconsin, killing a teacher and teenager

Police say a 15-year-old student opened fire inside a study hall at a small Christian school in Wisconsin, killing a teacher and a teenager

Investigators in Wisconsin are trying to determine a motive in a school shooting that left a teacher and a student dead and two other children in critical condition

Investigators in Wisconsin are trying to determine a motive in a school shooting that left a teacher and a student dead and two other children in critical condition

Investigators in Wisconsin are trying to determine a motive in a school shooting that left a teacher and a student dead and two other children in critical condition

Indiana officials are set to carry out the state's first execution in 15 years on a man convicted in the 1997 killings of four people, including his brother and his sister’s fiancé

Indiana officials are set to carry out the state's first execution in 15 years on a man convicted in the 1997 killings of four people, including his brother and his sister’s fiancé

Indiana officials are set to carry out the state's first execution in 15 years on a man convicted in the 1997 killings of four men, including his brother and his sister’s fiancé

It's about as American an idea as it gets -the hunger to make your own path, to find your own way, make your voice heard

At a time of heightened political division, Americans’ confidence in their country’s judicial system and courts dropped to a record low of 35% this year