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  By: Madison Maronde Three people died and eight were injured in a Michigan school shooting on Tuesday.  The suspect, a 15-year-old sophomore at Oxford High School, was taken into custody, according to NPR . The shooting occured around 1 p.m. at the high school and the motive is unclear.  According to NPR news, the Oakland County Undersheriff Michael McCabe said in a news conference that the three students who were killed include two girls, ages 14 and 17, and a 16-year-old boy.  According to NBC news, those wounded include a teacher. As of Tuesday afternoon, two victims were in surgery and their condition was unclear. The other six who were wounded were stable, according to NBC news.  The suspect fired about 15 to 20 shots before being taken into custody, according to NBC news. According to NBC news, McCabe said at a news conference that the suspect did not cause problems during his arrest.  According to McCabe for NPR news, deputies recovered a semi-automatic handgun the suspect us

  By: Madison Maronde El Chapo’s wife was sentenced to three years in prison on Tuesday. Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Joaqin Guzmán “El Chapo”, pled guilty to helping her husband run his drug empire. Coronel Aispuro, 32, had no criminal record, and was not involved in violence which helped lower her term, according to NPR .  Her husband, Guzmán, is currently serving a life sentence in Colorado, according to BBC . He is 64.  Coronel Aispuro originally faced 10 year in prison. She expressed “true regret for any and all harm” through a Spanish translator in court, according to NPR.  Previously, Coronel Aispuro helped Guzmán escape from a Mexican prison in 2015. Coronel Aispuro also pled guilty to federal offenses during a plea deal with federal prosecutors, according to NPR.  In court on Tuesday, Judge Rudolph Contreras also ordered Coronel Aispuro to forfeit about $1.5 million, according to BBC. She also will need to be supervised for four years after her release from prison, accord

  By: Madison Maronde So far in my final feature story I have interviewed three people. The director of French studies at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Lauren Goodspeed, and the director of Italian studies at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Carlotta Dradi. I have also interviewed one student, who speaks Italian and is from Italy. She spoke about challenges she has faced when learning English. I am not sure if I will use her interview. I am still wanting to talk to at least two more students. My interviews with Goodspeed and Dradi have been very helpful.  I am having a setback with navigating the student tutor website, and am having a hard time figuring out how to contact student tutors for foreign language classes. The previous tutors I wanted to interview are tutors through a new program so they will not be able to speak on what changes they have seen in students pre-pandemic versus post-pandemic, which is what I am needing right now for my story. Next week I will

  By: Madison Maronde Parents have sued a school district in Wisconsin because of its policy on gender transitioning students, according to NBC news. The Kettle Moraine School District in Waukesha, Wisconsin is facing a lawsuit by parents over a district policy which allows students to change their names and gender pronouns at school without parental consent, according to NBC news. The policy allows for students who are minors to change their pronouns at school. Parents claim this policy violates their constitutional rights as parents, according to NBC news. Two sets of parents filed the lawsuit Wednesday and according to The Wisconsin State Journal , some Madison school districts are facing similar litigation. According to The Wisconsin State Journal, parents at the Madison School District are suing due to a policy in the schools, that allows transitioning transgender students to not have to notify parents of this transition. In 2020, a Dane County Judge ruled that the Madison School

  By: Madison Maronde A pivotal figure during the U.S. Capitol riot, Jacob Chansley, has been sentenced to 41 months in prison, according to CNN . Chansley, the so-called “QAnon Shaman,'' became a symbol for the January attack on the U.S. Capitol. Chansley donned a fur headdress with horns while holding an American flag and was one of the first 30 rioters to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to NPR . Chansley was arrested days after the storming of the capitol and was indicted on six charges including two felonies. Chansley has now been sentenced to 41 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of obstruction, according to NPR.  During the riot, Chansley led the crowd using his bullhorn to talk to them, according to NPR.  "Thank you for allowing us to get rid of the communists, the globalists, and the traitors within our government," Chansley said, according to NPR. According to CNN, in an interview since Chansley has been jailed, Chansley said he feels

By: Madison Maronde Kyle Rittenhouse took the stand Wednesday in his homicide trial, according to CNN . 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse is on trial for allegedly shooting and killing two people at a racial justice protest in August 2020. At one point during his testimony on Wednesday, Rittenhouse broke into sobs, according to NPR . During the testimony, Rittenhouse claimed he did not do anything wrong and acted in self defense, according to CNN. "I didn't intend to kill them. I intended to stop the people who were attacking me," Rittenhouse said, according to NPR. Rittenhouse broke down as he was describing the situation leading up to the shooting, causing a short break in the trial, according to NPR Rittenhouse pleaded not guilty to six charges, including first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide and first-degree attempted intentional homicide, according to CNN. The question before the jury is whether Rittenhouse's actions, shooting those protes