ABC News(UVALDE, Texas) Uvalde parents entered the school where their children were killed almost a year ago for the first time on Thursday.
Nineteen children and two teachers were killed on May 24, 2022, at Robb Elementary School, making it the site of the second-deadliest school shooting in American history.
The visit comes as the small Texas community prepares to mark the one-year anniversary since the rampage, in which the shooter was killed by law enforcement more than an hour after he began firing in two classrooms.
For months, some parents have requested access to visit the school, which has been closed since the massacre. At first, they were denied permission due to an ongoing criminal investigation. But early this year, officials told ABC News that the parents could be allowed to visit providing that the details could be worked out with the school district which still owns the property.
The district plans to build a new elementary school less than three miles away from
Mercury RecordsDef Leppard s new album, Drastic Symphonies, is out now, featuring 15 of the band’s songs reworked with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers are known for putting on a great live show, so would they ever be interested in teaming up with an orchestra to play these interpretations live? If guitarist Phil Collen had his way, the answer would be yes.
Collen tells ABC Audio he d love to "go around the world" and play live versions of these songs in great venues like the Sydney Opera House or London s Royal Albert Hall. He adds, “And obviously the states we could do New York, Carnegie Hall, you know, Hollywood Bowl, Berlin Symphony Orchestra. So yeah, I d love that.”
Collen realizes the logistics and the cost may make such a tour difficult, but he s still game, noting, “We’re just waiting for the invite.”
Up next for Def Leppard, they’ll kick off the U.K./European leg of their Stadium tour with Mötley Crü
Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(GRAND RAPIDS, Minn.) A federal grand jury indicted a Minnesota man on Tuesday for allegedly stealing a pair of the ruby slippers that actress Judy Garland famously wore playing Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz."
Federal prosecutors allege that Terry Martin stole the iconic slippers in 2005 from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota one of only four remaining pairs worn by Garland in the 1939 film.
The shoes were ensured at a $1 million valuation at the time they were stolen, prosecutors said, but their current market appraisal could price them around roughly $3.5 million, according to estimates.
The shoes were recovered by the FBI and Grand Rapids police in a sting operation in July of 2018, the Justice Department said.
The charges against Martin are the result of a long-running federal investigation launched following the initial disappearance of the shoes.
The U.S. Attorney s Office in North Dakota provided no fu
Rob Ball/WireImageSting fans may be disappointed when they see him in concert, because he’s no longer playing one of his classic tunes live.
In an interview with People, Sting looks back at some of his hit songs and discusses the Police tune “Don’t Stand So Close To Me,” which is about the relationship between a male teacher and a female student, and why you won t hear it in his set list.
"It s certainly not biographical, but people having relationships with teachers, it definitely happens," Sting, who was a teacher before becoming a rock star, says. "And in the song s defense, nothing happens. It s just the danger of, something happens and the teacher is aware of it, which is why he s saying, Don t stand so close to me. "
Sting says the song could be interpreted in “many, many different ways,” which can become an issue.
“In the current climate, I don t sing that live,” he says. “People with a sort of puerile sensibility will say, Oh
Google Maps Street View(KEENE, Texas) A man and a 12-year-old boy were charged with murder after the pre-teen allegedly shot and killed a Sonic Drive-In employee in Texas, according to authorities.
Police responded to 911 calls Saturday night about a shooting at the fast-food restaurant in the 300 block of South Old Betsy Road in Keene, Texas, the Keene Police Department said.
Police allege that 20-year-old Angel Gomez was behaving disorderly in the parking lot of Sonic when he was confronted by Matthew Davis, 32, an employee at Sonic.
ABC News reached out to Sonic for comment but have not yet received one.
According to Keene police, the argument between Davis and Gomez turned physical, leading the 12-year-old, who was a passenger in the vehicle Gomez arrived in, to allegedly grab a gun and shoot Davis.
Gomez and the 12-year-old allegedly fled the scene after the shooting, police said.
Upon arriving at the scene, police found Davis on the ground suffering from multiple gunshot