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On Thursday, authorities confirmed that one student was taken to the hospital from a Greenville, South Carolina middle school after being shot by another student. Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis said that the teenage shooter was taken into custody near Tanglewood Middle School not long after the shooting that happened in the front part of the school. Sheriff Lewis said of the shooter at a news conference: "He was hiding. He's a young man, probably didn't understand the consequences of what had just happened. I don't think he knew what to do honestly, except for to leave the school." Lewis also said that a police officer at the school called in the shooting and requested emergency backup around 12:30 p.m., causing more than 200 deputies and other law enforcement officers to rush to the school. The condition of the student who was shot is not known, Greenville County Schools spokesman Tim Waller said in a statement. Deputies are still investigating the sho ....
Jennifer Venis, IBA Multimedia JournalistMonday 22 March 2021 As the first 100 days of the Biden presidency draw to a close, Global Insight assesses whether the administration looks set to ‘build back better’, or simply reset the United States to the pre-Trump era. Header pic: US President Joe Biden signs executive orders on immigration reform inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, 2 February 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner The first 100 days of a US president’s term usually give a strong sense of what’s to come, as the new administration identifies its key priorities and signals how far it will go to achieve them. When President Biden’s first 100 days come to an end on 20 April, he will have spent much of them tackling the Covid-19 pandemic and working to undo the destructive force of the Trump presidency. ....