2015年5月21日星期四

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US schools ramp up use of safety drills, security

Posted: 21 May 2015 11:34 AM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2012, file photo, Carlee Soto uses a phone to get information about her sister, Victoria Soto, a teacher at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Conn., after a gunman killed over two dozen people, including 20 children. Victoria Soto, 27, was among those killed. U.S. public schools beefed up security measures with safety drills and parent notification systems in the years surrounding the massacre at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School, according to a government survey released Thursday, May 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Safety drills, parent notification systems, and other safety measures in U.S. public schools grew in popularity in the years surrounding the massacre at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School.


Jon Bon Jovi breaks out guitar at commencement address

Posted: 21 May 2015 09:13 AM PDT

Rock star and philanthropist Jon Bon Jovi performs a new song during graduation ceremonies at Rutgers University-Camden Thursday, May 21, 2015, in Camden, N.J. The New Jersey native premiered a new song, "Reunion," which he said was a gift to the graduates. It began, "This isn't how the story ends, my friends, it's just a fork along the road." Bon Jovi and Bryan Stevenson, public interest lawyer and founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, received honorary degrees. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Rocker Jon Bon Jovi couldn't resist breaking out a guitar Thursday to help give advice to graduates at Rutgers University's Camden campus.


11 dead in Mexico crash of double-semi, school van

Posted: 21 May 2015 08:42 AM PDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — State authorities say a double-trailer freight truck drifted into an oncoming lane and toppled onto a van carrying high school students in north-central Mexico, killing 11 people.

Moroccan king names four new ministers - statement

Posted: 21 May 2015 01:52 AM PDT

Morocco's King Mohammed VI delivers a speech at the Constituent Assembly in TunisMorocco's king named four new ministers from political parties forming the ruling coalition, the royal palace said on Wednesday, replacing figures involved in public scandals or who had stepped down for personal reasons. In 2013, King Mohammed named 19 new ministers after Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane reached a deal to form a new coalition. Three of the new ministers will replace those in charge of parliamentary relations, higher education and vocational training who have resigned.


Survey: US schools beef up safety measures

Posted: 20 May 2015 09:44 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2012, file photo, Carlee Soto uses a phone to get information about her sister, Victoria Soto, a teacher at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Conn., after a gunman killed over two dozen people, including 20 children. Victoria Soto, 27, was among those killed. U.S. public schools beefed up security measures with safety drills and parent notification systems in the years surrounding the massacre at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School, according to a government survey released Thursday, May 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. public schools beefed up security measures with safety drills and parent notification systems in the years surrounding the massacre at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School, according to a government survey released Thursday.


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