Alabama school shooting kills one, hurts two
Compiled from news services
One student was killed and another teen was injured when a gun discharged at an Alabama high school Wednesday in what police described as an accidental shooting.
The shooting took place at Huffman High School in Birmingham, a statement from the city’s school district said. A 17-year-old girl died on the way to the hospital and a 17-year-old boy was in critical condition, according to Birmingham Police Chief Orlando Wilson. A staff member who was also wounded was treated at the high school and released.
The shooting comes exactly three weeks after police say a former student opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in south Florida, killing 17 people in one of the worst school shootings in history.
Trump vs. porn star
NEWYORK — The WhiteHouse claims that PresidentDonald Trump wonan arbitration decision againsta porn star ready to gopublic about their alleged monthslongaf fair.
Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders declined Wednesday to provide additional details and deflected questions about adult film actress Stormy Daniels, who is suing to invalidate a nondisclosure agreement.
“Look, the president has addressed these directly and made very well clear that none of these allegations are true,” Ms. Sanders said.
Mr. Trump has not publicly addressed the alleged illicit dalliance.
Mr. Trump’s longtime lawyer Michael Cohen, who has said there was no affair and admitted he paid the porn actress $130,000 out of his own pocket, did not respond to requests for comment.
Ms. Sanders said she wasn’t aware that Mr. Trump knew about the payment and said Mr. Trump has “denied the allegations against him.”
Federal worker porn ban
WASHINGTON— It’s beensix years since Congressbegan banning federal employeesfrom watching pornographyin the workplace.But even though lawmakershave gradually addedthe rule to spending bills, implementing it agencyby agency, some workersare still pulling up porn— and some departments still aren’t covered.
As the spotlight on sexual exploitation intensifies in Washington and around the nation, it’s clear that the problem of online porn in the federal workplace hasn’t gone away.
Roll Call was able to identify 69 cases of federal employees or others using federal networks to access pornography since Congress began rolling out the ban in November 2011. At least 27 occurred at departments where the rule was already in place.
It may be impossible to knowhow many more cases exist. As of July 2017, there were nearly 2.2 million civilian federal employees, not counting the U.S. Postal Service, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. No agency is responsible for gathering or overseeing federal workplace complaints, investigations or offenders.