Lawyer: Warnings boy had gun ignored before he shot teacher – The Denver Post

By DENISE LAVOIE (Associated Press) NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Concerned staff warned administrators at a Virginia elementary school three times that a 6-year-old boy had a gun and was threatening other students in the hours before he shot and wounded a teacher, but the administration “was paralyzed by apathy” and didn’t call police, remove the boy from class or

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FBI: Polygamous leader had 20 wives, many of them minors – The Denver Post

By FELICIA FONSECA (Associated Press) FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The leader of a small polygamous group near the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives, most of them minors, and punished followers who did not treat him as a prophet, newly filed federal court documents allege. Samuel Bateman was a former member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ

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