Sarah Lear
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A 15-year-old student had opened fire in a study hall, killing 42-year-old teacher Aaron West and 14-year-old Ruby Vergara.
The shooter died by suicide.
Her father is now facing felony charges after prosecutors say he gave his daughter access to two handguns.
For NPR News, I'm Sarah Lear in Madison.
Over the last several years, the Wisconsin Historical Society says it's found a total of 16 ancient canoes lurking at the bottom of Lake Mendota in south-central Wisconsin.
Tamara Thompson is a maritime archaeologist who helped lead those discoveries.
She suspects that, for millennia, Indigenous people returned to that section of the lake.
She says they may have been stashing their boats for later by burying them under sediment near the shoreline.
What we're seeing really is a parking lot.
The cluster of canoes includes a red oak vessel discovered earlier this year.
It's believed to be 5,200 years old.
That makes it the oldest canoe ever found in the Great Lakes region, and one of the oldest found in North America.
For NPR News, I'm Sarah Lear in Madison.
Over the last several years, the Wisconsin Historical Society says it's found a total of 16 ancient canoes lurking at the bottom of Lake Mendota in south-central Wisconsin.
Tamara Thompson is a maritime archaeologist who helped lead those discoveries.
She suspects that, for millennia, Indigenous people returned to that section of the lake.
She says they may have been stashing their boats for later by burying them under sediment near the shoreline.
What we're seeing really is a parking lot.
The cluster of canoes includes a red oak vessel discovered earlier this year.
It's believed to be 5,200 years old.
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