On today’s show: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has the latest on a school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin. The Wall Street Journal’s Jesse Newman breaks down Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plans to reform food systems in the U.S. Scientists are measuring the burps and farts of livestock. Vox’s Benji Jones explains how that could help mitigate climate change. Plus, Trump felony convictions are upheld, TikTok’s last-ditch effort to avoid being banned, and Italy’s crackdown on fake “pasta grannies.” Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.
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Good morning. It's Tuesday, December 17th. I'm Shamita Basu. This is Apple News Today. On today's show, why so many Americans distrust food policy experts, rethinking what we feed livestock to reduce global warming, and TikTok makes one last pitch to avoid being banned in the U.S., But first, another community in America is living through the nightmare of a school shooting.
In Madison, Wisconsin, yesterday, a 15-year-old girl shot and killed a fellow student and teacher and wounded six others at Abundant Life Christian School, a private K-12 school with around 400 students. The shooter, identified by police as Natalie Rupnow, who went by Samantha, was pronounced dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.
Police said as of last night they had not identified a motive. Officials say a teacher and three students were treated for non-life-threatening injuries. As of yesterday evening, two students were in critical condition with life-threatening injuries. The shooting happened inside a classroom with students from mixed grades.
Here's Madison Police Department Chief Sean Barnes at a press conference last night detailing the moment police were alerted to the incident.
At 10.57 a.m., A second grade student called 911 to report a shooting had occurred at school. Don't let that soak in for a minute. A second grade student called 911.
Police say they're talking with the parents of the shooter who are cooperating. They also searched the family's home. Barnes said they don't know how the suspected shooter got the handgun found at the scene.
How does any 15-year-old get a hold of a gun, or anyone for that matter? You know, you get into the philosophical question about guns and gun safety, something that we all should be talking to our loved ones about. That's something that will be a part of this investigation.
Barnes says they will eventually question students who witness the shooting when they're ready.
That will give us an idea of not only what unfolded, but it could answer the question to motivation because, again, the students who unfortunately had to witness this. But that's not something that we want to rush. We're not going to interrogate students.
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