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A longtime spokesperson for a school district that had been attacked by Gov. Glenn Youngkin in the 2021 gubernatorial campaign was acquitted today of a perjury charge brought by Virginia’s Republican attorney general at Youngkin’s request.

“The jury took only about two hours to deliberate before acquitting Loudoun County Public Schools Public Information Officer Wayde Byard on the sole perjury count lodged against him by a special grand jury,” the Associated Press reported.

“The perjury case was the first prosecution to go to trial from the special grand jury's probe, commissioned by Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares at the request of Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.”...

A woman protesting the sex education policy of a Wisconsin school district surprised everyone present when she took out "sex toys," which were actually props meant to teach kids about sex, at the board meeting.

Conservative activist Alexandra Schweitzer, the president of the No Left Turn in Education chapter in the state, attended Merton School District's board meeting, where she defended a man who was punished in part for protesting the sex education policy in Waukesha County schools.

Schweitzer can be seen in the video waving around items that appear to be sexual in nature and complaining about what children have access to. ...

Uvalde (United States) (AFP) - The Texas town of Uvalde on Wednesday laid to rest one of the two teachers gunned down in last week's elementary school massacre, along with her husband who died days later, leaving their four children orphaned. Irma Linda Garcia, 48, was killed when a teenaged gunman went on a rampage at Robb Elementary in an attack that left 19 young children dead and convulsed the United States with shock and grief. Compounding the tragedy, Garcia's 50-year-old husband, Joe, died two days later. They had been married for more than 24 years. "They began their relationship in hi......

Washington (AFP) - The day after his 18th birthday, Salvador Ramos, a troubled teenager from small-town Texas, bought an assault rifle. A week later, he walked into a local elementary school, where he shot and killed 19 young children and two of their teachers. Authorities are still trying to piece together what drove Ramos to commit America's worst school massacre in a decade, but here is what is known so far about the shooting: How the shooter attackedDescribed as a long-bullied youth with a history of self-harm, Ramos turned 18 on May 16 and bought an assault rifle the very next day.  He pu......

Washington (AFP) - Fourteen students and a teacher were shot dead Tuesday when an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at their Texas elementary school, the latest in the United States' relentless cycle of school mass shootings. Here are America's deadliest classroom gun massacres in the last two decades. Columbine High School (1999)Two teenagers from Columbine, Colorado, armed with an assortment of weapons and homemade bombs, went on a rampage at their local high school. Twelve students and a teacher were killed during the April 20 massacre. Another 24 people were wounded. Columbine, whose name has......

Washington (AFP) - A US congressman is under fire for posting a picture of his family smiling and holding guns in front of a Christmas tree days after a deadly school shooting rocked the country. Thomas Massie, a representative for the staunchly Republican state of Kentucky, posted the photo of himself and six members of his family, each grinning and gripping a gun, on Saturday with the words "Merry Christmas! ps. Santa, please bring ammo." The post triggered a swift outcry, with parents of school shooting victims and fellow lawmakers accusing Massie of insensitivity days after a teenager shot......