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Washington students walk out in protest of gun violence
Dozens of highschool and center faculty college students in Olympia, Washington, walked out of faculties to protest gun violence Wednesday after 19 kids and two lecturers have been shot and killed final week at a college in Uvalde, Texas.
The walkout was organized by members of the Olympia Excessive College Feminism Membership, The Olympian reported.
“These form of walkouts are the one sort of factor that makes voices heard,” Membership President Alayna Winstead-Coby mentioned.
The Washington State Patrol estimated about 100 college students gathered for the rally on the steps of the state Capitol.
Hannah Martin learn an open letter to officers.
“If there’s a shooter, disguise within the nook, leap out these home windows, don’t be the hero, save your self,” she learn. “As a result of if we gained’t, who will? You certainly gained’t. As a substitute, you stand exterior an elementary faculty for an hour as a result of it’s not secure, however nonetheless, you count on us to really feel secure while you, a educated skilled, refused to go in your self,” she continued.
Organizers additionally learn the names of the scholars and lecturers killed within the Uvalde taking pictures earlier than taking a second of silence.
College students in Seattle and Tacoma have additionally been staging walkouts in help of measures to cut back gun violence.
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Mom, young son run from crazed otter who nearly drowned boy at Washington state marina, startling new footage shows
A crazed otter is seen menacing a family at a Washington state marina moments after it nearly drowned a boy it dragged off a dock, a shocking new video revealed.
The footage was taken last month, just after the twisted critter targeted a mom and her young son, according to KIRO 7 News in Seattle.
The youngster narrowly survived being dragged underwater by the rampaging river otter — which also attacked the boy’s horrified mom during a morning walk, authorities said.
The youngster was with his mother on a dock at Bremerton Marina in Kitsap County the morning of Sept. 12 when the otter pounced, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
None of the videos that KIRO 7 received from the Port of Bremerton show the actual attack happening, but in one clip, the terrified mom and son can be seen running down the dock — with the otter in hot pursuit moments later.
The group appeared to calm down before leaving the area, the clip showed.
Once they get up the exit ramps, the brazen otter hops back on the dock.
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife officials said that in most cases, otters tend to shy away from people, KIRO 7 reported.
The boy — who has not been identified publicly — was taken to the hospital to be treated for bites and scratches.
Wildlife officials said they trapped and killed an otter in the area and were testing it for rabies.
The stunning marina attack came just days after a woman in Malaysia was left bloody and crying after she was mauled by eight otters during a jog.
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Michigan vs. Washington: Where to watch, game information, betting line
No. 10 Michigan will play in its first road game of the season when it takes on Washington on Saturday night. While neither team looks the same from last season, the game will be a rematch of January’s National Championship Game where Michigan won handily. The Huskies, 3-2, are searching for their first signature win in the Big Ten and the Huskies could get that by defeating the Wolverines.
Michigan and Washington are meeting for the 15th time ever. The Wolverines hold a 9-5 all-time record over the Huskies and Michigan has won the past three meetings between the two teams. The last time Michigan was in Seattle to face Washington, the Wolverines lost 23-18 in 2001.
The Wolverines are hoping to see their passing attack progress on Saturday against the No. 6 Washington passing defense. But Michigan will likely need to rely on a strong run game behind Kalel Mullings and Donovan Edwards, along with stifling defense on the road.
Before the game, here is some important information you sould know.
Spread: Michigan +1.5 (-108)
Over/under total: 41 points
Moneyline: Michigan +102, Washington -122
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Virginia man charged with defacing monument during Netanyahu protests in DC
A Virginia man was arrested Friday on a charge that he spray-painted graffiti on a monument in the nation’s capital during protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress in July.
Zaid Mohammed Mahdawi, 26, of Richmond, Virginia, was charged in a complaint with one count of destruction of federal property. He was among thousands of protesters who gathered in Washington, D.C., on July 24 to condemn Netanyahu’s visit.
Some demonstrators who gathered outside Union Station that day removed American flags and hoisted Palestinian ones in their place. Others burned flags and sprayed graffiti on structures in Columbus Circle, in front of Union Station.
Videos posted on social media showed Mahdawi climbing the statue of Christopher Columbus in the middle of Columbus Circle and using red spray paint to write “HAMAS IS COMIN” on the monument, according to an FBI agent’s affidavit. He also spray-painted an inverted red triangle above the slogan, the affidavit says.
The FBI later received a tip from a witness who knew Mahdawi from a Richmond gym and recognized his image in a police bulletin.
A group of protesters had a permit to demonstrate in front of Union Station, but the U.S. Park Police said it revoked the permit after it couldn’t reach protest organizers that afternoon. The National Park Service estimated that it cost more than $11,000 to clean up and fix damage at the site.
“Politically motivated destruction or defacing of federal property is not protected speech, it is a crime,” Matthew Graves, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, said in a statement.
Mahdawi was expected to make his initial court appearance in Virginia on Friday.
A Maryland woman was arrested last month on a related charge. Isabella Giordano, 20, of Towson, is accused of using red spray paint to write “Gaza” on a fountain in front of Union Station and spray-painting the base of two of the flagpoles in Columbus Circle.
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