The Daily Populous

Monday January 15th, 2024 night edition

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An Iowa principal who acted heroically to save students during a mass shooting at Perry High School earlier this month has died from his injuries in the attack, according to his wife.

The shooting at the school near Des Moines initially left one sixth-grade student dead and seven others, including Principal Dan Marburger, injured after a 17-year-old student opened fire on January 4.

The attack marked the second shooting on a school property in the US within the first few days of 2024.

Principal Dan Marburger speaks during the Perry High School graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 28, 2023.

Marburger worked at schools in Perry, Iowa, for at least 25 years, according to the Perry Community School District.

Officers responded to the shooting on the first Thursday of the year within minutes and discovered several people at the high school suffering gunshot wounds.

The Perry Middle School student also killed in the shooting was identified as 11-year-old Ahmir Jolliff, who was shot three times in the attack, according to authorities. »

Watch: Texas zoo welcomes first lion birth since 2015

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Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The Fort Worth Zoo in Texas offered the first look at the first baby lion to be born there since 2015.

The zoo said Moja, born in October to parents Saba and Abagabe, weighed 2.7 pounds when he was 4 days old and he has since grown to 16 pounds.

Jabulani, Saba and another female lion, Abagabe, were brought to the zoo in 2012 to being more variation to the pride's gene pool. »

This Language Was Long Believed Extinct. Then One Man Spoke Up.

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As a boy, Blas Omar Jaime spent many afternoons learning about his ancestors.

Over yerba mate and torta fritas, his mother, Ederlinda Miguelina Yelón, passed along the knowledge she had stored in Chaná, a throaty language spoken by barely moving the lips or tongue.

The Chaná are an Indigenous people in Argentina and Uruguay whose lives were intertwined with the mighty Paraná River, the second longest in South America. »

Kansas Legislators to Kansas Voters: You Spoke Loud and Clear, and We Don’t Care

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And just as the Kansas vote turned out to be an indicator of what voters wanted nationwide, so too have Republicans in other states followed the Kansas GOP’s model.

If the Kansas bill passes the state legislature, which is controlled by Republicans, it will likely be vetoed by Democratic Governor Laura Kelly.

The state Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that the Kansas constitution protects abortion rights, meaning the bill violates those rights. »