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The body of a fifth person was recovered more than a month after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, officials said.
Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, 49, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, was found Wednesday, the Key Bridge Response Unified Command said in a statement.
His body was located inside a red construction vehicle the Unified Command salvage teams found.
Maryland State Police, the state's Transportation Authority Police and the FBI assisted in the recovery.
"We remain dedicated to the ongoing recovery operations while knowing behind each person lost in this tragedy lies a loving family," Maryland State Police Superintendent Roland Butler Jr. said in a statement.
"Along with our local, state and federal partners, we ask that everyone extend their deepest sympathies and support to the families during this difficult time," Butler added.
One person remains missing in the March 26 collapse after a cargo ship struck a bridge support. He was identified as José Mynor Lopez, according to NBC Washington.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott thanked the teams who helped locate the victim.
"With the news that a fifth victim has been located, there is some small peace provided to another family amidst all the agony they've endured," he said Thursday in a post on X. "While we continue to be heartbroken for all these families, one more soul has been brought home, but one Marylander is still missing."
He continued: "To the family still waiting, our entire city joins you in hope for the same closure soon and shares in your grief. We continue to be here for you, in whatever way you need, now and always."
The bridge crumbled and plummeted into the Patapsco River seconds after a 948-foot, Singapore-flagged container ship, named the Dali, hit one of its support pillars, video showed.
Investigators said the ship's lights had shut off four minutes before coming back on. At 1:25 a.m., dark black smoke billowed from the ship’s chimney. A minute later, the ship appeared to turn and the lights flickered again before it hit the support.
The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the incident, two senior law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation told NBC News last month. The sources said part of the investigation will involve whether the crew previously knew about potential mechanical issues on the ship. The probe will also look at the events that led up to when the vessel left the port, according to the sources.
The bodies of the third and fourth victims were found in April. One of them was identified as Maynor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval, 38, a construction worker. At the family's request, officials did not identify the other victim.
A day after the collapse, two other bodies were recovered from a vehicle in the water. Authorities identified them as Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, who was from Mexico and lived in Baltimore; and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, 26, who was from Guatemala and lived in Dundalk, Maryland.
Students were reunited with their relieved families and classes were canceled Thursday after police shot and killed an armed boy outside of a middle school in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin on Wednesday.
The boy was a student at the Mount Horeb School District, which serves 2,500 students across five schools, Josh Kaul, state attorney general confirmed at a Wednesday afternoon press briefing. Mount Horeb is a small village located about 23 miles west of Madison, Wisconsin's capital city.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers posted on X Wednesday that he had been "briefed on the incident " and was "closely monitoring the situation."
Kaul declined to release any specific information on the student involved, which of the Mount Horeb schools he attended or the weapon, stating that it is an "ongoing investigation."
Here's what we know.
An emergency alert was sent to residents' phones Wednesday morning, warning people of an active shooter at the middle school. Kaul confirmed that no students or school staff were injured.
Shortly after 11:30 a.m., the school district reported the incident on its Facebook page. In a series of posts, the district said all buildings were on a full lockdown as police "scope out" the rest of the building.
Police and emergency vehicles that arrived on scene appeared to be focused around the high school, which is across the street from the middle school, according to reporting from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, part of the USA TODAY Network. There was a helicopter on the ground, another overhead and ambulances parked in front of the high school.
Reunification centers were set up Wednesday to reunite the some 2,500 students across five schools in the district with their families.
Police shot and killed the armed student outside the school before he was able to make his way inside.
The shooting was reported a little after 11:15 a.m. Wednesday. "The threat has been neutralized outside of the building," Mount Horeb Area School District Superintendent Dr. Steve Salerno wrote in a social media post. "Law-enforcement is circulating throughout the middle school to confirm the safety of all students."
In a statement, the school district said the suspect "did not breach entryway" into the building.
"An initial search of the middle school has not yielded additional suspects," the district said Wednesday afternoon. "As importantly, we have no reports of individuals being harmed, with the exception of the alleged assailant."
Kristen Malone was among the parents who were waiting at Life Church for their children, which was designated as a reunification center for the intermediate school, grades 3 to 5.
Malone told the Journal Sentinel that when she heard about the active shooter at the middle school, she felt “complete panic and terrified."
“It’s unthinkable that it happened here. I just never really ever considered that it would happen in our community,” Malone said.
Brett Halverson, a member of the village board of trustees, said he has a child in the school district and was thankful they and other students were safe Wednesday.
“It’s very scary,” he said of the events. “Nobody ever wants to see this kind of thing happen. I wish politicians who had some say would do something about it.”
Melissa Alvarado picked up her middle schooler daughter minutes before the incident began because she was feeling sick.
Her other child heard gunshots from the high school building across the street. Teachers told students to run to the other side of the school to barricade themselves in classrooms, Alvarado said.
“This is our home, our safe spot, that’s no longer safe,” she said.
Although Mount Horeb School District initially said schools would be open Thursday to any and all students and staff that need support, Salerno posted on social media late Wednesday that school would be canceled for May 2 "in an effort to continue the healing process."
Details of support service plans will be announced for children and staff, Salerno said.
Salerno noted Wednesday the community's support for capital referendums that helped install safety measures at schools around the district.
"This could have been a far worse tragedy," the superintendent said. "We're beyond grateful for the community's support of our beautiful children and our loving staff."
Contributing: Elliot Hughes, Jessica Van Egeren, Sophie Carson, Laura Schulte, Claire Reid and Ricardo Torres, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Arizona lawmakers are poised to repeal the state’s 160-year-old statue banning nearly all abortions.
The 1864 law, which was reinstated by the state’s supreme court three weeks ago, made abortion a central focus in the battleground state and galvanized Democrats seeking to enshrine abortion rights.
In the state’s senate, Democrats have picked up the support of two Republicans who have signaled support for repealing the ban. The Democratic governor, Katie Hobbs, is expected to ratify the repeal, which narrowly cleared the Arizona house last week after three Republicans joined with all the Democrats in the chamber.
The Civil war-era statue, which predates Arizona’s statehood, bans nearly all abortions, including those sought by survivors of rape or incest. It also imposes prison terms for doctors and others who aid in abortions. The law had been blocked by the 1973 supreme court Roe v Wade decisions that granted the constitutional right to abortions.
Last month, the state’s Republican-appointed supreme court justices suggested it could be reinstated since Roe was overturned in 2022.
The ruling placed enormous pressure on the state’s Republicans, both from conservatives who support the ban and from swing voters who oppose the extreme measure.
If the ban is repealed today, a 2022 statue banning procedures after 15 weeks of pregnancy would supplant it as the state’s ruling abortion law. The repeal, however, would not take effect until June or July, 90 days after the legislative session.
Arizona’s attorney general, Kris Mayes, a Democrat, has vowed not to enforce the ban in the meantime. Providers, including Planned Parenthood, have been preparing resources to help patients seeking abortions to travel out of state during the time that the ban is in effect.
Though the repeal is poised to narrowly pass, supporters of the ban have been mobilizing. Students for Life Action, an anti-abortion group, has planned a demonstration at the capitol.
Meanwhile, abortion rights advocates have been pushing for a ballot measure in November that would enshrine the right to abortions in the state’s constitution. In the weeks since the ban was reinstated , the Arizona for Abortion Access effort saw its volunteers grow from about 3,000 to more than 5,000.
In the key swing state – one that historically leaned Republican but backed Joe Biden in 2020 – the issue could help turn out more voters who could help flip the statehouse blue.
Republican lawmakers, in turn, are considering putting one or more competing abortion proposals on the November ballot, including a 14-week ban and a “heartbeat protection act” that would make abortion illegal after six weeks. None such measures have been introduced yet.
