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Taft (California, United States)

Type: City

Name: Taft (California, United States)

Country: United States

Latitude: 35.130001

Longitude: -119.440002

population: 9,295

First reported Jan 11 2013 - Updated Jan 12 2013 - 1 reports

Football player in California school shooting was on teen gunman’s ‘hit list’: reports

California authorities are investigating allegations that a 16-year-old boy held in a classroom shooting that wounded a classmate had been suspended from school last year for having a hit list. Kern County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Ray Pruitt says ... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Jan 11 2013]

Entities: Rebecca Jackson, Heber (California, United States), Bakersfield (California, United States), Kern County, Taft Union High School

First reported Jan 10 2013 - Updated Jan 11 2013 - 7 reports

Dianne Feinstein

Student shot at rural California high school

The attack there came less than a month after a gunman massacred 20 children and six women at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, then killed himself.That shooting prompted President Barack Obama to promise new efforts to curb gun violence. ... [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - Jan 11 2013]

Entities: Taft (California, United States), Bakersfield (California, United States), Dianne Feinstein, Trish Montes, Alex Paterson

First reported Jan 11 2013 - Updated Jan 11 2013 - 1 reports

Joseph Biden

Biden, NRA clash over gun control proposals as group claims 100,000 members added since Newtown school shooting

The National Rifle Association, one of the pro-gun groups that met with U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden on Thursday, rejected Biden’s effort to limit ammunition and dug in on its opposition to an assault weapons ban, which President Barack Obama has previously ... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Jan 11 2013]

Entities: Joseph Biden, NRA National Rifle Association, Gun Control, Richard Feldman

First reported Jan 11 2013 - Updated Jan 11 2013 - 1 reports

Taft High School Shooting: Conversation Between Gunman, Teacher Allowed Other Students To Escape

TAFT, Calif. (AP) — The 16-year-old boy had allegedly wounded the teenager he claimed had bullied him, fired two more rounds at students fleeing their first-period science class, then faced teacher Ryan Heber. "I don't want to shoot you," he told the ... [Published The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - Jan 11 2013]

Entities: Taft Union High School, Escape, Shooting

First reported Jan 10 2013 - Updated Jan 11 2013 - 1 reports

NRA National Rifle Association

One student wounded in California school shooting as Biden preps for meeting with NRA

TAFT, Calif. (AP) — One student has been shot at a high school in Taft, Calif., a community in the southern San Joaquin Valley. Kern County sheriff’s spokesman Ray Pruitt also says a suspect is in custody and is believed to be a student. The shooting ... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Jan 10 2013]

Entities: NRA National Rifle Association, Gun Violence, Barack Obama, Taft (California, United States), Gun Control

First reported Jan 11 2013 - Updated Jan 11 2013 - 1 reports

Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 11 Jan 2013

JIMMY SAVILE'S SEX CRIMES LAID BAREThe late Jimmy Savile was a predatory sex offender who attacked victims as young as 10 in hospitals, prisons and on BBC premises, a joint report from the police and the NSPCC will say today. The 30-page report will offer ... [Published The First Post: Latest - Jan 11 2013]

Entities: Simon Rattle, Quetta, Jimmy Savile

First reported Jan 10 2013 - Updated Jan 10 2013 - 1 reports

Taft School

Taft School Shooting: California Politicians React

Politicians responded swiftly to the news of a high school shooting in Taft, Calif. , calling for an end to gun violence in schools and expressing sympathy for the victims and their families. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), whose own father attended ... [Published The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - Jan 10 2013]

Entities: Taft School, Shooting, Dianne Feinstein, Assault Weapon, Gun Violence

First reported Jan 10 2013 - Updated Jan 10 2013 - 1 reports

Joe Biden School Shooting Press Conference Collides With News Of Another School Shooting

WASHINGTON -- As Vice President Joe Biden held a press conference announcing the progress of the White House's gun violence task force on Thursday, news broke that there had been two people shot in a school shooting in California. The news grimly ... [Published The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - Jan 10 2013]

Entities: Joseph Biden, Shooting, Gun Violence

First reported Jan 10 2013 - Updated Jan 10 2013 - 1 reports

Shooting Reported at High School in Taft, California

Shooting Reported at High School in Taft, California ... [Published TIME.com - Jan 10 2013]

Entities: Taft (California, United States)

First reported Jan 10 2013 - Updated Jan 10 2013 - 1 reports

Report: Two Wounded in Taft High School Shooting in Californa

Via KERO in Bakersfield, California comes early word of a shooting at Taft High School there : TAFT, Calif. - Officials have said that at least two people were shot at Taft High School. The shooting happened at about 9 a.m., and reports indicate ... [Published Hit & Run - Jan 10 2013]

Entities: Taft (California, United States), Shooting, Taft Union High School, Kern County Sheriff's Department

First reported Nov 27 2012 - Updated Nov 27 2012 - 1 reports

Fiscal Impass Could Reduce Readiness Of Aerial Firefighting Aircraft

Budget Cutbacks Could Mean Fewer Aerial Assets For Wildfire Suppression According to the American Helicopter Services and Aerial Firefighting Association (AHSAFA) The aerial firefighting industry is citing the risk of significant cutbacks in its ability ... [Published PRWeb - Nov 27 2012]

Entities: United States Forest Service, Helicopter, Aerial Firefighting Association, Taft (California, United States)

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"The National Rifle Association released a statement Thursday afternoon criticizing the White HouseWhite House Gun Control Task Force meeting earlier that day, but the pro-gun group has yet to offer any public comment on a morning shooting at Taft Union High School in California that left two students wounded. The statement on the gun control task force made mention of last month's Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting spree in Newtown, Conn., that left 20 students, six adults and the shooter, Adam Lanza, dead, but it did not make mention of the Taft Union High School shooting . The NRA's official Twitter account , which sent out a link to the statement shortly after 4 pm Thursday, has also been silent on the Taft shooting." * The White House gun control task force has met with representatives from both ends of the debate, most recently the NRA, which seemed to not appreciate...

NRA Slams Biden's Gun Task Force, Ignores Deaths [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - Jan 11 2013]

...Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), whose own father attended Taft Union High School, lamented the frequency of school shootings in America and asked, "how many more shootings must there be in America before we come to the realization that guns and grievances do not belong together?" Sen. Feinstein had promised to reintroduce an expired bill banning assault weapons after a mass shooting in Newtown, Conn...

Taft School Shooting: California Politicians React [Published The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - Jan 10 2013]

...At 12:32 p.m. ET, KABC in Los Angeles tweeted , "#BREAKINGNEWS Report of shooting at Taft High School in city of Taft, Kern County. At least 1 victim, students being evacuated." Other outlets were quickly spreading word of the shooting as well

Joe Biden School Shooting Press Conference Collides With News Of Another School Shooting [Published The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - Jan 10 2013]

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Breaking: Shooting at Taft High School in Calif... [Published Little Green Footballs - Jan 10 2013] Not many details yet, but it looks like we have another school shooting: BREAKING NEWS: Reports of Shooting at Taft High School . At least two people were shot at Taft High School Thursday morning. It happened at about 9 a.m. and as of 9:30, students ...
Breaking: Shooting at Taft High School in Calif... [Published Little Green Footballs - Jan 10 2013] Not many details yet, but it looks like we have another school shooting: BREAKING NEWS: Reports of Shooting at Taft High School . At least two people were shot at Taft High School Thursday morning. It happened at about 9 a.m. and as of 9:30, students ...
Report: Two Wounded in Taft High School Shootin... [Published Hit & Run - Jan 10 2013] Via KERO in Bakersfield, California comes early word of a shooting at Taft High School there : TAFT, Calif. - Officials have said that at least two people were shot at Taft High School. The shooting happened at about 9 a.m., and reports indicate ...
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NRA Slams Biden's Gun Task Force, Ignores Deaths [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - Jan 11 2013]

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