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son and father die in silo avalanche which is actually pretty common. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/27/wisconsin-grain-silo-avalanche-that-killed-father-and-son-is-commonplace-on-us-farms.html

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The Maryland school shooter was killed by his own bullet, not the school resource officer's, police say

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Austin Wyatt Rollins -- a 17-year-old who killed one student and injured another -- shot himself in the head in a hallway at Great Mills High School on the morning of March 20, right as school resource officer Blaine Gaskill fired his gun at him, the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office said.

The officer's shot struck Rollins' gun, which was in the teen's hand, the sheriff's office said.

Nevertheless, Gaskill's quick action -- confronting Rollins just three minutes after the teen shot two students -- has been credited with bringing the incident to a quick end. That praise came even when it was unclear which shot killed the teen.

"He responded exactly how we train our personnel to respond," St. Mary's County Sheriff Tim Cameron told reporters before investigators determined Rollins killed himself.

Police say Rollins shot two people with one bullet in a school hallway just before classes began. He shot Jaelynn Willey, 16, in the head -- and the bullet also struck a 14-year-old boy in the leg, police said.

Gaskill responded to the scene in less than a minute, and confronted Haskill in a hallway three minutes after the shooting, the sheriff 's office said.

About 30 seconds later, Rollins and the officer fired simultaneously, the sheriff's office said.

Willey died after being taken off life support on Thursday, two days after the shooting. The injured boy was discharged from a hospital a day after the shooting.

Great Mills High School is in Great Mills, about 70 miles southeast of Washington.

Police said Rollins, the shooter, had a "prior relationship which recently ended" with Willey and that the shooting was not a random act of violence. The handgun used in the shooting was legally owned by Rollins' father, police said.

CNN's Janet DiGiacomo, Carma Hassan and Dianne Gallagher contributed to this report.

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Austin Wyatt Rollins -- a 17-year-old who killed one student and injured another -- shot himself in the head in a hallway at Great Mills High School on the morning of March 20, right as school resource officer Blaine Gaskill fired his gun at him, the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office said.

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Memorial service honors local FBI agent who died of cancer due to Sept. 11 terror attacks

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - On Tuesday, the community honored a local FBI agent who died from cancer due to the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

The FBI says one of its first-responders to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks has died of brain cancer linked to exposure to contaminants.

Special Agent Melissa S. Morrow died Thursday at the age of 48.

The agency said in a news release Friday that Morrow made the "ultimate sacrifice," and her death has been classified as a line-of-duty death. She had been certified by the World Trade Center Health Program and the Sept. 11th Victim Compensation Fund.

"She fought for justice for those we lost, to bring peace to their families and to make sure what happened that day would never ever happen again," FBI Director Christopher Wray said at Morrow's funeral Tuesday inside Country Club Christian Church.

Morrow joined the FBI in 1995 and worked at its Washington field office prior to transferring to the Kansas City field office.

'How many of us could have fought through what she did with that same quiet heroism, that same sense of humor, that same strength and that same courage?" Wray said.

She was a first responder to the Pentagon crash site and the Alexandria evidence warehouse. The FBI says she spent 10 weeks recovering and processing evidence at the site, where she was exposed to dangerous contaminants.

FBI Special Agent Thomas O'Connor said Morrow is the 11th FBI agent to die as a result of the Sept. 11th attacks. According to records on Officer Down Memorial Page, 10 of those deaths occurred well after the attacks.

"No longer will these agents pass quietly into the night. They will be honored for their service and paying the ultimate sacrifice for their country," O'Connor said.

Morrow was honored with the playing of "Taps" and "Amazing Grace" outside of the church by bagpipes and bugles. After a three-shot volley by the Greene County Sheriff's Office Honor Guard, a traditional end-of-watch transmission from the Missouri Highway Patrol was aired over police radios for Morrow's Radio 1108.
Editor's note: FOX4 experienced unexpected technical difficulties during the livestream of this service. We sincerely apologize to those who were watching. The service has now been posted above in its entirety.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - On Tuesday, the community honored a local FBI agent who died from cancer due to the Sept. 11 terror attacks. The FBI says one of its first-responders to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks has died of brain cancer linked to exposure to contaminants. Special Agent Melissa S.

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Apple faces 59 lawsuits over throttled iPhones

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Dozens of iPhone owners are taking Apple Inc. to court over the company's disclosure that it slowed down old phones to preserve battery life, in what could become one of the biggest legal challenges to the smartphone since its 2007 debut.

Some five dozen iPhone customers have filed at least 59 separate lawsuits since December accusing Apple of slowing their phones to spur people to buy new iPhones, according to court records. The lawsuits were filed after Apple said in December that its software updates reduced the performance of older phone models. They seek an unspecified financial award, attorneys' fees and free iPhone battery replacements, as well as a corrective advertising campaign.

The lawsuits are seeking class-action status. Efforts to combine the cases into one class-action suit will kick off at a March 29 legal meeting in Atlanta, setting in motion an effort to have the class certified. A lead attorney and a court location also will be chosen.

Class-action lawsuits are frequently filed against big companies, but the large number of suits-legal experts say any more than 20 is a lot-is unusual. It is also roughly triple the number of suits filed in 2010 over the iPhone 4's tendency to drop calls.
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Apple settled the resulting class-action lawsuit in 2012, agreeing to either pay iPhone 4 owners $15 or give them a free case, according to Ira Rothken, an attorney who represented the plaintiffs. The total potential settlement amount was $315 million.

This latest surge of iPhone lawsuits could present Apple with unique challenges. The company is already battling to convince its users that its newest devices are worth $1,000 or more, as global demand for smartphones stagnates and people hold on to their devices longer.
Click here to read more from The Wall Street Journal.

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Apple faces multiple lawsuits over throttled iPhones

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Dozens of iPhone owners are taking Apple Inc. to court over the company's disclosure that it slowed down old phones to preserve battery life, in what could become one of the biggest legal challenges to the smartphone since its 2007 debut.

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The City of Atlanta’s 8,000 employees got the word on Tuesday that they had been waiting for: It was O.K. to turn their computers on.

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Massive waves cause for dramatic rescue of Hawaii fishing boat.

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Eight men were rescued Sunday hundreds of miles off the coast of Hawaii after a pair of rogue waves struck a fishing boat and caused it to sink.

The Coast Guard said in a news release the 61-foot fishing vessel, Princess Hawaii, was over 400 miles northeast of Hawaii's Big Island when it ran into trouble around 11:23 a.m., at which time an emergency position indicating radio beacon alert was received.

An aircrew was launched at 3 p.m., and a flare and lift raft were spotted from a HC-130 Hercules aircraft a little more than 2 hours later.

"The aircrew reported they located the Princess Hawaii mostly submerged with only the stern above the waterline," the Coast Guard said.

After confirming all crewmembers were accounted for, the Coast Guard said the air crew remained on scene until the 73-foot fishing vessel Commander, which was fishing nearby, arrived on scene just before 11 p.m. to rescue the crew from the lifeboat.

The owner of the Princess Hawaii told the Associated Press on Tuesday that two massive rogue waves hit the boat, swamping it and forcing the crew to abandon ship.

One wave hit the back of the of the 61-foot fishing vessel, and another hit the side, Loc Nguyen said.

"It was so big, they've never seen that before," he told the AP. There was "too much water on the top and it went down."
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Nguyen said the fishing crew had already set about 15 miles of line when the waves crashed, knocking five workers into the water. The three other members of the crew were inside, and were able to deploy the vessel's life raft.

The boat owner told the AP he was "very happy" when he talked to the survivors and heard there were no injuries.

"I don't care very much about my boat," Nguyen said. "I lost money, OK. But if someone was dead or something, I would feel bad all my life."

Rogue waves are "extremely rare," according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration website, but there are known causes of the phenomenon.

"Rogues, called 'extreme storm waves' by scientists, are those waves which are greater than twice the size of surrounding waves, are very unpredictable, and often come unexpectedly from directions other than prevailing wind and waves," NOAA says.

Swells can travel at different speeds across the ocean, and as they pass through one another they can create "large, towering waves that quickly disappear."

When waves caused by storms go against the normal current, very big waves can also form in the open ocean.

"Extreme waves developed in this fashion tend to be longer lived," the NOAA says.

The Commander, with the eight crew members on board, is scheduled to arrive in Oahu on Friday, according to the Coast Guard.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Travis Fedschun is a reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @travfed

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'Rogue waves' prompt dramatic rescue after fishing boat with 8 aboard sinks in Hawaii

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Eight men were rescued Sunday hundreds of miles off the coast of Hawaii after a pair of rogue waves struck a fishing boat and caused it to sink. The Coast Guard said in a news release the 61-foot fishing vessel, Princess Hawaii, was over 400 miles northeast of Hawaii's Big Island when it ran into trouble around 11:23 a.m., at which time an emergency position indicating radio beacon alert was received.

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Officer in New York bought gloves for kids trying to have a snowball fight who didn't

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An Uber driver drove through a public staircase claiming that he was just following directions from his app.

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An Uber driver in California ended up taking the stairs on Sunday after claiming the navigation system in the ride-sharing app told him to.

The driver, only identified as Fred by Business Insider, was reportedly driving two passengers through San Francisco, on his way to pick up a third, when he made the wrong turn just before 1:30 p.m.

Fred, who's reportedly been driving with the company for less than a year, told the news outlet that Uber's navigation instructed him to go down the stairs outside a pedestrian sidewalk near a Safeway supermarket.

A tow truck driver attempted to remove the white Toyota Camry from the stairs around 3 p.m., but the cable connecting the car to the tow truck snapped, leaving the car to slide forward into a city trash can, pushing it off its bolts, the San Francisco Examiner reported.

Reports indicated no one was injured in the incident, and it wasn't immediately clear whether the driver would be cited.

Nicole Darrah covers breaking and trending news for FoxNews.com. Follow her on Twitter @nicoledarrah.

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Uber driver takes the stairs, blames app's navigation

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An Uber driver in California ended up taking the stairs on Sunday after claiming the navigation system in the ride-sharing app told him to. The driver, only identified as Fred by Business Insider, was reportedly driving two passengers through San Francisco, on his way to pick up a third, when he made the wrong turn just before 1:30 p.m.

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Google just lost a major copyright case that could cost it billions of dollars and change how tech companies approach software development.

An appeals court said on Tuesday that Google violated copyright laws when it used Oracle's open-source Java software to build the Android platform in 2009.

Tuesday's ruling is the latest development in a topsy-turvy eight-year battle between Google and Oracle .

Oracle first brought its case against Google in 2010, claiming that Android infringes two patents that Oracle holds on its Java software, a ubiquitous programming language powering everything from phones to websites.

In 2012, a jury determined that Java does not deserve protection under copyright law. Two years later, an appeals court overturned the ruling, raising the question of whether Google's use of Oracle's API violated copyright law.

A jury determined in 2016 that Google's use of Oracle's APIs was legal under the copyright law's fair use doctrine, which allows the free use of copyrighted material under specific circumstances. Oracle appealed the decision, and a judge took its side on Tuesday.

"There is nothing fair about taking a copyrighted work verbatim and using it for the same purpose and function as the original in a competing platform," a panel of three Federal Circuit judges wrote in Tuesday's opinion.

Oracle said in a statement on Tuesday that the recent "decision protects creators and consumers." Google said it is weighing its next steps. It could appeal to the full slate of judges on the court.

"We are disappointed the court reversed the jury finding that Java is open and free for everyone," a Google spokesman said in a statement. "This type of ruling will make apps and online services more expensive for users. We are considering our options."

Related: Jury sides with Google in billion dollar Oracle suit

Another court will decide how much Google owes Oracle in damages.

As of 2016, Oracle was seeking about $9 billion from Google. But because APIs have become much more widespread over the years, a court could decide that Oracle deserves more, Carani sad.

"The numbers in this case will be staggering," he added.

The verdict is likely to eclipse the current largest copyright verdict of $1.3 billion, awarded to Oracle when it sued rival SAP in 2010.

Google isn't the only company that stands to lose from this decision. Many others rely on open-source software to develop their own platforms. Tuesday's ruling means that some will either have pay to license certain software or develop their own from scratch.

"The decision is going to create a significant shift in how software is developed worldwide," Carani said. "It really means that copyright in this context has teeth."

"Sometimes free is not really free," he added.

- CNNMoney's David Goldman contributed reporting.

CNNMoney (New York) First published March 27, 2018: 5:36 PM ET

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Wisconsin grain silo avalanche that killed father and son is commonplace on US farms

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More than 4000 lost in fertility clinic tank failure

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The University Hospitals Fertility Clinic also said about 950 families were affected by the storage tank failure earlier this month. At the time, the facility in Cleveland said it believed about 700 families were affected.

In a letter sent to the families, dated Monday and obtained by CNN on Tuesday, University Hospitals said it was sharing the updated information with a "heavy heart."

"The technical manner in which the eggs and embryos are stored in these freezers complicated our initial determination of how many patients and specimens were affected," the letter stated.

At the time of the failure, the clinic said it was unable to determine right away whether any of the eggs and embryos were still viable. In the letter this week, it said, "We are heartbroken to tell you that it's unlikely any are viable."

The freezer failure

The malfunction occurred when temperatures unexpectedly fluctuated in the liquid nitrogen storage tank where the eggs and embryos were stored, University Hospitals said.

An investigation revealed that the remote alarm system on the tank, designed to alert an employee to changes such as temperature swings, was off.

"We don't know when the remote alarm was turned off, but it remained off through that weekend, so an alert wasn't sent to our employee as the tank temperature began to rise on Saturday night, when the lab isn't staffed," the letter said.

"An alarm should have been sent and received," it continued. "We don't know who turned off the remote alarm nor do we know how long it was off, but it appears to have been off for a period of time. We are still seeking those answers."

The tank in question had been experiencing "difficulty" for several weeks before the failure, the facility said in its letter this week. There were problems with the automatic filling of liquid nitrogen into the tank, so employees were having to fill the tank manually.

The facility said that, at the time of the failure, it was working with the tank manufacturer on how to correct the problem. In the meantime, it had begun the several-week process of transferring all specimens to another storage tank -- though when the failure happened, no specimens had yet been moved.

When it last checked the nitrogen levels before the failure, they "appeared to be appropriate," the facility said, "but we now suspect that may not have been the case."

"We do not yet know if this fill process may explain the rise in temperature over the weekend," the letter said. "This investigation continues."

The facility's response

University Hospitals said it takes responsibility for the failures and "we are so sorry that our failures caused such a devastating loss for you."

It said is has offered its affected patients tailored medical services. It also promised to refund paid storage fees and waive storage fees for the next seven years.

New storage tanks and new alarm systems are now in place, it added.

"We know that words are not enough," the letter concluded. "Our actions must now speak for us. We hope our actions will restore your trust in us."

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More than 4,000 eggs and embryos lost in Cleveland fertility clinic tank failure

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The University Hospitals Fertility Clinic also said about 950 families were affected by the storage tank failure earlier this month. At the time, the facility in Cleveland said it believed about 700 families were affected. In a letter sent to the families, dated Monday and obtained by CNN on Tuesday, University Hospitals said it was sharing the updated information with a "heavy heart."

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A mother was arrested after her two children were found strapped to their car seats, dead, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office in Arizona said.

Brittany Velasquez, 20, was taken into custody after the two children, ages 2 and 10 months, were discovered dead Monday night, according to ABC affiliate KNXV.

Sheriff's spokeswoman Navideh Forghani said that evidence indicates foul play and autopsies are underway.

The children's grandmother told Arizona's Family that she feels the system has failed her.

Other relatives told the news outlet that law enforcement officials and the Department of Child Safety that had been called to the family's home multiple times.

Velasquez faces two counts of murder. She was booked into the Pinal County Jail on Tuesday, jail records show.

It was not immediately clear whether she'd entered a plea.

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A mother was arrested after her two children were found strapped to their car seats, dead, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office in Arizona said. Brittany Velasquez, 20, was taken into custody after the two children, ages 2 and 10 months, were discovered dead Monday night, according to ABC affiliate KNXV.

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Several top US law firms have left President Donald Trump with few places to turn for legal help in the Russia probe.

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About seven minutes after Sacramento police fatally shot unarmed black man Stephon Clark in his grandmother's backyard, officers were instructed to mute their body cameras

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About seven minutes after Sacramento police fatally shot unarmed black man Stephon Clark in his grandmother's backyard, officers were instructed to mute their body cameras.

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Wisconsin grain silo avalanche killing father and son.

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The tragic deaths of a Wisconsin dairy farmer and his 14-year-old son last week in grain silo avalanche sent a familiar chill through America's agriculture community, whose members know too well the grim dangers of of life on the family farm.

While entanglements with machines or falls are generally seen as the most frequent cause of injury or death on farms, grain silo avalanches - whether inside the silo itself or from a structural collapse - happen almost on a daily basis, experts say.

"The accident in Wisconsin over the weekend is just another wakeup call that there are inherent dangers in production agriculture," Keith Bolsen, a former professor of animal sciences and industry at Kansas State University and the founder of the Keith Bolsen Silage Safety Foundation, told Fox News. "Silage and farming can be very dangerous."

The deaths of 51-year-old Daniel Briel and his teenage son David, on Saturday are an example of the most common type of accident to occur on farms with grain silos. The two, along with Briel's other son, 15-year-old Caleb, were working to clear off a buildup of silage - the dense, highly moist fodder used to fed animals - on the walls inside of the silo when an "internal collapse" occurred and buried Daniel and David. Caleb, who was also inside, was able to escape.

Bolsen noted that silage comprises 60 to 70 percent moisture, and a cubic yard of the animal feed can weigh up to half a ton or more. During the winter, silage will freeze on the inner walls of a silo and needs to be cleaned off by hand.

"We've seen numerous fatalities because of these collapses," Bolsen said. "And there are even more near misses that occur practically every day."

A study from Purdue University found that there were 29 grain entrapment cases reported in 2016 - a 21 percent increase from the previous year - with 11 of the cases proving fatal. In 2018, there have already been numerous reports of grain silo collapses, including one in Ohio that dumped 200 semi-truck-size loads of grain over a local road.

The dangers posed by silage collapses in silos have led the farming industry to move away from the towering structures toward storage in bunkers and large piles. Even so, experts say, these more current practices pose risks of large chunks of the grain caving in and burying farmers - and in some cases even large farm equipment - under numerous tons of feed.

"I parked the front of my pickup about 12 feet back from the face of a bunker silo that was about 14 feet high," cattle rancher Richard Porter told researchers last year. "While I was standing about 30 yards away talking to an employee, the silage collapsed. It hit the hood of my truck hard enough that one could easily see the outline of the air cleaner."

Along with the avalanches, grain silos have been known to collapse and explode - causing massive fireballs as gases locked up in the silos are released. While Bolsen and other experts say these types of events are uncommon and usually occur because of faulty silo construction or metal fatigue, they are impressive to watch.

Indeed, a video of the moment a silo filled with corn toppled over and caused a flaming explosion in 2017 racked up millions of views on Facebook.

Experts say that while silo collapses and other accidents will always be a factor on farms, there are steps that can be taken to mitigate the risks.

Bolsen notes that the No. 1 way to save lives while working inside a silo is to not work alone -- and have somebody watching out for avalanches.

"Follow the buddy rule," he said. "It has saved countless lives."

Other rules to follow include avoiding letting the silage build up too high, and rejecting complacency. Bolsen said that while it is too early to pass judgment on last weekend's tragedy, it is easy to become complacent when you're working long hours and have been doing a particular job for years.

"When we get tired, we make mistakes," he said. "The father should have recognized they were in harm's way, but maybe he'd done this so many times before that he didn't think twice about it."

Bolsen added, "But you can do something every day and it only takes a split second for disaster to strike."

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Wisconsin grain silo avalanche that killed father and son is commonplace on US farms

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The idyllic, pastoral image of farm life was shattered over the weekend when a Wisconsin dairy farmer and his 14-year-old son were killed by a grain avalanche in a silo they were cleaning - a tragedy that highlighted a fairly common, and horrifying, occurrence on farms across the United States

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A former NFL cheerleader for the New Orleans Saints alleges the rules for cheerleaders discriminate against women.

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Kansas legislators are proposing a bill to legally arm teachers. A lot of groups against gun violence are voicing their opinions about this proposal. The bill also prohibits insurance companies from revising their school policies.

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A plan to arm teachers in Kansas drew lots of attention in Topeka on Tuesday.

The idea: to let Kansas teachers, if they want to, to carry a concealed weapon in class.

"I don't think that's the answer," said Leanna Barclay from Shawnee. Barclay is with the gun control group "Mom's Demand Action." Some members went to Topeka for the early morning hearing.

"We are very disappointed to see a solution offered that would encourage arming teachers here in Kansas," said Jo Ella Hoye with Mom's Demand Action.

The bill's sponsor is State Representative Blake Carpenter of Derby.

He says in rural Kansas, law enforcement may be too far away to respond quickly of trouble erupts.

The bill also prevents insurance companies from revising school district insurance policies, or cancelling them, because some teachers may be armed.

The Kansas House, also on Tuesday, approved a different school safety bill along with $5 Million to support it, including an amendment that would scale back the Kansas law allowing concealed weapons in many public buildings.

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A plan to arm teachers in Kansas drew lots of attention in Topeka on Tuesday. The idea: to let Kansas teachers, if they want to, to carry a concealed weapon in class. "I don't think that's the answer," said Leanna Barclay from Shawnee. Barclay is with the gun control group "Mom's Demand Action."

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Father and son farmers die in grain avalanche.

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The tragic deaths of a Wisconsin dairy farmer and his 14-year-old son last week in grain silo avalanche sent a familiar chill through America's agriculture community, whose members know too well the grim dangers of of life on the family farm.

While entanglements with machines or falls are generally seen as the most frequent cause of injury or death on farms, grain silo avalanches - whether inside the silo itself or from a structural collapse - happen almost on a daily basis, experts say.

"The accident in Wisconsin over the weekend is just another wakeup call that there are inherent dangers in production agriculture," Keith Bolsen, a former professor of animal sciences and industry at Kansas State University and the founder of the Keith Bolsen Silage Safety Foundation, told Fox News. "Silage and farming can be very dangerous."

The deaths of 51-year-old Daniel Briel and his teenage son David, on Saturday are an example of the most common type of accident to occur on farms with grain silos. The two, along with Briel's other son, 15-year-old Caleb, were working to clear off a buildup of silage - the dense, highly moist fodder used to fed animals - on the walls inside of the silo when an "internal collapse" occurred and buried Daniel and David. Caleb, who was also inside, was able to escape.

Bolsen noted that silage comprises 60 to 70 percent moisture, and a cubic yard of the animal feed can weigh up to half a ton or more. During the winter, silage will freeze on the inner walls of a silo and needs to be cleaned off by hand.

"We've seen numerous fatalities because of these collapses," Bolsen said. "And there are even more near misses that occur practically every day."

A study from Purdue University found that there were 29 grain entrapment cases reported in 2016 - a 21 percent increase from the previous year - with 11 of the cases proving fatal. In 2018, there have already been numerous reports of grain silo collapses, including one in Ohio that dumped 200 semi-truck-size loads of grain over a local road.

The dangers posed by silage collapses in silos have led the farming industry to move away from the towering structures toward storage in bunkers and large piles. Even so, experts say, these more current practices pose risks of large chunks of the grain caving in and burying farmers - and in some cases even large farm equipment - under numerous tons of feed.

"I parked the front of my pickup about 12 feet back from the face of a bunker silo that was about 14 feet high," cattle rancher Richard Porter told researchers last year. "While I was standing about 30 yards away talking to an employee, the silage collapsed. It hit the hood of my truck hard enough that one could easily see the outline of the air cleaner."

Along with the avalanches, grain silos have been known to collapse and explode - causing massive fireballs as gases locked up in the silos are released. While Bolsen and other experts say these types of events are uncommon and usually occur because of faulty silo construction or metal fatigue, they are impressive to watch.

Indeed, a video of the moment a silo filled with corn toppled over and caused a flaming explosion in 2017 racked up millions of views on Facebook.

Experts say that while silo collapses and other accidents will always be a factor on farms, there are steps that can be taken to mitigate the risks.

Bolsen notes that the No. 1 way to save lives while working inside a silo is to not work alone -- and have somebody watching out for avalanches.

"Follow the buddy rule," he said. "It has saved countless lives."

Other rules to follow include avoiding letting the silage build up too high, and rejecting complacency. Bolsen said that while it is too early to pass judgment on last weekend's tragedy, it is easy to become complacent when you're working long hours and have been doing a particular job for years.

"When we get tired, we make mistakes," he said. "The father should have recognized they were in harm's way, but maybe he'd done this so many times before that he didn't think twice about it."

Bolsen added, "But you can do something every day and it only takes a split second for disaster to strike."

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Wisconsin grain silo avalanche that killed father and son is commonplace on US farms

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The idyllic, pastoral image of farm life was shattered over the weekend when a Wisconsin dairy farmer and his 14-year-old son were killed by a grain avalanche in a silo they were cleaning - a tragedy that highlighted a fairly common, and horrifying, occurrence on farms across the United States