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Mom of 5th-grade student recalls terrifying moment son told her about deadly shooting at Oregon elementary school

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The mother of a 5th-grade student at Silver Rail Elementary School recalled the terrifying moment she received a text message from her son Thursday afternoon that there had been a shooting.

“I instantly turned to social media, and it was blasted all over,” Jenn Johnston told NBC News.

About 20 minutes earlier, Johnston said she had received an automated phone call and text from the Bend, Oregon, school telling her that there was a lockdown in place.

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USABC News

Feds investigating letters with 'suspicious substances' sent to congressional offices

Federal law enforcement officers said they are working to intercept the letters. The FBI, U.S. Capitol Police and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating "multiple letters containing suspicious substances that were mailed to various addresses nationwide, including multiple Congressional offices," according to a notice sent to Senate staff on Thursday and described to ABC News. Preliminary information suggests there are over 100 letters circulating in the U.S. mail system that apparently contain white powder, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

USThe Guardian

‘Too big to rig’: No Kings movement heads to the polls to boost early voting

Coalition has planned more than 3,000 events on Saturday to encourage voting before election day The coalition that has drawn millions of Americans into the streets to fight for democracy over the past two years is shifting its strategy this weekend. On Saturday, No Kings organizers and partners will hold thousands of events across all 50 states and Washington DC to get people to the polls early for the US midterm elections . With high-stakes races that will determine control of Congress , organizers say getting out the vote before election day can ease…