A Cincinnati school spokeswoman says an 8-year-old student who killed himself two days after he was knocked unconscious at school never told staff he'd been assaulted or bullied and instead said he had fainted.
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7-year-old Alabama girl helps to fund her own brain surgery
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Bond hearing for man who killed ex-Saints star Will Smith
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House passes sweeping voting rights bill over GOP opposition
House Democrats passed sweeping voting and ethics legislation over unanimous Republican opposition, advancing to the Senate what would be the largest overhaul of the U.S. election law in at least a generation.
