Retired troopers patrolling schools in Pennsylvania district
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Butler, Pa., officials acted quickly after the Newtown school massacre to hire qualified people with law enforcement credentials to keep watch on campuses.
Butler, Pa., has a population of about 15,000. Retired state troopers have been enlisted to patrol school grounds since the massacre in Newtown, Conn., last month. Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post
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Before the first funeral in Newtown, Butler’s head of school security began recruiting retired state troopers.
NASA tried one last time to contact its record-setting Mars rover Opportunity, but declared it dead on Feb. 13, 2019, 15 years after arriving at the Red Planet. The solar-powered rover has been silent for eight months, victim of one of the most intense dust storms in decades.