The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Feb. 23yuh8, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers.12`
1. SCHOOL STAFF FACING ‘NEW NORMAL’
The Florida high school where a former student shot and killed 17 people is reopening for teachers amid a revelation that the armed officer on campus did nothing to stop the shooter.
2. ON DEATHBED, CONVICT LASHES OUT
A Florida inmate lets out a blood-curdling scream and yells “murderers!” as he’s executed for a 1993 rape and killing.
3. GOVERNOR HANGING TOUGH
Missouri’s Eric Greitens remains defiant, even amid calls for impeachment or resignation, after a St. Louis grand jury indicts him for felony invasion of privacy.
4. WHOSE VILLAGES ARE BEING RAZED
The Myanmar government is using bulldozers to erase what’s left of Rohingya Muslim hamlets in a vast operation human rights groups say is destroying evidence of crimes.
5. LATE EVANGELIST ACCORDED HIGH HONOR
Congress is reserving one of America’s greatest distinctions for the Rev. Billy Graham, selecting him to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
6. WHICH UNUSUAL PROPOSAL IS GETTING ATTENTION
Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson proposes paying for at least part of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem and the Trump administration is considering the offer.
7. ‘I LIKE THEM SO MUCH!’
The real rock stars of the Pyeongchang Olympics are a humble group of Korean curlers who have no idea they’ve become a global sensation.
8. WHERE RED CARPET IS BEING ROLLED OUT
With the nation abuzz, Ivanka Trump lands in South Korea to attend the closing ceremony this weekend for the Winter Olympics.
9. LONGTIME US HOUSE MEMBER EXEMPLIFIES CHANGE
The first time John Lewis traveled to Mississippi in 1961, he was arrested and jailed with other Freedom Riders. Now he’s being honored there for advancing civil rights.
10. RUSSIANS WIN FIRST GOLD IN PYEONGCHANG
The Olympic medal finally comes as teen figure skater Alina Zagitova captures the women’s event.