Freeman High School Shooting • Martin Shkreli Goes To Jail • Bernie Sanders' Single-Payer Plan: Patch Morning Briefing

Good morning! It's Thursday, and hopefully your week is going well so far. Here's what you need to know to start your day.

Freeman High School Shooting

Police are holding a Freeman High School student in custody who is believed to be the gunman in a Wednesday shooting. One student was killed and three others injured in Rockford, Washington, when their classmate opened fire early in the school day. According to the police, the shooter stopped after a school custodian ordered him to surrender. "This morning’s shooting at Freeman High School is heartbreaking. All Washingtonians are thinking of the victims and their families," Gov. Inslee said. (Associated Press)

Martin Shkreli Jailed After Offering Money For Hillary Clinton's Hair

Infamous "pharma bro" Martin Shkreli has been ordered to sit in jail while he awaits sentencing after he offered to pay anyone who could bring him a lock of Hillary Clinton's hair. Shkreli, who has been labeled "the most hated man in America," had been free to await his sentencing in his Murray Hill home after he was convicted of securities fraud last month. But a judge revoked his $5 million bail on Wednesday, scolding him for a "solicitation of assault" when he called on his followers to "grab a hair" from Clinton during her book tour. (Patch)

Bernie Sanders Pushes Single-Payer Health Care

Vermont's own Sen. Bernie Sanders is pushing forward with a massive "Medicare for All" single-payer health care plan that — let's be honest — has no chance of passing under the current administration or Congress. The plan, rolled out Wednesday with a cadre of top-tier Democrats rallying in support, is an ambitious if incomplete effort to construct a framework for shaping the American health care apparatus into the mold of a more European-style system. Critics say its costs would be unbearable and that the senator has left out many of the hardest issues from his plans thus far. (The New York Times)

Quick Hits

'Racism Is As American As Baseball' Banner Draped Over Green Monster (Patch)

80 Evacuated From North Miami Beach Assisted Living Facility (Patch)

Sean Spicer Wants To 'Share' Melissa McCarthy's Emmy (Patch)

Maryland Lawmaker Presses For Harriet Tubman $20 Bill (Patch)

Hurricane Irma's Effects Continue To Linger

For hard-hit western Florida, it could be 10 days before electricity and crucial air conditioning are restored, but gas tankers are in Tampa's ports, and trucks are headed across the state to replenish gas stations. (Patch)

Watch: Hurricane Irma's Destructive Journey By The Numbers

White House Calls For ESPN Host To Be Fired

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called Jemele Hill's recent comments about President Trump "outrageous" on Wednesday, adding that she thought the ESPN host's remarks were a "fireable offense." (Patch)

Chainsaw-Wielding Nun Chews Through Debris

As Florida cleans up the damage left behind by Hurricane Irma, a nun picked up a chainsaw and started clearing trees blocking a road. (Patch)

Olympics Sites Finalized: Paris in 2024, Los Angeles In 2028

"The people of Los Angeles know that the games, with your help, begin today," Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said. (Patch)

Feds Not Charging Police In Freddie Gray Case

The U.S. Department of Justice ruled that officers involved in the detainment of Freddie Gray did not willfully violate his rights. (Patch)

This Day In History

1901 — President William McKinley succumbs to injuries after an assassination attempt days earlier

2015 — Scientists detect evidence of gravitational waves, a phenomenon postulated by Albert Einstein, for the first time

Famous Birthdays

1930 — Allan Bloom, a philosopher and a scholar known for his work "The Closing of the American Mind"

1965 — Dmitri Medvedev, successor and predecessor to Vladimir Putin as president of Russia

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