Littleton Adventist Hospital where the girl was being treated announced her passing in a statement on its Facebook page. It read despite the best efforts of our physicians and nursing staff and Claire’s fighting spirit, her injuries were too severe and most advanced medical treatments could not prevent this tragic loss of life. Davis was shot in the head at close range by a fellow classmate on December 13th. She was an apparent innocent bystander to the attack. Senior Karl Pierson was targeting the school’s debate coach. He took his own life minutes later. For NPR News, I am Megan Verlee in Denver.

 

The White House is warning South Sudan’s leaders US supporter is at risk if they do not resolve their differences through dialog as a battle between the country’s president and vice president threaten to trigger a civil war. Four US military personal were injured in the violence today during a mission to evacuate Americans. The Obama administration is calling on South Sudanese leaders to help protect US citizens, but as NPR’s Gregory Warner tells us that may not be possible.

 

This area where this incident took place is not under government control, is under control of a militia force that broke off from the army that has sort of pledge of allegiance to the deposed vice president of the country who is now in hiding. So there is no communication from the forces in control of this town and certainly the government said this was not us even people to fighting.

 

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Ceremony is today marking 25 years since bomb exploded on Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. 270 people were killed, many of them Americans. NPR’s Andrew Parsons reports hundreds attended the commemorations today at Arlington National Cemetery. 

 

Family members of victims read the names of the 270 dead as the solitary NNNNN for each. Attorney General Eric Holder spoke the legacy of the bombing which he said includes law enforcement responsibility.

 

To see that justice is done, and to ensure that those who commit acts of terror are held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. 

 

One person was convicted at the bombing, a former Libyan intelligence chief who died of cancer last year. Addition ceremony took place in the UK and Syracuse University which lost 35 students. Andrew Parsons, NPR News.

 

National Intelligence Director James Clapper has declassified more NSA documents. They included Obama and Bush administration court filings, asking a federal judge to continue to keep details about surveillance program secret. 

 

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Egypt’s ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi is facing a third criminal trial. Egyptian prosecutor said today he is charged with organizing prison breaks during the 2011 uprising against then-president Hosni Mubarak, spreading chaos and collaborating with foreign militants. Morsi is also already on trial for allegedly calling for opposition activists to be killed during his ten-year as Egypt’s president.

 

The Roman Catholic Church and Church of England have declared that they will battle each other. As Fiona Zublin reports this time they will face off on the cricket pitch. 

 

The Vatican cricket club was formed last October to allow Catholic seminaries and priests in Roma to play each other. But they had not real advisories so the Vatican teams known as the Vatican XI called on the Anglican Church to create an opposing team. The Archbishop of Canterbury accepted the challenge and two sides plan to play each other at Lord’s in London in September which will allow the Anglicans time to assembly a team. The Church of England split from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534 during the ruling of King Henry VIII. There is also a soccer tournament played by Roma’s religious elite known as Clericus Cup which was part of inspiration for the Vatican’s cricket team. The players will wear the seal of papacy, two crossed keys on their jackets. For NPR News, I am Fiona Zublin.

 

Harry Potter could be coming to a stage near you. Author J. K. Rowling says she is coproducing a new play about the wizard’s untold earlier years as an orphan and an outcast. Rowling says she is not writing the script. The project is at the initial stage and moves into development next year. Rowling’s co-producers say the new offer the unique insight into the heart and mind of Harry Potter.