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The backpack belonged to a first-grader, Pennington said. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigations is assisting local authorities in investigating the incident further. So far, officials have not disclosed if the student who brought the gun to school will face disciplinary action, per WTOK. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases....

Photo: Columbus Police A Mississippi elementary school teacher has been charged with attempted murder after police say that she intentionally drove her car into a lake with her child inside. Cari Campbell Cullum, 34, was arrested on Friday and charged with attempted murder. A male friend of Cullum’s arrived at the scene, broke one of the windows and rescued both Cullum and the toddler. No one was injured in the incident, the press release says....

Opposites attract in an all-new trailer forPixar’snewest feature film,Elemental. Released Tuesday, the trailer takes viewers into Element City, where, according to fire-based protagonist Ember (The CW’sNancy Drew’sLeah Lewis), each of the four elements — air, earth, water and fire — live and work. The only catch: “elements don’t mix,” as her family often reminds her. When an unlikely element explodes out of the pipes into Ember’s life, her future — which she’d always been told would see her take over her ready-to-retire father’s store — suddenly expands....

Elena Davies.Photo: gotpap/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Big Brotheralum Elena Davies is getting candid about the costs of being on the CBS show and the financial compensation. Davies, 30, who starred onBig Brotherseason 19, opened up toBachelorettealumJason Tartickon his Monday episode of Dear Media’sTrading Spacespodcast about the non-negotiable pay contestants on the show get. “We’re paid a stipend per week. $1,000 a week for as long as you film. Say you are the first person sent home and you only spend six hours in the house, you get $1,000,” Davies told Tartick, 32....

01of 09 Sweet Snap Courtesy Elena Delle Donne 02of 09Puppy LoveCourtesy Elena Delle DonneThe Olympian shared a sweet shot of her much-missed buddy! 02of 09 Puppy Love The Olympian shared a sweet shot of her much-missed buddy! 03of 09Home Court AdvantageCourtesy Elena Delle DonneIn addition to playing for the Chicago Sky and, you know, competing in the Olympics, Elena has a furniture business, Delle Donne Designs. “Getting behind on orders at the moment!...

Photo: Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty Though she’s been absent from competing as of late, having been in three games total this past season, Delle Donne, 32, is “super optimistic” about dominating her opponents again and has largely been focusing on her recovery from back surgery. “I am feeling really great,” she tells PEOPLE, adding that physical therapy is helping her find “different ways to strengthen and just be ready for next season....

Photo: GettyOn Tuesday, for the first time in 80 years, twin elephants were born in captivity in Sri Lanka, according to wildlife officials.A 25-year-old elephant named Surangi gave birth to the twin males at Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage,Reutersreports. Their father is 17-year-old Pandu, who also resides at the orphanage.Renuka Bandaranaike, head of the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, toldBBCthat “both the calves and the mother are doing fine.““The babies are relatively small, but they are healthy,” she added....

elephants.Photo: CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Shutterstock A herd of 15 wild elephants that escaped a nature reserve in China last year has now trekked over 300 miles along highways and fields and has left major destruction in its path. The group of Asian elephants departed from a nature reserve in Xishuangbanna last year and traveled through the southwestern province of Yunnan to Yuxi, a city of about 2.6 million people,CNN,the Associated Press,andNBC Newsreported, all citing the Chinese news agency Xinhua....

Photo: Katie Bryden-World Animal Protection Mundi is ready for her fresh start. The 41-year-old female African savannah elephant has spent most of her life in captivity. According to World Animal Protection, Mundi was orphaned at a young age, captured, trained, and sold into the entertainment industry. She eventually ended up at the Mayaguez Zoo — also known as the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo — in Puerto Rico, where she spent the last 35 years in isolation....

Photo: Daniil Romanov/AP An escape attempt turned into a snow day for two circus elephants. According tothe Associated Press, a pair of elephants escaped from a circus in the Yekaterinburg, Russia — the country’s third largest city. The two elephants, named Karla and Ranni, took to the streets after breaking free from their Italy-based circus troupe, surprising residents. The daring duo broke away from their handlers while they were waiting to be loaded into a vehicle heading to the circus’ next stop....

An elevated walkway on a Texas beach collapsed, injuring 21 teenagers in a summer camp program on Thursday. The incident happened in Surfside, Texas, a small beach town on the Gulf of Mexico that is about 65 miles south of Houston. The collapse remains under investigation, according to theAssociated Press. The teens, ranging in age from 14 to 18, were on a summer camp outing when a portion of decking gave out,KHOU reports....

Photo: George Rose/Getty Six people are grateful to be alive after the elevator they were riding in abruptly fell 84 floors — from the 95th to the 11th — on Friday in one of Chicago’s tallest buildings. The group remained stranded for hours after a broken hoist rope caused the express elevator to quickly plummet on Friday night at the former John Hancock Center (Chicago’s fourth-tallest building),WBBM reported. “At the beginning I believed we were going to die,” Jaime Montemayor told WBBM of the ordeal....

The Plain White T’s is venturing intoStranger Things.In the band’s music video for the new song “Light Up the Room,” an adult version of the hit Netflix show’s Eleven robs a diner, dances in a cascade of money, and romances a man before leaving him in his car.“I’m having so much fun making the videos for this album, and so far this one is definitely my favorite,” frontman Tom Higgenson told PEOPLE about the video....