15 days ago
(NewsNation) — The Juneau, Alaska, community is mourning the loss of 16-year-olds Leotis Phillips and Zoey Clark after they were found dead in the woods with a gun on Monday.
"I can't imagine the pain they were in to make this decision," Ariah Clark, a cousin of Zoey Clark, said at a candlelight vigil Tuesday, according to the Juneau Independent. The outlet reported that more than 150 friends, family and teachers gathered at Clark's high school for the vigil, near where the teens' bodies were found.
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"The only comfort I think any of us can find at this point is that they weren't alone and they found peace in those last moments together," Clark added. "They wouldn't want any of us to continue to suffer because that was not their goal and intention."
Alaska teens Leotis Phillips and Zoey Clark were discovered in a wooded area on a coastal road in the state's capital city. (Juneau Police Department)
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"I can't imagine the pain they were in to make this decision," Ariah Clark, a cousin of Zoey Clark, said at a candlelight vigil Tuesday, according to the Juneau Independent. The outlet reported that more than 150 friends, family and teachers gathered at Clark's high school for the vigil, near where the teens' bodies were found.
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"The only comfort I think any of us can find at this point is that they weren't alone and they found peace in those last moments together," Clark added. "They wouldn't want any of us to continue to suffer because that was not their goal and intention."
Alaska teens Leotis Phillips and Zoey Clark were discovered in a wooded area on a coastal road in the state's capital city. (Juneau Police Department)
#alaska #phillips #teens
2 months ago
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday said he won't return to the Capitol for votes "quite yet" as lawmakers prepare to return from recess.
"As much as it frustrates me, this process takes time. And on the advice of my doctors, I won't be able to return to the Senate floor to vote quite yet. But rest ***** ured that, in the meantime, I'm not taking a break from the Senate business that matters to you," McConnell wrote in a Sunday statement shared with The Hill.
"I've been working closely with my legislative staff on current issues, and with my Kentucky team who help me provide timely constituent services across our Commonwealth. I've also been keeping in touch with my Senate colleagues on the appropriations process, midterm politics, and everything in between," he added.
The press release had a photo of the Kentucky senator with a copy of The Washington Post in hand while seated on a hospital chair next to his wife.
McConnell has been hospitalized and absent from the Senate for more than four weeks, following a medical emergency at his Washington, D.C., home on June 14.
"As much as it frustrates me, this process takes time. And on the advice of my doctors, I won't be able to return to the Senate floor to vote quite yet. But rest ***** ured that, in the meantime, I'm not taking a break from the Senate business that matters to you," McConnell wrote in a Sunday statement shared with The Hill.
"I've been working closely with my legislative staff on current issues, and with my Kentucky team who help me provide timely constituent services across our Commonwealth. I've also been keeping in touch with my Senate colleagues on the appropriations process, midterm politics, and everything in between," he added.
The press release had a photo of the Kentucky senator with a copy of The Washington Post in hand while seated on a hospital chair next to his wife.
McConnell has been hospitalized and absent from the Senate for more than four weeks, following a medical emergency at his Washington, D.C., home on June 14.
