the Annunciation

noun

: March 25 celebrated as a Christian festival in memory of the announcement to the Virgin Mary that she would be the mother of Christ

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Walz and Democratic-Farmer-Labor legislators are calling for new policies including a state ban on semiautomatic assault-style weapons like the AR-15, which was used in the Annunciation shooting. Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 20 Sep. 2025 Trump ordered the flags lowered following the Annunciation Church shooting in August. James Powel, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025 Which brings us back to the Annunciation shooter. Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025 As Minneapolis public schools prepare to begin the first day of classes on Tuesday, police confirmed three more children were injured in last week's shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School. Megan Forrester, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2025 Two children — 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski — were killed and 17 people were injured during the shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025

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