From a Valley influencer breaking her social media silence about her 3-year-old son's drowning death to a state lawmaker who allegedly tried to smuggle a box cutter into a Phoenix high school to test its weapons detection system, here's a look at some of your top headlines for the morning of August 28.

1. ‘I should have done more to protect him'

2. Lawmaker escorted out of Maryvale High School

3. ‘It looks like a war zone’

4. Mom recalls son's near-drowning

5. Deadly Laveen crash

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