Ore. teen accused of planning to attack school
An Oregon teenager intended to blow up his school in a plot "forged and inspired by the model of the Columbine shootings" and he will be charged with ...
Girl's suicide after alleged attack troubles town
One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott walked up the driveway of a classmate's home alongside other teenagers. She'd told her ...

Safe room mandates remain rare in tornado states
After living nearly 20 years in their one-story brick home, Sherry and Larry Wells finally won the lottery — for a state rebate on a home storm ...

School storm protection is spotty in tornado zones
With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ...

Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down
With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the ...

Gay Fla. teen charged for underage girlfriend
An 18-year-old Florida cheerleader is facing felony charges that she had sexual contact with her underage, 14-year-old girlfriend, leading gay rights ...

Questions linger in shooting of NY college student
As a grieving family prepared for the funeral of a Hofstra University junior killed by a police officer's bullet during a standoff with an armed ...

Authorities: Hofstra student was killed by police
A Hofstra University student being held in a headlock at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded ...

Newtown parents seek more focus on school security
The moment Alissa Parker learned of a shooting at her daughter's school, she suddenly regretted not pointing out what she had seen as security gaps ...

Only 2 of 13 small SUVs do well in crash tests
Only two of 13 small SUVs performed well in front-end crash tests done by an insurance industry group, with several popular models faring poorly in ...

Man shoots himself in head at Paris school
A dozen students and a teacher saw a man kill himself with a shot in the head at a private Catholic school on Thursday, Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe ...
No charges for teen after explosion at Fla. school
A central Florida teenager who was accused of igniting a chemical explosion on school grounds — and who became the subject of a grassroots social ...
Correction: Immigration story
In a story May 14 about a Senate immigration bill, The Associated Press erroneously reported that two of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers entered the U.S
Prez's fired aide highlights SKorean gender divide
A South Korean presidential spokesman who was fired after inappropriately touching a woman during a U.S. trip blames a "cultural difference" with ...

Va. Tech president retires, reflects on massacre
The president of Virginia Tech announced his retirement Tuesday, satisfied he had elevated the university's reputation and acknowledging that the ...

Ex-yeshiva teacher admits sex assault of NJ boy
With other accusers stepping forward, a former yeshiva teacher changed pleas Monday in the middle of his trial, admitting he sexually abused a boy he ...

Newtown panel: Tear down Sandy Hook, rebuild
Newtown parents Steven Uhde and Peter Barresi didn't want the town to abandon the elementary school property where 20 first-graders and six educators ...

Ex-yeshiva teacher faces sex assault charges in NJ
The 12-year-old boy and his rabbi father were driving from the boy's therapist appointment to their Lakewood, N.J., home when the child decided to ...

Judge rules for cheerleaders in Bible banner suit
A judge ruled Wednesday that cheerleaders at a Southeast Texas high school can display banners emblazoned with Bible verses at football games. But the ...

Coach cleared of charges no longer at MSU, Mankato
A former head football coach for Minnesota State University, Mankato, who was cleared of child pornography charges last year but reassigned to an ...

Medal of Honor Society honors Newtown educators
The six educators killed in the December massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School were honored Monday by an organization comprised of Medal of Honor ...
US orders new visa reviews for arriving students
The Homeland Security Department ordered border agents to verify that every international student who arrives in the U.S. has a valid student visa, ...

Authorities: Student shoots self in Ohio classroom
An honors student at an all-male Catholic high school tried to commit suicide in his first-period classroom Monday, police said, critically wounding ...
4 charged after Va. freshmen swept into river
Police arrested three men and sought a fourth Tuesday after two Virginia State University freshmen were swept away while trying to cross a swift, ...