Rifles on campus: College security forces add firepower
By COLLIN BINKLEY Once a rarity on campuses, semi-automatic rifles are becoming a standard part of the arsenal for college security forces — firepower they say could make a difference…
School violence
Authorities: 1 killed, 3 wounded in Tennessee State shooting
By ERIK SCHELZIG One man was killed and three women were wounded in an on-campus shooting stemming from a fight over a dice game on the campus of Tennessee State…
2nd University of South Florida player accused of firing gun
A second University of South Florida football player is now accused of firing a gun on campus. University police arrested junior cornerback Lamar Robbins on Thursday. He remained in the…
Suspect in 2 Mississippi killings dies of apparent suicide
By JEFF AMY and ROGELIO SOLIS After an intense manhunt, authorities in Mississippi said a college instructor wanted in the deaths of a woman he lived with and a university…
2 students hurt in shooting outside Maryland high school
By DAVID DISHNEAU The suspects in a shooting that wounded two students outside a high school basketball game in Maryland were still at large Thursday morning, and police said they…
Siege at Pakistani school ends with 126 dead
By RIAZ KHAN Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing at least 126 people before Pakistani officials declared a military operation…
Prosecutor: Seattle campus shooter went off meds
By GENE JOHNSON Shooting suspect Aaron Ybarra, left, is led in chains to a court hearing at a King County Jail courtroom Friday, June 6, 2014, in Seattle. Ybarra was…
DAD OF NM SHOOTING VICTIM: SHOOTER ‘NOT A BAD BOY’
Students surrounded by officials are escorted from Berrendo Middle School after a shooting, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Roswell, N.M. Roswell police said the suspected shooter was arrested at the…