Ryan Murphy and the rest of the Glee writers are seemingly determined to make at least one Very Special Episode for every current issue affecting America's teens. And so it glumly came as no surprise last night that Glee tackled the terrible and all too real issue of school shootings. Not surprising, but certainly not welcome, either.
There are currently three people injured after one or more shooters opened fire on the Lone Star College campus in North Houston on Tuesday. One suspect was taken into custody at the school while the other was found at a nearby hospital.
Parents, teachers and local leaders gathered in Newtown, Connecticut on Sunday night to discuss the fate of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 20 first-graders and six adults were gunned down on December 14.
As details emerged from Thursday's shooting at Taft High School in Taft, California, the teacher present in the classroom and a classroom superviser emerged as heroes for successfully talking the gunman into putting his shotgun down and surrendering.
Multiple reports suggest that one person has been shot at Taft High School in Taft, California, and that the shooter is in police custody. We're updating this story as news comes in.
The latest info from the investigation in Connecticut indicates that Nancy Lanza may have left her son alone at home before the shootings, and begins to paint a clearer picture of Adam Lanza himself.
When President Obama took the stage Sunday evening in Newtown, Connecticut, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. By the time he read the names of the victims, you could hear the sobs.
For some perspective about just how awful the events Sandy Hook Elementary were, here is a list of the deadliest school shootings in history.
Details are still sparse, but Baltimore's WJZ television and the Baltimore Sun are reporting that one student at Perry Hall High School is in critical condition after another student apparently shot him in the back in the cafeteria on the first day of school.
One Goh, the former nursing student arrested for the shooting spree at an Oakland university, may face the death penalty for seven murder and three attempted murder charges, all apparently stemming from a dispute over tuition.
The man responsible for killing seven people at an Oakland, California, college yesterday was a former student who had reportedly been kicked out of the school and had returned looking to attack an administrator with whom he had a dispute.
Police and reporters are still trying to figure out exactly what happened when a former nursing student opened fire at a religious medical school in Oakland, California on Monday, in one of the deadliest school shootings ever to hit California.
Today we're looking at an unpleasantly unsettling scene on FX's American Horror Story. Spoilers abound, so proceed with caution.
If it had occurred the bombing would've been the most serious attack since Columbine
Campus safety laws are a slapdash of anti-bullying measures and armed teachers
A suspect has been apprehended, but police are still looking for accomplices
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