Topic: School Shootings

What We Watched

'Glee' Shoots and Misses

Fox

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.

By Connor Simpson

Jan 22, 2013

Three People Shot at Lone Star College in Texas

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. 

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 13, 2013

The Debate About Destroying Sandy Hook Officially Begins

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. 

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By Connor Simpson

Jan 10, 2013

Everything We Know About the Hero Teachers from the California Shooting

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. 

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By Dashiell Bennett

Jan 10, 2013

California High School Shooting: Updates

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.

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Newtown School Shooting: Live Updates

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.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 16, 2012

Obama: We Must Change

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.

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By David Wagner

Dec 14, 2012

Newtown Could Be the Deadliest School Shooting in History

For some perspective about just how awful the events Sandy Hook Elementary were, here is a list of the deadliest school shootings in history.

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By Adam Martin

Aug 27, 2012

A Shooting on the First Day of School in Baltimore

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. 

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By Adam Martin

Apr 4, 2012

Alleged Oakland Shooter Apparently Snapped Over a Tuition Dispute

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.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Apr 3, 2012

Former Student Kills Seven People at Oakland College

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.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 2, 2012

Oakland Religious School Shooting Already One of California's Deadliest

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.

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By Richard Lawson

Nov 10, 2011

What We Watched

'American Horror Story' Goes Too Far

Today we're looking at an unpleasantly unsettling scene on FX's American Horror Story. Spoilers abound, so proceed with caution.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Aug 17, 2011

Tampa Officials Foil a School Bomb Plot

If it had occurred the bombing would've been the most serious attack since Columbine

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By Adam Martin

Apr 20, 2011

Twelve Years After Columbine, No Consensus on Making Schools Safer

Campus safety laws are a slapdash of anti-bullying measures and armed teachers

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By Alex Eichler

Mar 25, 2011

One Student Shot at Indiana Middle School

A suspect has been apprehended, but police are still looking for accomplices

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