Tag: School violence

Memorial for Sandy Hook massacre victims nears construction

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NEWTOWN, Conn. — After nearly eight years of discussion and planning, a memorial to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is...

Indictment: Man who hates women planned shooting at sorority

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CLEVELAND — A man who identifies with a group that despises women appeared in federal court in Cincinnati on Wednesday on charges related to...

Getaway driver gets 42 years in Chicago honor student death

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CHICAGO — The getaway driver in the 2013 fatal shooting of a Chicago high school honor student who just days before her death had...

Sex harassment lawsuit against Yale, doctor, is settled

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HARTFORD, Conn. — A settlement has been reached in a wide-ranging sexual harassment lawsuit filed by six women who were doctors at Yale University...

Video shows Florida massacre suspect attacking jail guard

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Accused Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz rushed at a jail guard and was briefly able to wrestle him to the...

Former football player says KU ignored harassment complaints

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LAWRENCE, Kan. — A former University of Kansas football player says the university offered him more than $50,000 in benefits if he left the...

Louisiana school board settles BB gun suspension lawsuits

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NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana school board agreed to pay $165,000 to settle lawsuits by parents of two children suspended last year for holding...

France: 11 convicted of cyberbullying teen who slammed Islam

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PARIS — A French court on Wednesday convicted 11 of 13 people charged with harassing and threatening a teenager who harshly criticized Islam in...

Ex-college football player gets 25 years for Texas slaying

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FORT WORTH, Texas — A former football player at McMurry University in West Texas has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his...

Businesses, schools close as storm Elsa nears Caribbean

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Officials in St. Vincent and the Grenadines closed schools, businesses and an international airport on Friday as the eastern...