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Lawsuit: California Festival Didn’t Plan for Active Shooter

LOS ANGELES — Organizers of a Northern California food festival where a gunman killed three people and wounded 13 others didn’t consider the risk of an active shooter, according to a lawsuit from five injured victims. Santino William Legan cut …

Security Measures Help Urban Schools Avoid Mass Shootings

Alondra Alvarez lives about five minutes from her high school on Detroit’s southwest side but she drives there instead of walking because her mother fears for her safety. Once the 18-year-old enters the building, her surroundings take on a more …

Central Pennsylvania Nightclubs Turning to Metal Detectors

People heading out to bars in central Pennsylvania are increasingly being asked to show more than proof of their age. Some clubs in the Harrisburg area are passing a metal-detecting wand over customers to make sure they’re not carrying weapons. …

9/11 Brought Changes to Skyscrapers and High-Rises

What if it should happen again? A decade after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, could any of the nation’s 21,000 high-rises withstand an attack like those that caused New York’s twin towers to collapse? Could the thousands of people inside …