‘Cruel Hoax’ at Villanova Spreads Panic During Student Orientation

The false report of a gunman drew a large police response to the university’s campus northwest of Philadelphia, where freshmen and their parents were told to shelter in place.

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New Video Shows Uvalde School Chief Trying to Negotiate With Gunman

The video, part of a trove of materials that authorities had refused to release, shows the minutes in which a commander tried to talk to a gunman barricaded in a room with dozens of children.

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Austria Moves to Tighten Gun Laws After Deadly School Shooting

The government announced proposals to make it harder to buy a firearm after a gunman killed nine students and a teacher.

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Picture Begins to Emerge of Suspect in Austrian School Shooting

Officials were investigating how an apparently troubled man had passed the psychological test required to buy firearms.

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Austria Has Lots of Guns, Little Gun Violence, and New Questions

The deadliest school shooting in the nation’s recent history has prompted some gun enthusiasts to worry about the prospect of stricter ownership laws.

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Austria Mourns After a Deadly School Shooting

A former student killed 10 people and then himself in a mass shooting on Tuesday, the police said. It was one of the worst such attacks in Europe in the past decade.

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Michigan State U. to Pay Nearly $30 Million to 3 Survivors of Campus Shooting

The three students who survived the attack in 2023 all suffered extensive, life-altering injuries, their lawyers said.

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Teaching Assistant Stabbed to Death at a School in France

The stabbing happened during a bag search, which had been set up as part of a government effort to address concerns about increased violence in schools.

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Austria School Shooting: What to Know

Several people have been killed in a mass shooting at a high school in Graz, the country’s second-largest city, police said.

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At Least 8 Killed in Austria School Shooting, Graz Mayor Says

Elke Kahr, the mayor of Graz, where the attack took place, gave the death toll in comments to the Austria Press Agency.

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