Two decades after the name “Columbine” became synonymous with a school shooting, the suburban Denver community surrounding the school is debating whether it’s time to tear down a building that also became a beacon for people obsessed with the killings. ...

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A man carrying a knife in each hand and screaming “I will kill you!” attacked a group of schoolgirls near a school bus parked at a bus stop just outside Tokyo on Tuesday, killing two people and injuring at least ...

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Plaintiff and lawyer in landmark student rights case visit UMKC

John Tinker, left, and Dan Johnston, standing right, talk to UMKC law students on Tuesday evening. Tinker was the plaintiff, and Johnston his lawyer, in one of the major student civil rights cases of the 20th century, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, decided in 1969.

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Earlier this year, to much hoopla, the village board of East Rochester, N.Y., took a stand against sex offenders. To “protect the health, safety and well-being of the children” of East Rochester, the board decided to regulate “the movement of ...

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You be the judge: School officials strip search Savanna, a 13-year-old girl, believing she possesses prescription-strength ibuprofen in violation of the school’s zero tolerance policy on drugs. Officials’ only evidence is the uncorroborated accusation of a classmate who was caught ...

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