Five months into 2018, there have been 16 shootings at US schools that have resulted in injury or death, based on data from campaign group Everytown for Gun Safety. The shooting in Texas on Friday, where, by mid-morning, the death toll was given by a local sheriff as between eight…

Excerpted from an article that originally appeared in The New York Times. Used with permission. Eunice, Louisiana — Before two-a-day football practices began in August 1969, coach Joe Nagata gathered some of his white senior players at Eunice High School. He told them to prepare for workouts more difficult than…

Students at the University of New Mexico can now pick up coasters that will alert them if any drugs are in their drinks, the school announced. The university’s Campus Office of Substance Abuse Prevention said they are handing out the coasters, which test for GHB and ketamine, drugs commonly referred…

Matt Smyth’s secret was spilled his senior year of high school with a knock on the front door of his family’s Fallbrook home. Two plainclothes sheriff’s detectives were investigating reports that Smyth’s former assistant scoutmaster — the one who’d driven kids to Boy Scout meetings, chaperoned campouts and hosted fishing…

Simon Butt, professor of Indonesian law at the University of Sydney said many thought Jokowi “appears to be pandering to the elites, the political parties that have supported nomination rather than constituents. “Even before he started his second term,  people had started to wonder why they voted for him,” Professor Butt said….

Leicester is generally a safe place to live and study. As in any city, however, unsettling incidents can occur. Following some simple advice and taking a few basic precautions can make a real difference in keeping you, your accommodation and your belongings safe and secure. Plan ahead, think how you…

Art students ‘fear attack by thugs’ By Stephen Ivall STUDENTS at Falmouth College of Arts are being advised not to go out on their own and to report any incident to police which involves harassment or attack by the town’s louts. Posters are going up at the college warning students…

“If you’re white, you’re all right. If you’re brown, stick around. If you’re black, get back.” — African-American folk saying I was about to give a speech — I can’t remember when or even where — when this teacher brought a student up, hoping I could help her. The teacher…

Photos by Chris Fincham Students from Northeast High School acted out various scenes during The Human Experience at Marley Station Mall the evening of Oct. 11. The performance was part of an annual event – formerly the House of Addiction – designed to teach youth about the dangers of addiction…

Less than a week after Alberta’s UCP government confirmed that some truck drivers would be permanently exempt from new training safety standards, the Alberta NDP was joined by family members of the victims of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash urging the government to reverse that decision. “The government certainly isn’t…