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At their StoryCorps interview in Houston, Tanai Benard, 34, and her son, Dezmond Floyd, 10, discuss what's become a grim yet routine topic at schools: active shooter drills.

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'There Is No Handbook For This': A Mother And Son Talk About School Shootings

5:21pm March 22, 2018

Recent school shootings are prompting many difficult conversations for families. In a StoryCorps interview, a fifth-grader and his mom discuss active shooter drills.

President Trump speaks during a meeting with the members of the National Governors Association at the White House on Monday.

Renewing Call To Arm Teachers, Trump Tells Governors The NRA Is 'On Our Side'

3:37pm February 26, 2018

by Scott Horsley

The president also criticized law enforcement for not doing enough to prevent the high school shooting in Parkland, Fla., and suggested he would have been more aggressive in engaging the gunman.

LA County Sheriff's patrol cars leave El Camino High School in Whittier, Calif., on Wednesday. A 17-year-old student threatened to open fire at the school days after the massacre at a Florida school. An alert security guard who overheard him reported it t

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Threats Against Schools Increase Since Florida Shooting

11:26am February 22, 2018

by Doreen McCallister

Educators School Safety Network says it has recorded about 50 threats a day on average since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, compared with about 10 a day on average.

Students gather on the steps of the old Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., protesting for stricter gun laws on Wednesday. Students at schools across Broward and Miami-Dade counties in South Florida also planned short walkouts in support.

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'We Will Not Give Up': Fla. School Shooting Survivors March For Tougher Gun Laws

2:01pm February 21, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Thousands descended on Tallahassee to demand legislative action to prevent future school shootings. "This is only the beginning of our history," one student said. "Please be on the right side of it."

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Officials: School Shooting Threats Making The Rounds In North Carolina Likely A Hoax

4:04pm February 20, 2018

by Sean Bueter

A series of posts on social media threatening school shootings are circulating through a number of North Carolina counties. But some officials are saying the threats are not what they seem.

A woman cries during a candlelight vigil Thursday for the victims of the Wednesday shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla.

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Community Mourns At Candlelight Vigil After Deadly School Shooting

1:43pm February 16, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Thousands gathered at a local park, some chanting "no more guns," amid tearful remembrances of the 17 students and staff killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

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Two Coaches Among Those Killed In Florida School Shooting

8:45pm February 15, 2018

Two of those killed were beloved staff members. Chris Hixon and Aaron Feis were both coaches at the school, and they were remembered fondly by colleagues and students.

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Stewart Walker attends a prayer vigil Tuesday for students killed and injured after a 15-year-old boy opened fire with a handgun at Marshall County High School.

School Shootings Are Sad, But No Longer Surprising

7:19pm January 27, 2018

by Scott Simon

The school shooting in Kentucky that killed two students and injured several others was the 11th of 2018 in the U.S. Scott Simon wonders if school shootings have lost the power to shock and sober us.

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Sue Klebold plays in the snow with a young Dylan. "He's like an invisible child that I carry in my arms everywhere I go, always," she says.

Columbine Shooter's Mother: I Carry Him 'Everywhere I Go, Always'

3:27pm February 16, 2016

Sue Klebold says she wishes she'd asked her son Dylan "the kinds of questions that would've encouraged him to open up." Published 17 years after the massacre, her new memoir is A Mother's Reckoning.

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Shooting At Northern Arizona University Campus: 1 Dead, 3 Injured

7:13am October 09, 2015

by Bill Chappell

A suspect is in custody, officials at Northern Arizona University say, after the campus of the Flagstaff school was hit by an attack in the early hours of Friday morning.