School lockdown drills have become common — experts say they could be better
Before the Columbine High School shooting, schools prepared for fires and natural disasters. After the 1999 massacre, states enacted lockdown and active shooter drills.
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Before the Columbine High School shooting, schools prepared for fires and natural disasters. After the 1999 massacre, states enacted lockdown and active shooter drills.
Dearborn High School is in a soft lockdown Tuesday after a suspicious item was found on the property earlier this morning. Police are investigating but say there is currently no threat to students and staff in the school.
Phone threats against several Michigan schools have been determined to be fake and all connected.
A lockdown at Jackson High School has been lifted after the Jackson Police Department determined a threatening phone call was a hoax.
A scary situation at Royal Oak High School on Thursday as students and staff were placed on lockdown.
Ferndale High School is on a "soft lockdown" after a note was found on campus.
Wyandot Middle School in Clinton Township was placed on a brief lockdown Wednesday morning after a student sent an inappropriate meme.
Administrators are urging parents to check their children's social media and text messages so police can pinpoint the threat's origin.
Police received several 911 calls from drivers along Grand River Ave.
After a nearly day-long standoff, police say that a barricaded gunman killed himself inside a house near Wayne City Hall on Monday evening.
All evening athletics and activities at the school have been canceled.
Police aren't identifying the businesses — or the specific nature of the threat — at this time.
Clawson High School and Middle School were put on lockdown following a bank robbery in the area.
A lockdown has been lifted from three schools in Monroe after police called off the search for an abduction suspect in the area.
Three Allen Park schools were on lockdown, Friday afternoon, with an armed suspect on the loose in the neighborhood.
Police said a message was sent on Twitter that indicated someone was upset with a relationship between two students at the school.
Shaniqua Lashauntae Baskins is charged with involuntary manslaughter and second-degree child abuse.
Kingsley Ifezue, 39, was honored, alongside his wife and two daughters.
Caitlin Tracey's parents had been fighting to prevent her husband from taking control of her body, because of domestic violence allegations.
MSP is not releasing the cause of death or if any weapons were involved in the homicide.
A new lioness is now calling the Sacramento Zoo home.
General Motors is laying off about 1,000 workers worldwide, shedding costs as it tries to compete in a crowded global automobile market.
Shaniqua Lashauntae Baskins is charged with involuntary manslaughter and second-degree child abuse.
Angelo Joseph Lupo is charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of unlawful imprisonment.
A letter was sent to Trump last week on behalf of the Lebanese-American community.
Kingsley Ifezue, 39, was honored, alongside his wife and two daughters.
General Motors is laying off about 1,000 workers worldwide, shedding costs as it tries to compete in a crowded global automobile market.
Ford Motor Co. will pay a penalty of up to $165 million to the U.S. government for moving too slowly on a recall and failing to give accurate recall information.
Earlier this week, the automaker announced that it was indefinitely laying off 1,100 union-backed workers at its Toledo South Assembly Plant.
Stellantis, which owns brands like Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep and Ram, says the job cuts are effective Jan. 5, 2025.
Shipments dropped by 20% to 1.2 million vehicles in the third quarter from 1.5 million a year earlier.
Tickets go on sale Friday, November 22 at 10 a.m.
"America demanded it and now it's happening: Taco Bell's new Cheesy Chalupa Supreme. In other news, I'm hosting the Oscars," Conan O'Brien said.
The 65-year-old actor and stand-up comedian, best known for portraying Joey Gladstone on "Full House," said he first noticed symptoms in October.
John Krasinski is People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2024. The magazine announced the actor-writer-director as its pick during "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."
The National Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester, New York, has enshrined a new class of honorees.
"America demanded it and now it's happening: Taco Bell's new Cheesy Chalupa Supreme. In other news, I'm hosting the Oscars," Conan O'Brien said.
U.S. Army Air Force Sgt. James W. Swartz will be buried in Williamstown Township, Michigan, in April 2025.
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A letter was sent to Trump last week on behalf of the Lebanese-American community.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, authorities arrested Williams on Thursday in Savannah, Georgia, where he will appear in federal court.
The FDA's Dr. Peter Marks says he hopes to keep his job under a second Trump term, and urges Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to "keep an open mind."
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issues urgent safety alert after ninth recall of adult bed rails in three years.
The DOJ has notified the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Michigan State Attorney General's Office of the investigation.
Overdose deaths have slowed 18% since a peak last year, the CDC estimates.
Illnesses linked to slivered onions on McDonald's Quarter Pounder burgers expand to 14 states, federal officials say.
Kingsley Ifezue, 39, was honored, alongside his wife and two daughters.
The Detroit Lions are off to their best start in seven decades thanks in part to the play of Jared Goff.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, authorities arrested Williams on Thursday in Savannah, Georgia, where he will appear in federal court.
This year's City Edition uniforms are a nod to the skull and crossbones theme that was made famous by the "Boy Boys" logo.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 59 points to pace the Milwaukee Bucks to a 127-120 overtime victory over the Detroit Pistons.
How did the Democrats lose so many races at once?
In Michigan, the Democrats have control of the governor's mansion and both state houses.
In Michigan, the Democrats now have control of the governor's mansion and both state houses.
Both party chairs also talked about the ground game as each looks for independent voters and those who haven't voted in a while they hope to inspire to show up on Nov. 5.
Trump and Harris and their anointed representatives continue to make campaign stops in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Flint and other places in Michigan, a critical battleground state.
The Detroit Lions are teaming up with the Stronger Warrior Foundation to remodel a home for a disabled veteran in Clinton Township.
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