Nearly all school shooters are current or former students already familiar with the building. So locking doors may actually trap potential victims with the attacker. A criminal justice scholar explains why schools need to focus on noticing warning signs instead.

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School shootings dropped in 2025 - but schools are still focusing too much on safety technology instead of prevention

Prevention methods like lockdown drills do not account for many scenarios, including the likely case that a school shooter is a former or current s...

U.S. electricity prices rose 7.4% in just one year, and energy policy analysts expect them to keep climbing faster than inflation in 2026. Meanwhile, data centers powering AI could nearly triple their energy use by 2030.

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Rising electricity prices and an aging grid challenge the nation as data centers demand more power

Energy projects are expensive and take a long time to build. Where to build them is often also a difficult, even controversial, question.

Tucker Carlson’s interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes split the conservative movement. A communications scholar examines when interviewing someone with extreme views helps illuminate their beliefs — and when it normalizes them.

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Shaping the conversation means offering context to extreme ideas, not just a platform

Should all points of view be heard from? Defending certain values and ideas makes it a bit more complicated than simply listening to all sides.