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Baton Rouge Police block the entrance of Southern University's campus at the corner of Harding Boulevard and Scenic Highway, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, after a threat led administers to announce a lockdown, in Baton Rouge, La. (Javier Gallegos/The Advocate via AP)

Waves of fake threats to colleges are putting students on edge and testing dispatchers

12:11 AM on Saturday, September 13

Around 50 college campuses across the country have been deluged in recent weeks with hoax calls about armed gunmen and other violence, laying bare the challenges of detecting fake threats quickly to prevent mass panic

FILE - High-voltage transmission lines provide electricity to data centers in Ashburn in Loudon County, Virginia, on Sunday, July 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Big Tech's energy-hungry data centers could be bumped off grids during power emergencies

12:02 AM on Saturday, September 13

As Big Tech’s data centers continue to grow threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are considering bumping the energy-hungry data centers off grids during power emergencies

Students walk to board a bus amid heavy police presence at the Evergreen Library after a shooting at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colo., on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via AP)

Report says school shooting suspect was fascinated with mass shootings and expressed neo-Nazi views

8:19 PM on Friday, September 12

A teenager suspected in a shooting attack at a suburban Denver high school that left two students in critical condition appeared fascinated with previous mass shootings including Columbine and expressed neo-Nazi views online, according to experts

Rhode Island judge halts effort by HUD to change criteria for homeless funding

7:27 PM on Friday, September 12

A Rhode Island judge has temporarily stopped the Trump administration from changing the criteria for using tens of millions of dollars in funding to aid homeless people

Izzy Zalenski, right, walks Paul outside the Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Billings, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Meth burn by FBI smokes out Montana animal shelter

6:00 PM on Friday, September 12

Workers at a Montana animal shelter were evacuated and sent to the hospital after smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine incinerated by FBI agents started to fill the building

This image from the U.S. Department of State, contained in the Audit of Department of State Protocols for Establishing and Operating Remote Diplomatic Missions shows the "submarine" in the U.S. embassy in Colombia, where the majority of diplomatic staff at the Venezuela Affairs Unit work. (U.S. Department of State via AP)

Watchdog questions millions spent each year on shuttered US Embassy in Venezuela

5:53 PM on Friday, September 12

The U.S. government employs a sizable staff of 150 Venezuelans and spends upward of $6.7 million annually for upkeep of the shuttered American embassy and other diplomatic properties in Caracas, despite having broken relations with President Nicolás Maduro’s government in 2019

This undated combination of images provided provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows a person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (Federal Bureau of Investigation via AP)

Man arrested in Charlie Kirk's killing had no known criminal history, had become 'more political'

3:11 PM on Friday, September 12

The family of the young Utah man accused of shooting Charlie Kirk has told authorities he had recently become “more political” and recounted a dinner table conversation where they discussed whether the conservative activist was spreading hate

Investigators from the FBI survey the scene where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a suspect after the suspect drove his car at the arresting officers, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Franklin Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

ICE officer fatally shoots suspect after being dragged by car near Chicago, officials say

2:19 PM on Friday, September 12

The Department of Homeland Security says an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a suspect who tried to evade arrest in a Chicago suburb by driving his car at officers and dragging one of them

Ada Limón, 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, poses in Sonoma County, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Former poet laureate Ada Limón says artists must band together during 'dangerous times'

12:39 PM on Friday, September 12

The 24th U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón says she encountered a surprising number of people who are writing and sharing poetry during her travels around the country

Wendy Lucas, a Utah Valley University student, looks at a memorial set up for Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing became more political, opposed activist's views, authorities say

2:00 AM on Friday, September 12

A 22-year-old Utah man who was booked on murder charges in the assassination of Charlie Kirk held deep disdain for the conservative activist’s provocative viewpoints and indicated to a family member that he was responsible for the shooting

Wendy Lucas, Utah Valley University student looks at a memorial set up for Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

What to know about the killing of Charlie Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Point USA

9:54 PM on Wednesday, September 10

Authorities have arrested a 22-year-old Utah man in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk

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