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Iowa parents are outraged after the Des Moines Register published an interactive map detailing the security levels of all of the school districts within the state. The map identified which districts have security and which don’t. In the map above, Fox News Channel has made all of the dots black, but on the original map, [...]

A 41-year-old Indiana man who met with a 16-year-old girl he found on  Facebook was reportedly robbed of his wallet, cell phone and credit cards —  allegedly by the girl and her friends. The unidentified Indianapolis man told police on Thursday that he picked up  the girl earlier that day at an apartment complex in [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio –  A condemned Ohio killer  is making an unusual plea for mercy ahead of his scheduled execution next  month. Attorneys for Steven Smith are arguing that while Smith intended to sexually  assault his girlfriend’s 6-month-old daughter, he never intended to kill the  girl. Smith’s attorneys say evidence shows the baby died because Smith [...]

Connecticut lawmakers announced a deal Monday on what they called some of the  toughest gun laws in the country that were proposed after the December mass  shooting in the state, including a ban on new high-capacity ammunition magazines  like the ones used in the massacre that left 20 children and six educators  dead. The proposal [...]

A Florida Atlantic University student who filed a complaint against his professor, Deandre Poole (picture), after he was ordered to stomp on the name of Jesus has been brought up on academic charges by the school and may no longer attend class. According to a letter written by Associate Dean Rozalia Williams, “Rotela is facing a [...]