The Undergraduate Student Government at the University of Minnesota launched a door locking petition Tuesday, calling for every instructional space to be securely locked from inside to help protect ...

We're seeing an increasing number of "smart" locks that are installed over top of a door's existing old-school lock. This means that they protrude from the door, looking a bit gawky and potentially ...

Conversations about “hardening” schools resurface after every mass school shooting. And so do questions about how the shooters manage to get into classrooms. There have been 27 school shootings in ...

Robb Elementary School, in Uvalde, Texas, where a shooter killed 21 people in May, had problems with locks on both interior classroom doors and entrances and exits to the school building, according to ...

This story is part of a KXAN series of reports called “Stop Mass Shootings,” providing context and exploring solutions surrounding gun violence in the wake of the deadly Uvalde school shooting. We ...

It’s been a little over two months since the tragedy in Uvalde. I’m going to focus on my area of specialized knowledge and not comment on issues outside of this narrow scope. I’m a veteran with more ...

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw issued a scathing assessment Tuesday of local law enforcement’s response to the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 ...