Suspected Ocala school gunman says sickness drove him to plan shooting

A gunman opened fire at an Ocala high school Friday, wounding one student before being taken into custody.

ISIL given ’48 hours’ to evacuate area south of Damascus

The Syrian military has given ISIL fighters 48 hours to leave a pocket they control in the capital’s south, a pro-government local newspaper reported on Thursday.

Suspected 9/11 recruiter Mohammed Haydar Zammar captured in Syria: report

A German extremist with links to Sept. 11 ringleader Mohamed Atta and other attackers has been detained in Syria, the AFP news agency reported late Wednesday.

How 2 Rocklin teens stopped a possible school shooting in Florida

Two 17-year-olds from Rocklin helped thwart a potentially deadly shooting at a Florida high school.

J.P. Taravella High is about a 10-minute drive from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of February’s school shooting where 17 people were killed.

FBI says online hoax threatened violence at several Bay Area schools

Investigators are blaming an online hoax for shutting down schools in Emeryville and other cities around the Bay Area.

School district arms teachers with baseball bats: report

A Pennsylvania school district said it will arm 500 school teachers with baseball bats in response to the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, Erie News Now reported.

Feds seize $2 million worth of meth in 500 Disney figurines

The Drug Enforcement Administration said it confiscated roughly $2 million in meth hidden inside wax Disney figurines near Atlanta, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

London’s knife violence hits younger teens more than ever before

“It was unusual to see a 15-year-old stabbed, and now it’s quite common. It’s the same with kids who carry weapons — they are getting younger.”

Homeland Security finds suspected phone surveillance devices in Washington

The U.S. government has acknowledged the existence in Washington D.C. of what appear to be devices that could be used by foreign spies and criminals to track individual cellphones and intercept calls and messages, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

Patriots’ Julian Edelman may have stopped potential school shooting via his Instagram

A threat left on New England Patriots receiver Julian Edelman’s Instagram last month led to an arrest of a 14-year-old in Michigan.