Two 16-year-olds were arrested in connection with threats made Wednesday as police said they were investigating several new reports.

Some fear-inducing claims about the state of American schooling are inaccurate or unproven, although they may contain an important grain of truth.

In at least 136 instances of gunfire this past fall, some 26 people were killed and 96 wounded, the highest number n a five-month period since 2013.

The White House slammed two states that recently advanced anti-LGBTQ bills, after being largely silent as an increasing number of states have considered legislation targeting transgender student-athletes and limiting classroom discussions.