Friday is the day of the National School Walkout, an event conceived by a 16-year-old Connecticut student after the February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. At 10 a.m. in each time zone, participants are going to walk out of their classes and observe a moment of silence for school shooting victims.
While students in a South Carolina school participated in the National School Walkout this week, a custodian helped herself to their cash, police said.
Three Arkansas students who participated in National Walkout Day to protest gun violence were given two options for punishment: suspension or paddling.
At 10 a.m. Wednesday, Justin Blackman got up from his desk and calmly walked out of Mr. Mendez's Spanish class. When he got outside, he discovered he was the only one.
Waves of students marched out of class Wednesday to demand stricter gun laws and an end to school massacres, a month after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that left 17 people dead in Parkland, Florida.
The sister of Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof was arrested Wednesday on charges of bringing weapons and drugs to her South Carolina high school, authorities said.
Students across the country are expected to walk out of their classrooms Wednesday morning to protest gun violence. The National School Walkout is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. in every time zone and last for 17 minutes -- a minute for each life lost in the Parkland school shooting.
