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Uvalde Police Were Stumped by Students Following Protocol

Uvalde Schoolchildren Followed
Their Training, Baffling Police

longform

Dec 6, 2023 7:00 PM CST

Uvalde Schoolchildren Followed Their Training, Baffling Police

Quiet classrooms made officers think no one was in them

(Newser) - Schoolchildren around the country are taught in active shooter drills to stay quiet until the threat ends. That's what the Robb Elementary students in Uvalde, Texas, did last year when a gunman entered their school and started shooting. They even shushed classmates who screamed after being shot. But the...

NFL Pushed ESPN to Drop Concussion Documentary

sources say

Aug 23, 2013 11:52 AM CDT

NFL Pushed ESPN to Drop Concussion Documentary

Goodell and company reportedly told network they weren't happy: sources

(Newser) - ESPN yesterday backed out of a documentary on NFL concussions that it's been working on with PBS' Frontline for more than a year, in a surprise, last-minute move. Today, the New York Times hints at an explanation: The NFL pressured the network into it. Commissioner Roger Goodell and other...

Adam Lanza
'Had Episodes':
Club Adviser

Feb 20, 2013 8:32 AM CST

Adam Lanza 'Had Episodes': Club Adviser

'Frontline' airs first special on suspected school shooter

(Newser) - Frontline aired Part One of its special on Adam Lanza last night, and the tech club adviser who befriended Lanza said in an interview that the teen "had episodes" in which "he would completely withdraw." Richard Novia recounts one overnight trip when Lanza had such an episode:...

PBS Readies
Week of Shows
on Newtown

Jan 17, 2013 3:00 AM CST

PBS Readies Week of Shows on Newtown

Frontline , Nova to reflect on shooting

(Newser) - Starting Feb. 18, PBS will devote a week of shows to the Newtown shooting, it has announced. The "After Newtown" series will include the programs Frontline, Nova, PBS NewsHour, and Washington Week With Gwen Ifill. "PBS is not where you go for breaking news," says the station'...

News Wars

Mar 19, 2007 5:11 PM CDT

News Wars

PBS takes on the future of news

(Newser) - From “infosnacking” to “hyperlocal” news, there is a whole new terminology describing the evolution of news, particularly the move to online news. The PBS show Frontline has developed a four-part series that examines the ‘News Wars’ taking place all around us.