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The university issued an active shooter alert midday Thursday, saying police were responding near the student union.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — An active shooter was reported Thursday on the Florida State University campus in Tallahassee, according to the school’s alert system.

When a 20-year-old opened fire at Florida State University, terrified students barricaded doors and fled across campus, ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A shooting on the Florida State University campus on Thursday left multiple victims, and police took ...

That was a helpful warm-up for the Trump-Bukele lovefest, during which Rubio play-acted bafflement at the fuss that so many ...

WNBA Draft is complete, and now it's time to see who won the night (Hailey Van Lith) and who lost some ground (South Carolina's prospects).

Jason Dean Hartsel, 30, of Akron, Ohio, passed away at his home on April 8, 2025. Born February 13, 1995, in Port Charlotte, ...

Trump is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists. And he says he wants to send “homegrown” Americans there next.

Ohio State football's national title defense started when the Buckeyes kicked off spring practice on March 17. Saturday, spring ball wraps up with the only time the Buckeyes will suit up in front ...

JD Vance fumbled the college football National Championship Trophy as he tried to hoist it up during a White House celebration for the vice president's home state Ohio State Buckeyes. At the ...