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During the 2009-10 school year, middle school students were more likely to experience a violent incident than other students, according to a report by The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). 

As Midwesterners survey the wreckage from last week's deadly tornadoes and the Southern states recover from April's devastating rain storms, the importance of business continuity and disaster recovery efforts is a topic that remains close to home for businesses and organizations across the United States.

A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the family of a 2-year-old boy who plunged to his death from a skybox after a Los Angeles Lakers game in November, alleging there are unsafe conditions at Staples Center that must be fixed.

The United Nations nuclear watchdog agency said that Japan underestimated the hazard posed by tsunamis to nuclear plants but praised the country's response to the Fukushima Daiichi crisis as "exemplary."

The hotel where an Egyptian businessman allegedly sexually abused a maid says it is purchasing panic devices for its room attendants.

Apple has revealed that its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 6 will showcase iOS 5 and iCloud, a cloud computing service. iOS 5 is the latest iteration of Apple's mobile operating system, and will likely introduce new features for compatible devices.

BNP Media, parent company of Security magazine, has partnered with BirdDog Career Centers to provide job placement and career counseling solutions for the security markets.

One of Nova Scotia's largest public sector unions is trying to get the word bully in workplace violence regulations.

 

Workplace suicides in 2009 matched the record-high level they hit in 2008, according to data released by the U.S. Labor Department.

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Arizona’s law requiring mandatory use of the federal E-Verify system for employers hiring new workers. In a decision released May 26, the Supreme Court voted 5-3 to uphold Arizona’s immigration law.