The U.S. Secret Service will build a new 13-foot fence to surround the White House, nearly doubling the height of the current fence to help keep intruders out.

Illinois Senate has passed legislation filed by State Sen. Chapin Rose on amending the School Code and defining "temporary door locking device" and allows school districts to use door-locking mechanisms that attach to the door. 

Following two security breaches earlier this summer, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, has begun installing concertina wire on fencing around the airport perimeter.

News station KRQE in Albuquerque, NM, was forced to skip its 10 p.m. newscast July 1 after a nonemployee gained access to the building and sat down on set.