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Villanova Closes Campus After Threat to Academic Building

The response follows a hoax threat that triggered a lockdown in August 2025.

Fourmile Canyon Wildfire Fully Contained as Boulder County Lifts Evacuations

Luke Air Force Base Locks Down After Active-Shooter Alert in Arizona

Emergency Alert Triggers Evacuation at University of New Orleans

Police Hear New Gunfire at Novato Coast Guard Housing as Search Continues

Ransomware Attack on Legacy CodeRED Disrupts U.S. Alerts as Agencies Shift to New Platform

South Pasadena Test Alert Accidentally Hits Phones Across L.A. County

Police Sweep Eastern Illinois University After Report of Armed Person

Shelter-in-Place Lifted at Curry College After Overnight Incident

CU Boulder Issues Campus Shelter-in-Place as Police Probe Report of Shots Near Norlin Library

Investigators Scrutinize Camp Mystic Flood Warning Failures as Rural Alert Upgrades Advance

RanchFire Burns 100 Acres in East San Jose, 15% Contained

Suspect Arrested After Shooting Injures Two at Mariucci Arena Graduation