Meredith Deliso

A 15-year-old girl allegedly opened fire with a handgun at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, killing a teacher and a fellow student.

The shooting happened inside a classroom at Abundant Life Christian School during a study hall of students from multiple grades, police said.

Officials are trying to determine why a 15-year-old girl allegedly opened fire at her school, Abundant Life Christian School, on Monday morning, killing a fellow student and teacher in a heinous crime that shocked the community of Madison, Wisconsin. The motive appears to be a combination of factors, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said at a news conference Tuesday. The suspect, Natalie Rupnow, who went by Samantha, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

A second grader recounted the moments when shots rang out in the deadly mass shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin.

The so-called "murder hornet" has been eradicated from the U.S., five years after the invasive species was first discovered in Washington state, officials declared.

There has been a 269% increase in reported laser strikes on planes in New Jersey this month compared to the same period last year, according to the

Two people were killed and another six injured in the shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, police said.

A grand jury returned an indictment charging Ramon Rivera with murder in a deadly stabbing spree across Manhattan last month, prosecutors announced Thursday.

Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, 18, a student at George Mason University, was arrested in connection with an alleged plot targeting Jews, court records show.

LONDON -- The U.S. was "shocked and saddened" by Friday's deadly suspected terrorist attack at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg, a State Department spokesperson said.