University of Michigan Health-Sparrow will be expanding a safety initiative that provides a “wearable panic button” to staff.

Calls to help protect bodegas and delis in the city are being heard after multiple violent and deadly attacks inside the neighborhood businesses this year. The New York State Bodega Act of 2025, ...

Workplace safety is facing a critical reckoning, with an alarming rise in emergencies that highlight significant gaps in how well workers are protected, observes Kenny Kelley, CEO of Silent Beacon, ...

Nicole Charky-Chami is a senior editor based in Los Angeles, writing and producing breaking news. She teaches journalism courses for UCLA Extension and previously taught at Loyola Marymount University ...

Violence in workplaces—especially in public institutions—has been rising at an alarming rate. Healthcare workers, educators, and public servants face increased risks of aggressive incidents that ...

From undercover police to panic buttons, bus drivers in Peru's capital Lima are pulling out all the stops to protect themselves from attack by extortion gangs, a key theme in Sunday's presidential ...

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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A new law signed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger will allow school employees to use a wearable panic button on school campuses. Virginia is now the 12th state to enact Alyssa’s Law ...

New law will allow Va. teachers to wear panic buttons Posted: April 9, 2026 | Last updated: April 9, 2026 A new law signed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger will allow school employees to use a wearable ...

Broward School Board member Lori Alhadeff has been on the Broward County School Board since 2018. CORRECTION: In a previous version of this story, WLRN incorrectly reported the number of times the ...