A 14-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy from Northwest Indiana are facing charges, accused of making threats about school shootings this week. The Lake County Sheriff's Department said a police officer on Sunday was made aware of a girl,

Bomb threats, copycats, and pranks—some from outside the United States—have disrupted schools across the nation.

Students at the Pinnacle Charter School were sent home early on Friday after two reports of potential threats were made to Colorado's Safe2Tell program.

Schools in Bridgeport will be closed on Friday after a string of recent threats. All Bridgeport schools started class two hours later than usual and let out early on Thursday. It was just one of several safety measures the district put in place after receiving two separate threats in the span of a few days.

Comstock Public Schools are closed on Friday due to threats, the district announced on social media. The announcement, posted at 8 a.m., said that the closure would allow staff to investigate the threats that have been reported to the schools.

A threat to several Bridgeport schools went "viral" on social media, prompting school officials to institute a number of immediate changes.