Los Angeles schools set to reopen after threat prompted closure

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Public schools in Los Angeles were set to reopen on Wednesday, a day after local officials canceled class for some 640,000 students in the nation's second-largest school district over a threatened attack with bombs and guns later deemed a hoax. Authorities conducted an extensive search of the Los Angeles Unified School District's more than 1,000 schools and by late Tuesday said the buildings were secure and students were safe to return. The emailed threat, which authorities said was routed through Germany but likely originated locally, came nearly two weeks after a married couple inspired by Islamic State killed 14 people and wounded 22 others at a county office building 60 miles (100 km) away in San Bernardino.




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