The chemical irritant was used during a fight involving 14 girls even though the L.A. County Board of Supervisors prohibited ...

More than two dozen students at Panorama High School were being assessed after the accidental release of pepper spray inside ...

Several students were medically treated on Wednesday after pepper spray was accidentally released at a Panorama school.

Pepper spray still used every day in LA County juvenile halls, despite supervisors’ orders to stop The county public defender says the chemical irritant ‘inflicts pain and suffering on our young ...

Tear gas and pepper spray are used around the world, either for self-defence or during mass protests to incapacitate the targets. Research shows the consequences go beyond red, teary eyes and coughing ...

The U.S. Secret Service on Saturday reversed its denial that no agents used tear gas or pepper spray June 1 to remove protesters near the White House, as the park clearing has come under intense ...

Nothing disperses a crowd like a shot of chili pepper to the eye. Pepper spray—scientifically known as oleoresin capsicum spray—is banned in war but has made its presence known during the Occupy Wall ...

There's a push in New York to ease the state's pepper spray laws to allow people to buy it in more stores and online. State Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton, a Democrat from Staten Island, introduced a ...

Fire off a can of bear spray and you’ll deploy a 25-foot-long hot pepper cloud that should prevent a bear from attacking. The stuff’s not lethal, but it will temporarily irritate a bear’s eyes and ...

L.A. city firefighters responded to a hazardous materials report at Panorama High School after an accidental release of ...