She designed a bulletproof backpack that can be worn by elementary school children. "I can't vote, but I can engineer," Cotroneo told Insider. Maya Shah, 15, from Texas, is another finalist.

So reads an advertisement for BulletBlocker, a company selling bulletproof backpacks and other body armor for children. Since the tragic school shooting in Newtown, Conn., that left 20 children ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Friday to look into companies that claim to provide bulletproof school supplies. Manufacturers advertisers that inserts placed ...