World May 28, 2022
Protests at NRA convention in Texas, but speakers reject new U.S. gun laws
"The existence of evil in our world is not a reason to disarm law abiding citizens," former U.S. President Donald Trump told the audience to cheers.
World May 27, 2022
Uvalde had prepared for school shootings. It did not stop the rampage.
by Mike Baker and Dana Goldstein
The carnage has renewed a decades-old debate about how to end the horror of U.S. school shootings, with many political leaders once again calling for heightened school security measures.
World May 26, 2022
After mass gun killings, other nations changed course — to notable effect
by Max Fisher
Only the U.S., whose rate and severity of mass shootings is without parallel outside of conflict zones, has so consistently refused to answer those events with tightened gun laws.
World May 26, 2022
A father’s worst fear: Losing one of his children
by Christina Morales, Edgar Sandoval, Campbell Robertson, John Yoon and Jack Healy
Alfred Garza III said he was on a lunch break when his daughter's mother told him she could not get her out of the school because it was on lockdown.
World / Crime & Legal May 25, 2022
Gunman kills 19 children and 2 teachers at Texas elementary school
by Marco Bello and Steve Gorman
The latest episode of U.S. gun violence unfolded 10 days after another youth opened fire with an assault-style rifle at a grocery store in a predominantly Black neighborhood of Buffalo.
World / Crime & Legal May 25, 2022
Active shooter incidents in U.S. soared 50% last year, FBI says
The FBI said it had enough information to make an ominous warning about the trends in active shooting incidents in the U.S.
World / Crime & Legal May 17, 2022
What do most mass shooters have in common? They bought their guns legally.
by Glenn Thrush
From 1966 to 2019, 77% of mass shooters obtained the weapons they used in their crimes through legal purchases.
World May 17, 2022
Buffalo shooter suspect laid out plans on Discord app for months
by Cecilia D'Anastasio and Davey Alba
The record of his conversations indicate that the alleged shooter had typed out plans to commit a rampage fueled by his white supremacist beliefs for months.
World | FOCUS May 16, 2022
'Copycat' mass shootings becoming deadlier, experts warn after New York attack
by Tim Reid and Kanishka Singh
One way to try and combat the rise in such hate crimes is for the media to avoid publishing details of the shooters' personal lives, one expert says
World / Crime & Legal May 15, 2022
U.S. gunman kills 10 in racially motivated shooting at New York market
by Steve Gorman and Moira Warburton
An 18-year-old white gunman shot 10 people to death and wounded three others at a grocery store in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York.
World / Crime & Legal Apr 23, 2022
Gunman shoots four people in Washington and is later found dead
The shootings by a sniper in northwest Washington, D.C., on Friday afternoon forced residents and students into a lock down that lasted well into the night.
World Apr 14, 2022
An arrest in the subway attack brings relief but leaves unanswered questions
by Michael Gold
Police officials and prosecutors have not yet provided a motive for the shooting, which left 10 people wounded by gunfire and at least 13 others with related injuries.