May 16 Watch 4:56 News Wrap: Shooting at California church driven by hate for Taiwan, police say In our new wrap Monday, police in southern California have charged a Las Vegas man with murder and attempted murder in a Sunday shooting at a church that left one person dead and five wounded, President Biden is redeploying U.S. Continue watching
May 16 Watch 6:51 Why the fight against COVID appears to have stalled in the U.S. The CDC on Monday formally confirmed that COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have surpassed 1 million. That's roughly the American death toll in the Civil War and World War II combined. It’s the highest reported death toll of any country,… Continue watching
May 16 Watch 6:48 Young playwrights use the theater to confront the trauma of gun violence By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson, Madison Staten In 2021, more than 1,500 children and teenagers in the United States were killed by gunfire. Activists across the country are working to shed light on that issue through a series of plays written and performed by young adults, many… Continue watching
May 16 Authorities say hate against Taiwanese people led to California church attack By Amy Taxin, Deepa Bharath, Associated Press Authorities say a gunman in a deadly attack at a California church was a Chinese immigrant motivated by hate for Taiwanese people. Continue reading
May 16 What is ‘great replacement theory’ and how does it fuel racist violence? By David Bauder, Associated Press Investigators are still piecing together the motives of the mass shooter who killed 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, this weekend. But authorities aren't hesitating to call it a racially motivated attack. Continue reading
May 16 Buffalo shooter planned more killings if he escaped, police say By Carolyn Thompson, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press Buffalo's police commissioner says the white gunman accused of a racist rampage at a supermarket planned to keep killing people if he had escaped the scene. Continue reading
May 16 Authorities investigating Buffalo shooter’s prior threats against school, mental health By Associated Press Authorities say the white 18-year-old who killed 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket during a rampage that targeted Black people had previously made a threat at his high school. Continue reading
May 15 Watch 7:35 Grief, shock and anger in Buffalo after gunman targets Black community in racist attack By Ali Rogin, Dorothy Hastings In Buffalo, N.Y., vigils and prayers services were held across the city Sunday after a gunman killed 10 people and wounded three others in a racially motivated shooting rampage at a busy supermarket in a Black neighborhood. Kathleen Belew, author… Continue watching
May 15 Biden calls for unity to stem racial hate following Buffalo shooting By Associated Press Biden used his remarks at a Capitol ceremony honoring law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in 2021 to decry what he said his Justice Department has labeled as “a hate crime, a racially motivated act of… Continue reading
May 15 What we know about the victims and survivors of the Buffalo shooting By Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press They were gunned down by a white man who authorities say showed up at the store with the “express purpose” of killing Black people. Three others were wounded. Continue reading