Aug 05 Hate ruled out, but motive still a mystery in Dayton attack By John Seewer, Dan Sewell, John Minchillo, Associated Press As authorities in Ohio try to pin down a motive for the weekend's second U.S. mass shooting and dig into the slain shooter's life, what they find might also help answer another big question looming over the tragedy: What, if… Continue reading
Aug 05 WATCH: Trump addresses mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton President Donald Trump on Monday condemned weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio as barbaric crimes "against all humanity" and called for bipartisan cooperation to respond to an epidemic of gun violence. Continue reading
Aug 05 Trump suggests linking immigration reform to stronger gun checks, but offers no details By Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Donald Trump claimed Monday he wants legislation providing "strong background checks" for gun users, but he provided no details and has reneged on previous promises to strengthen gun laws after mass shootings. Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch 2:03 El Paso shooting is domestic terrorism, investigators say By Megan Thompson, Melanie Saltzman Investigators of the El Paso mass shooting, which left 20 people dead and wounded at least 26 others, are treating the massacre as a case of domestic terrorism and will file capital murder charges against the suspect, now in custody. Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 1:42 A deadly massacre in under one minute By Megan Thompson, Melanie Saltzman Less than 13 hours after the massacre in El Paso, Texas, a gunman killed nine people, including his own sister, in downtown Dayton. Police said the carnage lasted less than a minute before they arrived on the scene and killed… Continue watching
Aug 04 Aide: Sen Mitch McConnell trips, breaks shoulder in Kentucky By Associated Press U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is recovering at home in Kentucky after suffering a shoulder fracture in a fall Sunday, a spokesman said. Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch 3:47 Death of Dayton gunman’s sister makes family history a focus By PBS NewsHour A gunman in Dayton, Ohio, killed nine people and injured 27 in under a minute early Sunday morning, before he was fatally shot by police. Among the dead was the shooter’s sister, making family dynamics a main focus for investigators. Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 3:39 El Paso ‘standing strong’ after shopping center massacre By PBS NewsHour A gunman, now in custody, opened fire at a shopping center in El Paso, Texas on Saturday, killing 20, and wounding dozens of others. Texas Tribune reporter Julian Aguilar joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from El Paso for more on… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 8:28 The ‘gamification’ of domestic terrorism online By PBS NewsHour Hate-filled online posts or “manifestos” have often been purposely left behind by shooters for the public and authorities to find. New York Times opinion writer-at-large Charlie Warzel, who covers information technology, joins to hari Sreenivasan to discuss the ‘gamification’ and… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 10:00 How news organizations should cover white supremacist shootings, according to a media expert By PBS NewsHour While reporting on the white supremacist ideology behind mass shootings, are journalists inadvertently magnifying the message? Joan Donovan, director of the Technology and Social Change Research project at Harvard University, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss how reporters should -- and… Continue watching