

Nation Apr 17

Police said Brandon Scott Hole, 19, apparently began firing randomly at people in the parking lot of the FedEx facility, killing four, before entering the building, fatally shooting four more people and then turning the gun on himself.
By Casey Smith, Rick Callahan, Associated Press
Nation Apr 08

President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled executive actions to curb gun violence, which he described as an "epidemic" and an "international embarrassment." Nearly 20,000 people died of gun violence last year, and another 24,000 died by suicide. Adam Winkler of…
Arts Apr 08

President Joe Biden reached out to, and fist-bumped, former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords at the White House Rose Garden Thursday -- A moment to mark a new push to curb gun violence. Giffords was shot in the head in 2011,…
By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport
Politics Apr 08

President Joe Biden, in his first major gun control measures since taking office, is announcing executive actions Thursday aimed at addressing what the White House calls a "gun violence public health epidemic."…
By Alexandra Jaffe, Aamer Madhani, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press
Mar 26

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including efforts to restrict voting, gun violence legislation and Biden’s first presidential news conference.
Mar 25

By Courtney Norris
Monday's mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado left 10 dead and many more mourning the senseless tragedy. Tonight, we take a moment to remember those who lost their lives in the grocery store shooting.
Mar 24

Between the tragedies in Atlanta, Georgia and Boulder, Colorado there were several other mass shootings — in Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia, Stockton, California and Gresham, Oregon. Two people died and 26 were wounded. How can Americans prevent the next gun tragedy?…
Mar 23

By Yamiche Alcindor, Ryan Connelly Holmes
A suspect was charged Tuesday in the second American mass shooting in less than a week. The shooting in Boulder, Colorado, which left 10 dead, including a responding police officer, has plunged the city into mourning. Over in Washington, DC,…
Mar 23

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
In brief remarks responding to the shooting, Biden urged Congress to move quickly to close the loopholes in the background check system and also to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
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