Feb 09 Watch 6:14 Court ruling allows people under domestic violence restraining orders to possess guns By Amna Nawaz, Ali Schmitz One of the nation’s most conservative appeals courts has struck down a federal law banning people currently under domestic violence restraining orders from owning guns. The decision, which only applies in the Fifth Circuit of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, is… Continue watching
Jan 31 Authorities search for suspects after Florida drive-by shooting wounds 11 By Associated Press Authorities on Tuesday offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspects involved in the shooting in Lakeland, a city of 112,000 residents located about halfway between Tampa and Orlando. Continue reading
Jan 30 Virginia school reopens with new security weeks after young student shot teacher By Ben Finley, Denise Lavoie, Associated Press The school reopened after being closed for more than three weeks following the Jan. 6 shooting. Police have said the boy brought a handgun to school and intentionally shot his teacher, Abby Zwerner, as she was teaching her first-grade class. Continue reading
Jan 28 California shooting leaves 3 dead, 4 wounded in upscale LA neighborhood By Richard Vogel, Associated Press The early Saturday morning shooting comes on top a massacre at a dance hall in a Los Angeles suburb last week that left 11 dead and nine wounded and shootings at two Half Moon Bay farms that left seven dead… Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 9:55 Marcus and Abernathy on the deadly police beating in Memphis By Amna Nawaz, Kyle Midura Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus and her Post colleague Gary Abernathy join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the deadly police beating in Memphis and mass shootings in California as America once again reckons with its chronic… Continue watching
Jan 26 Watch 6:03 How the trauma of mass shootings fundamentally change American communities By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris This week's mass shootings in California, plus two others in just eight days, left 25 people dead and wounded 15 others. They also left many people to cope with the trauma of these attacks. Jennifer Carlson is studying the impact… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch 5:48 Latest wave of mass shootings sparks new debate over U.S. gun access By John Yang As Vice President Harris meets with the families of those killed in the Monterey Park shooting, many are grappling with the toll it is taking on their community. For Asian Americans, this past week has been especially painful. All 11… Continue watching
Jan 25 Prosecutors to charge Half Moon Bay farmworker with 7 counts of murder By Associated Press Prosecutors say they will charge a farmworker accused of killing seven people in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms with seven counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. Continue reading
Jan 25 Lawyer for teacher shot in Virginia school shooting says administration ignored warning that the student had a gun By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press An attorney says a Virginia teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student during class will sue the school district. Continue reading
Jan 24 California mourns after 3rd mass shooting in 8 days By Jeff Chiu, Olga R. Rodriguez, Haven Daley, Associated Press “For the second time in recent days, California communities are mourning the loss of loved ones in a senseless act of gun violence," President Joe Biden said Tuesday morning. Continue reading