Jul 06 Scalise readmitted in serious condition after June baseball practice shooting By Associated Press Scalise and four other people were injured last month when a gunman opened fire on a Republican baseball practice in nearby Alexandria, Virginia. U.S. Capitol Police and other officers returned fire and killed the gunman. Continue reading
Jun 19 Fewer people have died from mass shootings in 2017, but that’s only part of the story By Laura Santhanam By mid-June, there were 196 shooting incidents with least four people wounded or killed. That's up from 182 incidents over the same period last year. Continue reading
Jun 15 Attack on congressman first test for gun debate under Trump By Steve Peoples and Catherine Lucey, Associated Press Wednesday's shooting at a congressional baseball practice marked the first high-profile test of Trump-era gun politics: Republican control of Congress and the White House has all but eliminated talk of tightening federal gun laws. Continue reading
Apr 11 This photographer chronicles what gun violence looks like, for those who survive By Elizabeth Flock Photographer Kathy Schorr has photographed 101 survivors of gun violence across America, many of them in the locations where they were shot. Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch 3:44 What we know about the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting By PBS News Hour At the Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Florida, a gunman killed at least five people and wounded eight others Friday before police captured him. William Brangham speaks with Feature Story News’ Steve Mort, who was at the airport soon after… Continue watching
Jan 04 Gun violence spreads like an infectious disease, new research finds By Megan Thielking, STAT Gun violence in Chicago spreads like an infectious disease — and now, researchers have figured out a way to predict who’s most likely get sick next. Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch 10:34 After another bloody weekend in Chicago, a look at the city’s violence epidemic By PBS News Hour It was yet another bloody holiday weekend in Chicago; five more people were also shot Monday morning, bringing the 3-day toll to nearly 50. To examine why violence is so entrenched in the city and to see how residents are… Continue watching
Nov 28 Judge grants Dylann Roof’s request to act as his own lawyer By Courtney Norris If Roof is convicted, the Justice Department plans to seek the death penalty. Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch 3:32 A child dies every other day from gun accidents in U.S. By PBS News Hour A joint investigation by the Associated Press and the USA Today Network has found that in the first six months of this year, gun accidents killed at least one child in the U.S. every other day. Both the shooters and… Continue watching
Sep 08 From prison to Ph.D, this activist fights for peace in Chicago By Kenya Downs Chico Tillmon went from being a leader in a gang, to steering inner-city young from a life of crime. Continue reading