Sep 13 What to know about the Violence Against Women Act as the landmark law turns 30 By Vivian Hoang The law was the first federal legislative package to designate domestic violence and sexual assault as crimes and require community-coordinated response to violence against women. Continue reading
Sep 08 Mother of Georgia shooting suspect called school to warn of ‘extreme emergency,’ aunt says By Russ Bynum, Claire Rush, Associated Press The mother of the 14-year-old who has been charged with murder over the fatal shooting of four people at his Georgia high school called the school before the killings, warning staff of an “extreme emergency” involving her son, a relative… Continue reading
Sep 08 Authorities search for suspect after multiple people shot along I-75 in Kentucky By Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press A manhunt was underway early Sunday as police searched for a gunman in a rural area of southeastern Kentucky near Interstate 75, according to authorities who said seven people were hurt in the shooting and a vehicle accident that accompanied… Continue reading
Sep 05 Father of 14-year-old Georgia school shooting suspect arrested on multiple charges By Jeff Amy, Jeff Martin, Associated Press The father of the teenager charged in the killing four people at a Georgia high school has been charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, the Georgia Bureau… Continue reading
Aug 22 WATCH: Gun control advocates share their stories at 2024 Democratic National Convention By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press One of the most potent speeches came from Gabrielle Giffords, the former Democratic congresswoman who was wounded in a 2011 shooting in her Arizona district. Continue reading
Aug 20 Army and police missed chances to intervene before Maine mass shootings, special commission report finds By Patrick Whittle, David Sharp, Associated Press The special commission cited shortcomings by police for failing to seize the gunman's weapons and by the Army Reserves for failing to get proper psychiatric care for the reservist responsible for the attack. Continue reading
Aug 19 Jury decides parents of Texas student accused in 2018 deadly school shooting not responsible By Associated Press The victims’ lawsuit sought to hold Dimitrios Pagourtzis and his parents, Antonios Pagourtzis and Rose Marie Kosmetatos, financially liable for the shooting at Santa Fe High School on May 18, 2018. Continue reading
Jul 25 Uvalde school police officer pleads not guilty to charges related to 2022 mass shooting By Nadia Lathan, Jim Vertuno, Associated Press Some of the victims' families have spent more than two years pressing for officers to face charges after 19 children and two teachers were killed inside the fourth grade classroom. Some have called for more officers to be charged. Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch 9:01 Why Gary, Indiana’s decades-old lawsuit against gun industry may soon be over By Jeffrey Brown, Sam Weber Thirty years ago, Gary, Indiana, was declared the murder capital of the U.S. Following the example of other cities, Gary sued gun makers and sellers for their part in fueling the city’s violence. Gary’s case is now the last one… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 6:18 Frequent gun violence near school grounds harms millions of kids, analysis finds By William Brangham, Juliet Fuisz From 2014 to 2023, communities across the U.S. saw more than 188,000 shootings within 500 yards of a school, an average of 57 shootings per day, according to a new analysis by The Trace. The report found that in 2023… Continue watching