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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.

What about guns divides Americans?

By Laura Santhanam

Pollsters often ask people about gun control and gun rights, but this survey attempts to better understand America's complicated relationship with firearms.

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.

How the concealed carry debate plays out on college campuses

By PBS News Hour

In 1966, America’s first mass school shooting took place at the University of Texas, Austin, leaving 16 dead. Today, Texas is one of eight states that allows concealed weapons to be carried on public college campuses, prompting vigorous debate. With…

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Gun violence and mental health laws, 50 years after Texas tower sniper

By Lauren Silverman, KERA

For decades, people have struggled to figure out why Charles Whitman stuck his rifle over the edge of the clock tower at the University of Texas at Austin and started shooting.

Remembering the Texas mass shooting that changed campus security

By PBS News Hour

Fifty years ago today, a former Marine and engineering student opened fire from atop the clock tower at University of Texas, Austin. Charles Whitman killed more than a dozen and wounded many more. William Brangham speaks with Gregory Fenves, president…

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At least 2 dead, 17 wounded in Florida nightclub shooting

By Joshua Barajas

A fatal shooting at Club Blu Bar and Grill, a nightclub and restaurant in Fort Myers, Florida, left two dead and wounded at least 17 people early Monday morning, authorities said.

They're simple and cheap. But do tourniquets save lives after mass shootings?

By Melissa Bailey, STAT

The Orlando shooting has renewed attention to the tourniquet as a simple, cheap solution to save lives in civilian mass shootings.

Gunman dead after movie theater shooting in Germany

By News Desk

German police killed a gunman after he opened fire in a movie theater in the town of Viernheim, according to German newspaper Bild.

When there's an active shooter, can lighting save lives?

By Corinne Segal

As the world mourns the victims in Orlando, lighting designers who work in clubs and theaters are asking if their tools could help keep people safe from active shooters.