Dec 24 Kurds, anti-racist activists gather in Paris after deadly cultural center shooting By Jeffrey Schaeffer, Angela Charlton, Associated Press Kurdish activists, left-wing politicians and anti-racism groups demonstrated Saturday in Paris after three people were killed at a Kurdish cultural center in an attack that prosecutors say was racially motivated. Continue reading
Dec 17 Bond set for father of Highland Park shooting suspect By Michael Tarm, Associated Press A judge on Saturday set bond at $50,000 for the father of an Illinois man charged with killing seven people at a July 4 parade near Chicago who is accused of helping his son get a gun license. Continue reading
Dec 08 Colorado judge unseals documents in Club Q shooting suspect's past bomb threat case By Colleen Slevin, Associated Press A judge unsealed a dropped bomb threat case Thursday against the Colorado gay bar shooting suspect who threatened to become the “next mass killer” over a year before allegedly killing five people and wounding seventeen others at the LGBTQ enclave… Continue reading
Nov 27 Club Q patron who helped stop shooter said he 'wanted to save the family I found' By Associated Press A member of the U.S. Navy who was injured while helping prevent further harm during a shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado last weekend said Sunday that he “simply wanted to save the family that I found.”… Continue reading
Nov 25 Biden, Democrats continue push for assault weapons ban By Colleen Long, Mary Clare Jalonick, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press After the mass killing last Saturday at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Biden said in a statement: "When will we decide we’ve had enough? ... We need to enact an assault weapons ban to get weapons of war off… Continue reading
Nov 24 Walmart shooting only latest in workplace attacks, experts say more needed to prevent violence By Anne D'Innocenzio and Alexandra Olson, Associated Press The mass shooting Wednesday at a Walmart in Virginia is only the latest example of a workplace shooting perpetrated by an employee. Continue reading
Nov 20 Watch 2:52 Community mourns deadly Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs By Claire Mufson A gunman opened fire late Saturday night inside Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and wounding at least 25 before being subdued by patrons and taken into police custody. People who were inside the club… Continue watching
Nov 20 Gunman kills 5 in Colorado LGBTQ nightclub, subdued by patrons, police say By Thomas Peipert, Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press A 22-year-old gunman opened fire inside an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and leaving 25 injured before he was subdued by “heroic” patrons and arrested by police who arrived within minutes, authorities said Sunday. Continue reading
Nov 15 WATCH: UVA coach says deadly shooting that killed 3 feels like 'a nightmare' By Sarah Rankin, Associated Press The University of Virginia community mourned on Tuesday as new details emerged both about the three football players killed in a campus shooting this week and the criminal charges the suspect faces. Continue reading
Oct 09 Thai community struggles with sudden loss of so many of its youngest generation By David Rising, Associated Press Two dozen children were among the 36 people shot and slashed to death in an attack that shattered the serenity of the rural township of Uthai Sawan, robbing the small farming community of much of its youngest generation in the… Continue reading