mass shootings

WATCH: Vance speaks after meeting with families affected by Minneapolis shooting

By Steve Karnowski, Mark Vancleave, Associated Press

Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday met with families and victims of a shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis that killed two schoolchildren and injured 21 people. The visit comes one week after an attacker opened fire during the first Mass…

Pope urges end to 'pandemic of arms' as he prays for Minnesota school shooting victims

By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called for an end to the “pandemic of arms, large and small,” as he prayed publicly for the victims of a shooting during a Catholic school Mass in the United States.

In Minneapolis, a series of shootings and the grim realities of a tough summer

By Tim Sullivan, Associated Press

The bad news began in the early days of summer and has never seemed to end in this corner of the Upper Midwest.

What to know about the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis

By R.J. Rico, Associated Press

The shooting comes as school years are starting across the U.S., and some universities have dealt with false alarms about school shootings.

Updates: Minneapolis Catholic school shooting

By Associated Press

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the shooter — armed with a rifle, shotgun and pistol — approached the side of the church and shot through the windows toward the children sitting in the pews.

WATCH: Minneapolis officials offer latest details on deadly Catholic school shooting

By Associated Press

The police chief said dozens of children were inside the mass at the time of the shooting. Two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed where they sat in the pews, he added.

Two children killed, 17 wounded during Mass in a Minneapolis Catholic school shooting

By Steve Karnowski, Mark Vancleave, Associated Press

A shooter opened fire with a rifle Wednesday through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis and struck children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing two and wounding 17 people in an act of violence the…

In CDC attack, man fired 180 shots, breaking 150 windows

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

It may take weeks or even months to replace windows and clean up the damage at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, according to information circulated internally at the agency.

Funeral held for NYPD officer killed in shooting at NFL headquarters building

By Deepti Hajela, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

Mourners packed a New York mosque on Thursday to honor a Bangladesh-born police officer who embraced the job of protecting his adopted city and gave his life for it when a gunman opened fire in an office building this week.

Man who killed Idaho firefighters in ambush once aspired to be one, sheriff says

By Manuel Valdes, Lindsey Wasson, Associated Press

The deaths of Frank Harwood, 42, with Kootenai County Fire and Rescue, and John Morrison, 52, with the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department, have left their colleagues reeling.