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Baby dies after pregnant mother was one of several people shot in western Massachusetts

By Associated Press

The pregnant woman was shot in the afternoon while seated on a public bus and taken to a hospital in critical condition, the Hampden District Attorney’s Office said.

Biden administration proposes rule that would require more firearms dealers to run background checks

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

It's the latest effort by Biden's top officials to combat rising gun violence nationwide. People who sell firearms online or at gun shows would be required to be licensed and run background checks on the buyers before the sales.

Deadly Jacksonville shooting is latest racist attack amid rise in hate crimes

By Ali Rogin

Saturday’s fatal shooting of three Black people by a white gunman in Jacksonville, Florida, is a brutal reminder that race-based hate is still present in America. Authorities say the shooter left writings detailing his racist ideology, and the FBI is…

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Florida authorities identify victims, shooter in racist attack at Dollar General store

By Russ Bynum, Aaron Morrison, Associated Press

Jacksonville's sheriff identified those shot in Saturday's attack at a Dollar General as Angela Michelle Carr, 52; store employee A.J. Laguerre, 19; and customer Gerrald Gallion, 29.

White man fatally shoots 3 Black people at a Florida store in a hate crime, officials say

By Russ Bynum, Terry Spencer, Trisha Ahmed, Associated Press

A masked white man fatally shot three Black people inside a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store in a predominately African-American neighborhood on Saturday, in an attack where he used a gun painted with a swastika, officials said.

Jury recommends death sentence for man who killed 11 at Tree of Life synagogue

By Associated Press

The same federal jury that convicted the 50-year-old Bowers on 63 criminal counts recommended Wednesday that he be put to death for an attack whose impacts continue to reverberate nearly five years later.

Suspect in 4 Georgia killings dies exchanging gunfire with officers, authorities say

By Jeff Amy, Tom Murphy, Associated Press

Officers shot and killed a man wanted in four weekend killings near Atlanta during an exchange of gunfire, and a sheriff's deputy and a police officer were injured trying to take the suspect into custody, authorities said.

Authorities search for suspect in shooting deaths of 4 people in suburban Georgia

By Associated Press

Authorities in Georgia hunted Saturday for a man who remained at large hours after he was suspected of gunning down three men and a woman in a suburban neighborhood south of Atlanta.

U.S. endures deadliest 6 months of mass killings on record

By Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press, Larry Fenn, Associate Press

Six months. 181 days. 28 mass killings. 140 victims. One country.

Police search for suspect after 9 people shot in Cleveland, 1 seriously injured

By Associated Press

An early morning shooting in a nightclub area of downtown Cleveland sent nine people to the hospital, but no fatalities were reported, authorities said.