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In Baton Rouge, tensions run high after officers shot

By PBS News Hour

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was on high alert today after a deadly shooting that killed three law enforcement officers this morning. The city has been tense ever since police officers shot and killed Alton Sterling, prompting protests throughout the country. Reporter…

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2 bailiffs killed, 1 injured in shooting outside Michigan courthouse

By Joshua Barajas

A gunman shot and killed two bailiffs and injured a deputy sheriff outside a Michigan courthouse Monday afternoon, authorities said. The suspect, who has not been identified by police, was also killed.

Officers identify suspect in shootings during Dallas protest against police violence

By Nsikan Akpan, Amanda Gomez

Snipers reportedly attacked officers near a Dallas protest against police shootings.

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.

Here’s what we know about America’s worst mass shootings in modern history

By Lisa Desjardins

Here is a look at the worst mass shootings in America, where they happened, who was responsible and links to more comprehensive coverage of each.

50 killed at Orlando nightclub in worst mass shooting in U.S. history

By News Desk

At least 50 people were killed and 53 were injured inside Pulse, a popular gay night club in Orlando, Florida, when a shooter opened fire early Sunday morning before being killed hours later after a standoff with police.

UCLA gunman was a former doctoral student, police say

By News Desk

A Los Angeles Police spokeswoman has identified the gunman in Wednesday's apparent murder-suicide on the University of California-Los Angeles campus as Mainak Sarkar.

Secret Service officer shoots armed man outside White House

By Joshua Barajas

President Barack Obama was not on the premises during the shooting.

Georgia man kills five in shooting rampage

By Michael D. Regan

A Georgia gunman on a shooting rampage killed five people Friday night in two separate locations before taking his own life, with some of the victims believed to be members of his wife's family.

Two dead in murder-suicide at Texas base

By Joshua Barajas

At least two people have been killed in an apparent murder-suicide at the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, local authorities said Friday.