Mass Shooting
Court Shields School Records of Dayton Shooter From Press
Ohio privacy law prohibits The Associated Press and other news organizations from accessing school records of the Dayton gunman who killed nine people in August to substantiate former classmates’ claims he was suspended in high school for compiling a “hit list” of people he wanted to kill.
Read moreEl Paso Mass Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in 22 Deaths
The 21-year-old man charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, pleaded not guilty Thursday during a brief initial hearing.
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Two Dead in Germany in Anti-Semitic Yom Kippur Attack
At least two people were shot dead in the German city of Halle on Wednesday in an anti-Semitic attack as Jews marked the holy day of Yom Kippur, with the gunman filming the assault and posting a video online.
Read moreCoast Guard Officer Pleads Guilty to Gun, Drug Charges
A Coast Guard lieutenant and self-proclaimed white nationalist accused of plotting an attack on high-profile Democrats and journalists pleaded guilty Thursday to gun and drug charges.
Read moreMGM Agrees to Pay Las Vegas Shooting Victims Up to $800 Million
Nearly two years to the day after the massacre at a country music festival in Las Vegas, casino giant MGM Resorts has reached a settlement worth up to $800 million with about 2,500 victims.
Read more2020 Democrats Come Together – More or Less – on Gun Control
As the field of candidates vying for the Democratic nomination converged in Las Vegas two years and one day after the nation’s deadliest mass shooting, a consensus emerged that the majority of the American public crave common-sense gun control measures.
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Gun Control Fades From Agenda as Impeachment Arises
After back-to-back mass shootings in Ohio and Texas this summer, gun control burst back on the scene as a major political issue for Democrats. Now it risks taking a back seat as impeachment fever overtakes Washington.
Read morePolice Had Concerns About Gunman 8 Years Before Murders
Eight-year-old police reports describe concerns that the gunman who killed seven and wounded 25 in West Texas might have been planning an attack.
Read moreClass Action Against Bump-Stock Manufacturer Advances
Bump-stock manufacturer Slide Fire learned Thursday it cannot avert claims that negligent marketing caused harm to attendees of an October 2017 concert where 58 people were killed and hundreds were injured in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
Read moreParkland Mass Murder Suspect Loses Bid to Toss Prosecutor
The Florida judge handling capital murder charges against the Parkland high school shooting suspect on Thursday refused to remove a prosecutor from the case for calling the suspect “evil” and “worse than Ted Bundy” during a plea deal discussion.
Read moreAlex Jones Appeals Sanction in Sandy Hook Libel Case
Attorneys for Infowars personality Alex Jones appeared before Connecticut’s high court Thursday to contest sanctions Jones faces in his court battle with victims of the Newtown school shooting, a massacre he denies ever occurred.
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Infowars personality Alex Jones claims in a federal complaint that hackers allied with The Young Turks LLC libeled him by trying to plant child pornography on his company’s computers, and falsely claiming that he “sent child porn to the victims of school shootings.”
Read moreSTEM School Shooting Suspect Will Be Tried on Murder Charges
A Colorado judge ruled Wednesday that a teenager will stand trial on first-degree murder charges over a school shooting that resulted in the death of his classmate in May.
Read moreAngry Judge Sanctions Justice Department Lawyers in Texas Massacre Case
Shortly after storming out of his own courtroom Wednesday, a federal judge in San Antonio sanctioned Justice Department attorneys for not disclosing the names of Air Force staffers who neglected to alert the FBI about a former airman who killed 26 people at a Texas church two years ago.
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Suspected Colorado School Shooter Appears in Evidentiary Hearing
Days after Devon Erickson’s 19th birthday, prosecutors in Colorado presented evidence of their case against the teen, who is charged in a school shooting that killed one of his classmates and injured eight others last May.
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Police See Rise in Threat Tips After Latest Mass Murders
It had all the makings of a massacre: six guns, including a Colt AR-15 rifle, about 1,000 rounds of ammunition, a bulletproof vest, and an angry Southern California man who threatened to kill co-workers at a hotel and its guests.
Read moreSuspect in El Paso Massacre Charged With Capital Murder
A grand jury in Texas delivered a capital murder indictment Thursday against the suspect in last month’s deadly mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart.
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Democrats Renew Calls for Gun Measures at Presidential Forum
Three members of the crowded field of Democratic presidential candidates continued their party’s call Tuesday for swift action and new restrictions on guns in the wake of last month’s massacre in El Paso, Texas, where a shooter killed 22 people and injured dozens of others.
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Poll: Support of Background Checks for Gun Sales Remains High
Americans remain divided on assault weapons policies even as they largely agree on background checks, according to a new poll published Monday.
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