Tag: Mass Shootings
‘I Want You to Hear This’: A Sandy Hook Mother Confronts Alex Jones
AUSTIN, Texas — For 90 searing minutes in a courtroom on Tuesday, a Sandy Hook mother brought the…
Lies for Profit: Can Sandy Hook Parents Shut Alex Jones Down?
AUSTIN, Texas — When viral lies harm private people, are the courts their best refuge? A trial to…
House Passes Assault Weapons Ban That Is Doomed in Senate
WASHINGTON — Responding to a string of mass shootings, a divided House passed a ban on assault weapons…
Assault Weapons Makers Pulled In Over $1 Billion as Violence Surged, Report Says
The report showed that, as the country has struggled to cope with an epidemic of gun violence that…
Beto O’Rourke broke a Texas fund-raising record with a $27.6 million haul, his campaign said.
Beto O’Rourke set a new Texas fund-raising record for state office with a $27.6 million haul over four…
Uvalde Teacher Recounts Harrowing Assault Inside Classroom
UVALDE, Texas — The first shots came from the hallway outside the classroom. Arnulfo Reyes, a fourth-grade teacher…
What We Know About the Highland Park Shooting
A gunman shooting from a rooftop killed seven people and wounded dozens more during a Fourth of July…
Justice Dept. Braces for Summer of Violent Crime
Yet the federal government, for all its vast investigative powers, plays a supporting role when it comes to…
Schools Are Spending Billions on High-Tech Defense for Mass Shootings
Reid Bauer was finishing lunch period last year at his middle school in the Atlanta area when an…
For Gun Violence Researchers, Bipartisan Bill Is a ‘Glass Half Full’
Dr. Rosenberg argued that gun violence prevention and gun rights are not at odds with each other. It…
Biden Signs Gun Bill Into Law, Ending Years of Stalemate
WASHINGTON — President Biden on Saturday signed into law a bipartisan gun bill intended to prevent dangerous people…
Oslo Shooting Is Being Investigated as Terrorism, Police Say
Some L.G.B.T.Q. people reacted with shock that such a shooting could happen in a country where gay people…