Massacre survivors plead with Republican candidates to talk about guns
The United States has had six mass killings since the start of January, and Republican presidential candidates are not addressing the issue of gun control.
Rev. Eric S.C. Manning and others close to Emanuel AME Church are troubled by the lack of action from conservative leaders on gun control.
Many Americans support stronger background checks, but conservative leaders have resisted implementing this policy shift. [ more ]
Raising Children in America Means Living in Fear That They'll Be Shot
When my daughter was a newborn, I read an essay about a toddler who died after a loose brick fell from a building onto her head.Devastatingly random, impossible to parse for meaning.I added loose brick to the litany of ways my baby could die.The list was ever-expanding.When I sat with her in the bathtub at night as she fed from my breast, I imagined falling asleep, both of us sliding down into the warmth.
A college will reopen the site of a campus shooting. Some aren't ready.
Michigan State University is set to reopen Berkey Hall, where a shooting took place nearly a year ago, sparking a debate about student safety and trauma.
Some students and gun-control advocates argue that the decision to reopen the hall didn't involve enough student input and could be traumatizing for those affected. [ more ]
Pupil arrested after nine killed in Belgrade school shooting
A 14-year-old boy shot his teacher in a Belgrade classroom on Wednesday morning before opening fire on other students and security guards, killing eight pupils and a security guard, Serbia's interior ministry said.Milan Milosevic, the father of one of the pupils at the Vladislav Ribnikar elementary school, said his daughter was in the class where the gun was fired.
Teenage boy kills nine people in Belgrade school shooting DW 05/03/2023
31 minutes ago31 minutes ago At least eight children are among the dead and several others wounded after teenager went on a shooting spree at an elementary school in Belgrade.Police said eight children and a security guard were killed when a teenage boy opened fire at a school in Serbia's capital of Belgrade on Wednesday.
Teenage boy kills nine people in Belgrade school shooting DW 05/03/2023
31 minutes ago31 minutes ago At least eight children are among the dead and several others wounded after teenager went on a shooting spree at an elementary school in Belgrade.Police said eight children and a security guard were killed when a teenage boy opened fire at a school in Serbia's capital of Belgrade on Wednesday.
Serbia: Teenage boy arrested after deadly school shooting DW 05/03/2023
23 minutes ago23 minutes ago One person was killed and several wounded when a teenager opened fire at an elementary school in Belgrade.A school security guard died and at least five students were wounded when a teenage boy opened fire at a school in Serbia's capital of Belgrade on Wednesday.The Interior Ministry said the seventh-grade student used his father's gun in the shooting.
What We Know About the Victims of the Nashville School Shooting
A Nashville community is in mourning after a heavily armed shooter killed three children and three adults on Monday at a Christian elementary school.The assailant, who police say was a former student at the Covenant School, entered through the building's side door with three weapons, including an AR-style rifle, just after 10 a.m.
Double mass shootings over weekend set grim U.S. record
In less than 90 minutes on Sunday afternoon, two separate mass shootings occurred in Texas and Washington, bringing the total number of mass killings with four or more victims to 37 and 38 for this year, respectively.
The most recent shootings occurred in private homes, highlighting the fact that many mass killings happen in non-public locations. [ more ]
New Art on BART Reminds Us We All Can Help End Domestic Violence | KQED
"One of the things I appreciate most about Asian Women's Shelter is that when we support survivors, there's no judgment towards the survivors, not even towards the abusers," said Saara Ahmed, community resource coordinator at Asian Women's Shelter, at the Feb. 15 press conference for Let's Talk About Us at the Powell Street BART Station.
Wade Goodwyn, longtime NPR correspondent, dies at age 63
Wade Goodwyn reported for NPR for three decades and was known for his deep Texas bass and keen reporting observations and sharp writing.He's pictured here at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 2018.Allison Shelley/NPR NPR has lost one of its singular and most recognizable voices.Longtime National Desk correspondent Wade Goodwyn died Thursday of cancer.
Biden Isn't Giving Up on Gun Safety, Even as Much of Washington Is For Now
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME's politics newsletter.Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox.Since Joe Biden raised his right hand and took his oath of office in January of 2021, there have been more than 1,600 mass shootings in this country.That was a relatively short 877 days ago.
Republican Senator Proposes Armed Grandparents' and Bulletproof Doors' as Solutions to School Shootings
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) touted legislation she's introduced in the Senate to turn America's schools into fortresses in an effort to stop school shootings.On Tuesday's installment of Fox News Tonight, host Kayleigh McEnany noted the Biden administration's opposition to Republican calls to harden schools to prevent or mitigate mass shootings.
A gunman opened fire at a crowded mall north of Dallas yesterday, killing at least eight people and wounding seven others before he was shot to death, the authorities said.The shooting was the second-deadliest in the U.S. this year.The authorities didn't identify the gunman but said he had acted alone.
Jill Biden to attend Nashville shooting vigil Wednesday
First lady Dr. Jill Biden will travel to Nashville, Tennessee, later Wednesday to attend a vigil honoring the lives lost in the mass shooting at The Covenant School, the White House announced.Following her visit to Ohio today to meet with military families, the First Lady will travel to Nashville, Tennessee to join a candlelight vigil to honor and mourn the lives of the victims of The Covenant School shooting, Biden spokesperson Vanessa Valdivia said in a tweet.
WATCH: Biden Demands Congress Act on Bizarre' and Crazy Idea' Of Assault Weapons As Reporters Drown Him Out
President Joe Biden tried to answer a few questions about the Nashville school shooting as he left the White House, but eventually gave up when he was drowned out by shouting reporters.Monday's mass shooting at the Covenant School, an elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee in which three children and three staff members were killed has reignited the issue of gun control, as such shootings do with increasing and disturbing regularity.
"Fvck You Biden": Gen Z Is Really Coming for Biden on TikTok
TikTok youths are really, really upset with President Joe Biden.And it's not merely because he might ban their favorite platform altogether.This is about something a little bigger: Last week, the Biden administration approved a ConocoPhillips oil-drilling deal on federal lands in Alaska, known as the Willow Project.
Good Morning, News: City Employees Form Union, Council to Vote on Criminalizing Homeless, and East Coast Gets a Taste of Wildfire Smoke
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Good Morning, News: TriMet Wants Buses Away from Stalled Freight Trains, Vice Principal Caught Up in Sex Sting, and ChatGPT Could Diagnose Your Pet's Ailment
The Mercury provides news and fun every single day-but your help is essential.If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us.Thanks for your support!GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND!Don't break out the sunglasses just yet.
After Mass Shootings in Serbia, Few Are Ready to Give Up Their Guns
He learned how to shoot a gun from his grandfather before he started school, and he fought in three wars as a soldier in the Yugoslav and then the Serbian Army during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s.Sinisa Janicijevic became such a good shot that he regularly gets invited to weddings in villages around his hometown, Kraljevo, in central Serbia, to make sure the bride shows up which, by tradition, involves shooting down an apple placed in a tree outside her family's home.
Tens of thousands march against Serbia's populist leadership following mass shootings
People march during a rally against violence in Belgrade, Serbia, on Friday, May 12, 2023.Darko Vojinovic/AP BELGRADE, Serbia Tens of thousands of people marched through the Serbian capital, Belgrade, and blocked a key bridge Friday in the second large protest since two mass shootings that rattled the Balkan country and killed 17 people, including many children.
We Can't Believe That's Happening Here': Serbia Reflects After Shootings
Serbia on Saturday mourned the loss of 17 people in two mass shooting in two days, as the nation grappled with its own culture of guns.The funerals of several victims took place on Saturday, the second of three official days of mourning for the consecutive killings at a school in Belgrade, the Serbian capital, and in nearby farming villages.
Germany Mourns Horrific Act' After Gunman Kills 6 at Jehovah's Witness Hall
A gunman opened fire on a congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses in Hamburg killing six people, including a pregnant woman, and wounding eight others before turning his weapon on himself as police stormed the building in what the authorities on Friday called the worst such mass shooting incident of this dimension to affect the city.
Illinois bill would allow police to use drones at parades
Almost a year after the mass shooting in Highland Park that left seven people dead and over 30 injured, Illinois lawmakers passed a bill that would allow law enforcement to operate a surveillance drone for security purposes during special events like the Fourth of July parade where the shooting took place.
Letters: We need stricter gun control to stop the bloodshed
Here are a few no-brainer responses to mass shootings in our beloved nation: 1.No one is permitted to buy a gun until age 21.What is the drinking age in this state?Twenty-one.I'd rather face a drunk with a gut full of booze than someone with a gun full of lead.2. Enforce red flag laws.Monitor gun shops for violations.
Police: 1 dead, 3 hurt in shooting inside Atlanta building
One person was fatally shot and at least three others injured Wednesday in a shooting in a Midtown Atlanta building, police said.Atlanta police said there had been no additional shots fired since the initial shooting unfolded inside a building on West Peachtree Street, between 12th and 13th Streets, a commercial area with many office buildings and high-rise apartments.
Letters: Why do we continue to have these mass shootings? The answer is simple.
Here we go yet again.March 27 was just another Monday in today's America when three 9-year-olds and three adults were slaughtered in another school shooting.The question is asked over and over again: Why do these mass shootings continue to occur, not only in our schools but also countless other venues?
Editorial: After the Nashville school shooting, America must do more than grieve. It must act.
Again, America grieves.Monday morning, an assailant wielding two assault-style weapons and a pistol gunned down three students, all age 9, and three adults at a small private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee.It was the eighth mass killing at an American K-12 school since 2006, according to The Associated Press, and the 130th mass shooting in the country this year.
Police seek motive of gunman who killed 3 at Michigan State
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The 43-year-old gunman who killed three students and wounded five others at Michigan State University had no apparent connection to the campus, police said Tuesday as they searched for a motive for shootings that terrified the community for hours.Investigators were sorting out why Anthony McRae fired inside an academic building and the student union just before 8:30 p.m. Monday.
60 Percent of Americans Want Tighter Gun Rules - But State Laws Have Loosened Since Uvalde
Lawmakers have largely failed to respond to the hundreds of mass shootings since the shooting in Uvalde, Texas.Families participate in a candlelight vigil dedicated to the 19 children and two adults murdered during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, one year ago.Brandon Bell / Getty Images New polling demonstrates that a majority of Americans believe it's more important to control gun violence than it is to protect gun rights.
Climate Protesters Stage Blockade at White House Correspondents Dinner
The protesters called on Biden to reverse his approval of the massive Willow oil drilling project in Alaska.Climate demonstrators block a government vehicle from getting through the entrance to the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 29, 2023 in Washington, D.C.Samuel Corum / Getty Images Members of the corporate media were greeted by hundreds of climate action organizers Saturday night as they arrived at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. for the annual White House Correspondents Dinner.
President Biden: Nashville school shooting a family's worst nightmare'
President Biden called the deadly school shooting in Nashville that left three kids and three adults dead sick, heartbreaking and a family's worst nightmare before calling for legislative action to address gun violence.We have to do more to stop gun violence.It's ripping our communities apart.It's ripping at the very soul of the nation.
Biden to sign executive order on gun background checks
President Biden was set Tuesday to announce a multi-pronged gun-safety executive order aimed at increasing the enforcement of America's background check laws, and to call for a report on the marketing of guns to children, the White House said.The order, limited in its scope, would direct Biden's cabinet to improve public awareness around so-called red-flag laws, and to accelerate law enforcement's reporting of ballistics data to speed the capture of shooters, according to the Biden administration.
The United States experiences so many mass shootings that journalists do not usually linger long after the attacks.Reporters and photographers move on to other stories, while the families and friends of the victims continue to grieve.One year ago today, a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
Serbia Offers Amnesty for Illegal Firearms, and Thousands Are Turned In
Gun owners across Serbia have turned in thousands of weapons as part of an amnesty program aimed at reducing the number of firearms in the hands of civilians after two mass shootings stunned the country last week, according to the government.The shootings, one by a minor armed with his father's pistols and the other involving an illegal firearm, prompted the Serbian president, Aleksandar Vucic, to promise the almost complete disarmament of the country.
A Day After a School Shooting, Belgrade Is Consumed With Grief
The wax ran in streaks on the sidewalk outside a school in Belgrade, left by the hundreds of candles lit by residents of the Serbian capital mourning the deaths of eight children gunned down by a 13-year-old classmate.On Thursday, the morning after the shooting by a teenager armed with pistols he had taken from his father's home, hundreds more people came to express their grief outside the school in an upscale neighborhood of Belgrade after the attack that also left a security guard dead.
The first day of spring is technically a date on the calendar.But your first day of spring is subjective.It might be the first time you realize you're sweating in long sleeves, or step out of your office into warmer air, or eat dinner while it's miraculously, implausibly still light out.On my first day of spring, I reach for a book to join me on a triumphant trip outside, my accomplice in an annual coup against winter.
A year after Uvalde, lawsuits will test firearms industry's immunity protections
The Zamora family is one of many impacted by the Uvalde school shooting.Their daughter Mayah was shot and survived.Now the family is one of two suing the gun maker Daniel Defense.Courtesy: Romanucci & Blandin, LLC May 24th, 2022 was awards day at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.Fourth grader Mayah Zamora won three of them in math, robotics, and for making the honor roll.
Lawsuits claim gunmaker can be held liable in the Uvalde school massacre
Two lawsuits filed by families of Uvalde victims against gunmaker Daniel Defense will be a key test of an unsettled legal theory.ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Federal law protects the firearms industry from lawsuits if their products are misused, but the law has exceptions.And two lawsuits filed after last year's school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, allege that the maker of the weapon, Georgia-based Daniel Defense, can be held liable.
Granderson: The Dodgers faltered by disinviting the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence but came to their senses
(Richard Vogel / Associated Press)
The Dodgers have only themselves to blame for the beating they've taken from the left and the right over the decision to first invite to Pride Night - and then disinvite - a charity organization fronted by drag queens dressed as nuns.The team's apology to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence on Monday afternoon doesn't erase the damage done.
Nevada Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo on Wednesday vetoed three Democratic-led gun control bills that attempted to increase the age to possess certain firearms and restrict who can obtain them.I will not support legislation that infringes on the constitutional rights of Nevadans, Lombardo said in a statement defending the first vetoes of his tenure.
8 fatally shot in Serbian town day after 9 killed at school
A shooter killed at least eight people and wounded 13 in a drive-by attack late Thursday in Serbia's second such mass killing in two days, state television reported.The attacker shot randomly at people near the town of Mladenovac, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of the capital, RTS reported early Friday.
At least 8 dead from second mass shooting in 2 days in Serbia
Police block the road near the village of Malo Orasje, just outside the town of Mladenovac, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Serbia's capital Belgrade, on May 05, 2023.ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images BELGRADE, Serbia A shooter killed at least eight people and wounded 13 in a drive-by attack near a town close to Belgrade late Thursday, the second such mass killing in Serbia in two days, state television reported.
'There was a line outside the door:' Thrilled gun shop owners weigh in on blocked weapons ban
Gun shop owners around the state were swamped with weekend crowds after a federal judge in the district court for the Southern District of Illinois issued an injunction Friday, blocking enforcement of the state's January ban on military-style firearms.When Roger Krahl, owner of RGuns in Carpentersville, heard about the injunction, he said the phones in his office lit up like a Christmas tree.
Illinois ban on high-powered firearms blocked by federal judge downstate
A federal judge in southern Illinois on Friday issued an injunction blocking enforcement of the state's new ban on many higher-powered firearms and large-capacity ammunition magazines, just days after a counterpart in Chicago ruled the opposite way.The ruling came in a case that consolidated lawsuits brought by a variety of groups, including the Illinois State Rifle Association, against the law passed in the Democratic-controlled General Assembly and signed by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker in January in response to the deadly mass shooting at last year's Fourth of July parade in north suburban Highland Park.
Submit your letter to the editor via this form.Read more Letters to the Editor.Drought or not, statemust conserve water Re: Newsom denies obvious: State no longer in drought (Page A6, March 28).George Skelton's column saying that the governor denies that the state is no longer in a drought is meaningless.
Supreme Court Won't Block Illinois Laws on High-Powered Rifles
WASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to block two Illinois laws prohibiting the sale of high-powered guns and high-capacity magazines while challenges to them move forward.The court's brief order gave no reasons, which is typical when the court acts on requests for emergency relief.There were no noted dissents.
Judge in Virginia Strikes Down Federal Limit on Age of Handgun Buyers
A judge in Virginia has struck down federal laws blocking handgun sales to buyers over 18 and under 21, in a ruling that might augur the rollback of regulation prompted by the Supreme Court's sweeping expansion of gun rights last year.Judge Robert E. Payne of Federal District Court in Richmond, Va., ruled on Wednesday that statutes and regulations put in place over the past few decades to enforce age requirements on sales of handguns, like the semiautomatic Glock-style pistols, by federally licensed weapons dealers were not consistent with our nation's history and tradition and therefore could not stand.
In incidents up to March 2021 Source: The Violence Project By The New York Times Most assailants in mass shootings in the United States are male, according to the Violence Project, which maintains a national database of mass shootings dating to 1966.In a data set of 172 mass shootings, which the group defines as involving four or more victims, only four assailants were women or girls.
The Covenant School is a small academy housed at a Presbyterian church.
The Covenant School in Nashville is a small, private Christian school, with an enrollment of around 200 students in preschool through sixth grade.The school is intentionally small with an emphasis on relationships, according to its website, and the school boasts a teacher-to-student ratio of 8-to-1.
DOJ seeks fast-track Supreme Court review of ruling against gun ban for people under domestic violence restraining orders
The Justice Department on Friday asked the Supreme Court to fast-track its consideration of a recent appeals court ruling that deemed unconstitutional a federal law barring gun possession by those under domestic violence restraining orders.The presence of a gun in a house with a domestic abuser increases the risk of homicide sixfold, US Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar wrote in her petition Friday, urging the high court to decide before its summer recess whether to take up the case.
Suspect in Texas Walmart massacre that left 23 dead in El Paso pleads guilty to 90 federal charges
El Paso, Texas (CNN)Patrick Crusius plead guilty to all federal charges on Wednesday, nearly three and a half years after the 2019 mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas -- one of the deadliest attacks on Latinos in modern US history.Crusius, 24, had pleaded not guilty in 2020 to the 90 federal charges he faces, including hate crimes resulting in death, use of a firearm to commit murder during and in relation to a crime of violence, hate crimes involving attempt to kill, and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
Federal ban on selling handguns to 18- to 20-year-olds is unconstitutional, judge says
A federal judge said Wednesday that federal prohibitions on licensed dealers selling handguns to 18- to 20-year-olds are unconstitutional, in what is the latest legal volley over age-based firearm regulations a court fight that has escalated since the Supreme Court's major Second Amendment ruling last year.
Serbia police urge people to lock guns after school shooting
Serbian police on Thursday urged citizens to lock up their guns after a 13-year-old boy used his father's guns in a shooting rampage that killed eight of his fellow students and a school guard, sending shock waves through the nation.Thousands of people in Belgrade and other cities throughout the Balkan country lined up to lay flowers, light candles and leave toys to commemorate the victims of the shooting that happened in a central district in the Serbian capital on Wednesday morning.
Police: Serbia school shooter had list of students to target
A 13-year-old who opened fire Wednesday at his school in Serbia's capital drew sketches of classrooms and made a list of children he intended to target in a meticulously planned attack, police said.He killed eight fellow students and a guard before calling the police and being arrested.Mass shootings are extremely rare in the Balkan region, although Serbia is awash in guns left over from the wars of the 1990s.
VIDEO : In pictures: mourners leave flowers after eight children and a guard were shot in a Belgrade school
Mourners left flowers and lit candles near the site of a school shooting in Belgrade on Wednesday.Mourners left flowers and lit candles near the site of a school shooting in Belgrade on Wednesday.A 13-year-old opened fire Wednesday at his school in Serbia's capital killing eight fellow students and a school guard before being arrested.
Serbian school shooter 'had list of pupils to target'
The shooter, identified as Kosta Kecmanovic, drew sketches of classrooms and wrote a list of children he planned to "liquidate", according to senior police official Veselin Milic.The incident at Vladislav Ribnikar school in central Belgrade left six other pupils and one teacher with injuries.
Teenage Boy Arrested After 9 Killed in School Shooting in Serbia
BELGRADE A teenage boy opened fire at a school in Serbia's capital Wednesday, killing eight children and a school guard, police said.Six more children and a teacher were injured and hospitalized.Police identified the shooter by his initials, K.K., and said he had opened fire with his father's gun.He was arrested in the school yard, police said.
Teenage boy kills 8 children, guard at school in Belgrade
Police officers escort a minor, a seventh grade student who is suspected of firing several shots at a school in the capital Belgrade on May 3, 2023.OLIVER BUNIC (AFP) A teenage boy opened fire at a school in Serbia's capital Wednesday, killing eight children and a school guard, police said.Six more children and a teacher were injured and hospitalized.
Teenage shooter kills 8 children, guard at school in Serbia
By JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC | Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) A teenager opened fire at his school in Serbia's capital Wednesday, killing eight children and a school guard before being arrested in the school yard, police said.Six other children and a teacher were hospitalized.A father of a student at the school in central Belgrade said the shooter entered his daughter's classroom, firing at her teacher and then her classmates as they ducked under their desks.
This is how people are expected to live now' in America's mass shooting reality
Even mass shootings become routine after a while for many Americans not yet directly affected.Another city goes into lockdown.Millions of smartphones flash with news of the latest horror.Video shows police storming into another building and snaking lines of survivors being rushed to safety.Soon, muted TVs playing cable news in tire shops, bars and airports nationwide show speeding ambulances and white-coated hospital spokespeople briefing on trauma injuries.
One person killed and at least four injured in shooting in midtown Atlanta
One person was fatally shot and at least four injured on Wednesday in a shooting in a midtown Atlanta building, police said.Atlanta police said there had been no additional shots fired since the initial shooting unfolded just after 12.30pm inside a building on West Peachtree Street, between 12th and 13th Streets, a commercial area with office buildings and high-rise apartments.
Eight children are dead and a student is in custody after a school shooting in Serbia
A parent escorts her child following a shooting at a school in the capital Belgrade on Wednesday.Oliver Bunic/AFP via Getty Images A 14-year-old boy opened fire at a school in the Serbian capital of Belgrade on Wednesday, killing eight students and a school security guard, according to police.Authorities say they received a call about the shooting at school around 8:40 a.m.
Ambulances and police officers arrive following a shooting at a school in the capital Belgrade on May 3, 2023.Oliver Bunic, AFP A teenage boy opened fire at a school in Serbia's capital Wednesday, killing eight children and a school guard, police said.Six more children and a teacher were injured and hospitalized.
Shooter who killed 6 at Christian elementary school in Nashville was possibly transgender
Police are saying they believe the person who killed six in a mass shooting yesterday at a Christian elementary school in Nashville may have been transgender.Authorities say that the shooter entered the Covenant School, which is Presbyterian, armed with two "assault-style" weapons and a handgun.
What we know about the Nashville Christian school shooting
Families leave a reunification site in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, March 27, 2023 after several children were killed in a shooting at Covenant School in Nashville.The suspect is dead after a confrontation with police.(AP Photo/John Amis)NASHVILLE - Six people were killed at a small, private Christian school just south of downtown Nashville on Monday after a shooter opened fire inside the building containing about 200 students, police said.
Female shooter killed three children and three adults at Nashville private school
Police officers arrive at the Covenant School, Covenant Presbyterian Church, after reports of a shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 27, 2023.METROPOLITAN NASHVILLE PD (via REUTERS) A female shooter wielding two assault-style rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday in what marks the latest in a series of mass shootings in a country growing increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools.
3 children, 3 adults killed in Nashville primary school shooting
Three children suffering gunshot wounds pronounced dead at hospital after shooting on Monday morning.Three children and three adults have been killed in a shooting at a primary school in the US city of Nashville, Tennessee, officials said.The shooting happened on Monday at The Covenant School, a private Presbyterian school for about 200 students from preschool through sixth grade.
Mental Health The news of hundreds of mass shootings each year can affect a person's sense of safety.NPR's A Martinez speaks with therapist Michael Davidovitz about how to cope with the trauma of mass shootings.Copyright 2023 NPR.All rights reserved.Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information.
In first remarks to reporters on Nashville shooting, McCarthy says he must see all the facts' before backing gun control measures
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday that lawmakers must see all the facts before any gun legislation can be put forward following the shooting in Nashville this week, the first public comments the California Republican has made to reporters since the incident.McCarthy's remarks ultimately follow a similar sentiment expressed by fellow Republicans, President Joe Biden and Democrats: that efforts to increase gun control are likely to be an uphill battle despite multiple mass shootings.
Tucker Carlson says trans people are Christians' "natural enemies" in doomsday rant
Just weeks after a Daily Wire host called for " eliminating transgenderism," Fox News host Tucker Carlson described in apocalyptic terms that transgender people are the "natural enemy" of Christianity on his show last night in a rant about the Nashville school shooter, who is possibly transgender.
Tucker Carlson is afraid gun-toting trans people will start "political violence"
Fox News host Tucker Carlson has claimed that National Public Radio (NPR) is over-hyping anti-transgender violence to encourage the trans community to arm themselves with military-grade weapons.As "proof," Carlson pointed to a recent NPR segment about Rainbow Reload, an LGBTQ+ gun club based in New Hampshire.
Children and teens are more likely to die by guns than anything else
Guns are the leading cause of death for US children and teens, since surpassing car accidents in 2020.Firearms accounted for nearly 19% of childhood deaths (ages 1-18) in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wonder database.Nearly 3,600 children died in gun-related incidents that year.
4 Ways To Help Victims Of The Nashville Covenant School Shooting
On Monday, March 28, a shooter opened fire at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, killing six people - three 9-year-old children, Hallie Scruggs, William Kinney, and Evelyn Dieckhaus; and three adults, 60-year-old Katherine Koonce, the head of school; 61-year-old Mike Hill, the school custodian; and 61-year-old Cynthia Peak.
Nashville police search for clues after latest US school shooting
Three children and six adults were killed by attacker wielding assault weapons at private Tennessee christian school.Investigators are searching for clues to better understand the motive behind the latest school shooting in the United States, which left three children and three adults dead at a private Christian primary school in Nashville, Tennessee.
Nashville victims: three nine-year-olds and school head among six shot dead
Three nine-year-old children and three adults arrived at the Covenant School, a small, private Christian academy in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday for what appeared to be a normal day of school.Before noon, all six had been killed the victims of a shooter who terrorized the school with multiple firearms before being shot dead by police.
VIDEO : Watch: Nashville police releases video of armed suspect in school
A former student shot through the doors of a Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee and killed three children and three adults after planning the massacre by drawing out a detailed map and conducting surveillance of the building, police said.A former student shot through the doors of a Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee and killed three children and three adults after planning the massacre by drawing out a detailed map and conducting surveillance of the building, police said.
Nashville shooting that killed six people, including three children, is just the latest school attack to raise questions about easy access to assault weapons.An assault-rifle attack at Nashville's Covenant School that killed three children and three adults is the latest in a relentless cycle of mass shootings at American schools.
Reporter covering Nashville school shooting makes stunning announcement on-air: 'I am a survivor'
While covering a deadly school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, a local reporter said that she is also a survivor of a school shooting.On March 27, a 28-year-old woman shot and killed three children and three staff members at The Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville for children in preschool through 6th grade.
Biden to meet with families and victims of Monterey Park mass shooting and discuss efforts to curb gun violence
President Joe Biden will meet with the families and victims of the Monterey Park mass shooting while he's in California on Tuesday, where he's set to deliver remarks launching largely symbolic efforts to combat gun violence in the United States.Although Biden has taken a number of actions before to curb gun violence, the president and his administration have publicly acknowledged that any further significant measures to address the issue will not be achieved without the approval of Congress.
Gunman had no affiliation with US university where he killed three, police say
A gunman who opened fire at Michigan State University killed three students and wounded five, setting off an hours-long manhunt as frightened students hid in classrooms and cars. he gunman eventually killed himself, police announced.Police at a news conference later on Tuesday identified the gunman as 43-year-old Anthony McRae.
Bay Ridge activists to host vigil for gun violence awareness * Brooklyn Paper
Photo courtesy of Vicki McFayden.Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams Peace Action Bay Ridge, a local anti-violence organization, is aiming to bring the community together at their annual anti-gun violence vigil on Feb. 14.According to Vicki McFayden, one of the founding member of the initiative, the goal of the event is to raise awareness on the severity of fire arm related deaths and encourage safe gun laws.
At Michigan State, Some Students Face Multiple Mass Shootings
As more and more details emerge about the recent unfortunate exercise in Second Amendment freedoms at Michigan State University, there are a couple that not only stick in the throat, but also make you wonder even more deeply what kind of madhouse in which we've all been living for the past few decades.
Michigan State struggles with uncertain return to classes | amNewYork
Michigan State University professor Marco Díaz-Muñoz is still haunted by what he witnessed last Monday night, when a gunman entered his classroom in Berkey Hall, killing two of his students in what he describes as "12 minutes of terror.""Those images haunt me.The images of those two girls," Díaz-Muñoz told The Associated Press.
New Art on BART Reminds Us We All Can Help End Domestic Violence | KQED
"One of the things I appreciate most about Asian Women's Shelter is that when we support survivors, there's no judgment towards the survivors, not even towards the abusers," said Saara Ahmed, community resource coordinator at Asian Women's Shelter, at the Feb. 15 press conference for Let's Talk About Us at the Powell Street BART Station.