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Florida esports shooting survivor tells story, files lawsuit
Jacob Mitich had made it to Round Two of the Madden NFL 19 tournament in Jacksonville, and had almost scored a touchdown when the shots rang out. Vaulting over a table, he scrambled to exit the crowded room. At first he ran outside to the ...
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh seen as likely to expand gun rights
Although U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he recognizes that gun violence "has plagued all of us," he believes the Constitution limits how far the government can go to restrict gun use to prevent crime. As a federal appeals court judge, Kavanaugh made it ...
Staff, teachers take up firearms training amid spate of U.S. school shootings
When Donald Trump proposed arming teachers to deter school shooters, the overwhelming response from educators was horror. Yet teachers in Colorado are taking action to carry concealed guns to school. The nonprofit group FASTER, set up after 20 small children were killed in 2012 at ...
While journalists around the world face violent threats for their work, attacks against media offices like Thursday's deadly shooting inside a U.S. newsroom are relatively rare. In the latest bloodshed, at least five people are known to have died after a gunman opened fire at ...
At least five dead in Annapolis newsroom shooting; gunman in custody
In what appeared to be one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in U.S. history, a man armed with smoke grenades and a shotgun attacked journalists at a newspaper in Maryland's capital Thursday, killing five people before police quickly stormed the building and arrested ...
Six bodies found on shore near Rio's Sugarloaf Mountain after firefight between police and drug gang
Six bodies were found Sunday on the seashore near Rio de Janeiro's iconic Sugarloaf Mountain and cable-car ride, the fire department said. "They were stuck in the rocks, on the shore," a spokesman said. Police were investigating the grisly discovery and did not say how the ...
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'Do something': Parkland students express anger after Texas shooting
Survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, took to social media to express outrage and heartbreak after a student opened fire at a high school in Texas on Friday, killing 10 people. The shooting at Santa Fe High School marks the deadliest school shooting ...
Accused Texas high school gunman described as bullied loner in a trench coat
The teen accused of killing 10 people in a mass shooting at his Texas high school on Friday was described by fellow students as a quiet loner who played football but kept to himself and was reportedly the victim of some bullying. The suspect, identified ...
A 17-year-old armed with a shotgun and a pistol opened fire at a Houston-area high school Friday, killing 10 people, most of them students, authorities said. It was the nation's deadliest such attack since the massacre in Florida that gave rise to a campaign ...
Trump back in step with NRA after doubts over Parkland shooting
President Donald Trump enthusiastically embraced the National Rifle Association on Friday, vowing not to tighten U.S. firearms laws, despite suggesting just weeks ago after a Florida school shooting that he would take on the powerful gun-rights group. At the NRA's annual convention in Dallas, Trump ...
Toronto van suspect a withdrawn figure with special needs, classmates say
The suspect in a Toronto van attack that killed 10 people and injured 15 others on Monday attended a high school program for students with special needs, where he would often walk the halls with his head down and hands tightly clasped, according to ...
