Six people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a furious gunfight Tuesday that filled the streets of Jersey City with the sound of heavy fire for hours, authorities said. The dead included the two gunmen, Jersey City Police Chief Michael Kelly ...
Gunman kills himself after murdering six patients at Czech hospital
A gunman killed himself Tuesday after shooting dead six patients at a hospital in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava, in what the country's prime minister has called "an immense tragedy. The attacker gunned down people at close range at the trauma ward of the ...
Pensacola gunman got around a ban on foreigners buying firearms
Generally, foreigners are not allowed to buy guns in the United States. But there are exceptions written into federal law, which may explain how the Saudi flight student who shot three servicemen to death at the Pensacola naval base was able to purchase a ...
FBI treating Pensacola base shooting as act of terrorism by Saudi gunman
The Saudi gunman who killed three people at the Pensacola naval base had apparently gone on Twitter shortly before the shooting to blast U.S. support of Israel and accuse America of being anti-Muslim, a U.S. official said Sunday as the FBI confirmed it is ...
Michael Bloomberg's gun plan: Permits, assault weapon ban and age limits
Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg unveiled a gun control policy on Thursday just steps from the site of one of Colorado's worst mass shootings, calling for a ban on all assault weapons, mandatory permits for gun purchasers and a new position in the White ...
Fear grips Mexico border town after firefight involving cartel convoy leaves 22 dead
A small town near the U.S.-Mexico border began cleaning up Monday, gripped by fear after the killing of 22 people in a ferocious weekend gun-battle between drug cartel members and security forces. A 72-year-old woman living near Villa Union's city hall recounted how she huddled ...
Student wounded and in custody after shooting at Milwaukee-area high school
An officer shot an armed male student Monday morning in a classroom at a suburban Milwaukee high school after the suspect pointed a gun at officers, a police chief said. A Waukesha South High School student informed a school resource officer that a classmate had ...
U.S. Supreme Court justices wrestle over dismissing major gun case
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday grappled with whether to dismiss a challenge to a New York City handgun ordinance and sidestep a ruling that could lead to an expansion of gun rights. The nine justices heard arguments in the first major gun case to ...
Mexico president marks year in office with party and protests
Thousands of Mexicans packed into the capital's central square Sunday to celebrate President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's first year in office, while thousands more marched down the city's main avenue to protest violence and other ills in the country. The mood in the Zocalo was ...
At least 21 killed during Mexico cartel attack on town near U.S. border
Mexican security forces on Sunday killed seven more members of a presumed cartel assault force that rolled into a town near the Texas border and staged an hour-long attack, officials said, bringing the death toll to at least 21. The Coahuila state government said in ...
11 shot and wounded on edge of French Quarter, say New Orleans police
New Orleans police say 11 people were shot in an early morning shooting on the edge of the city's famed French Quarter. A police release says two people are in critical condition and no arrests have been made. Police Supt. Shaun Ferguson tells The New ...
Three-quarters of U.S. kids killed in mass shootings were victims of domestic violence, study says
Three-quarters of U.S. children and teenagers killed in mass shootings over the past decade were victims of domestic violence and generally died in their homes, according to a study released on Thursday by the gun control group Everytown. While the specter of school shootings looms ...
