Tag: Gun violence
Prosecutor’s reelection pits reform against rising gun crime
PHILADELPHIA — Voters in Pennsylvania will cast ballots Tuesday in the Democratic Primary for Philadelphia District Attorney that pits a reform-minded incumbent against a...
Gun used in deadly Chicago-area shootings has long history
CHICAGO — A gun that a man used to kill five people in January shootings in Chicago and a nearby suburb was used in...
EXPLAINER: With bankruptcy tossed, what’s next for the NRA?
NEW YORK — Now that a judge has rejected the National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy bid, blocking its plan to reincorporate in Texas, the gun...
Neighbors mourn victims of Colorado shooting that killed 7
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Residents of a tight-knit trailer park in Colorado Springs tried to make sense of a weekend shooting at a birthday...
Men who chased, killed Ahmaud Arbery due in federal court
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Three Georgia men were scheduled to appear before a federal judge Tuesday on federal hate crime charges in the slaying of...
Texas Senate advance bill allowing handguns without license
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas would allow people to carry a handgun without a license, and the background check and training that go with it,...
As pandemic ebbs, an old fear is new again: mass shootings
PORTLAND, Ore. — Brianne Smith was overjoyed to get an e-mail telling her to schedule a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Hours later,...
Police officer who shot man in car is charged with murder
A police officer in Virginia has been indicted on a murder charge in the shooting death of a man in a vehicle near a...
Chicago police say gun violence is on the rise this year
CHICAGO — Chicago has seen a significant increase in shootings and homicides so far this year, compared with the first four months of 2020,...
‘I’m still exhaling’: Swing-state voters on Biden’s 100 days
ELM GROVE, Wis. — Standing on the sidelines of her son's soccer practice in this upscale suburb, Laura Hahn looked skyward for answers when...