Matthew McConaughey calls for action after deadly elementary school shooting in his Texas hometown
The actor was born in Uvalde in 1969 and his mother was a kindergarten teacher at a school just a mile away from Robb Elementary School, where Tuesday's shooting unfolded.
Texas school shooting: 19 children, 2 adults killed before gunman shot
Authorities said many of the victims at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, were in the second through fourth grades.
Timeline of Texas mass shootings over the years
All eyes are on Texas after a gunman opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde. A look at the grim tally of mass shootings in Texas since 1966.
List: The most deadly US mass school shootings
The number of mass shootings in schools that included 10 or more victims has mounted since Columbine. Now, Uvalde, Texas is added to that list.
FBI: 61 'active shooter incidents' reported in 2021, 52% jump from 2020
The FBI also reported a 96.8% increase in U.S. active shooter incidents between 2017 to 2021.
Las Vegas mass shooting: 4th anniversary stirs emotions, ceremonies
The fourth anniversary of the Las Vegas massacre, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, is being marked on Friday with ceremonies.
New Orleans shooting on Bourbon Street leaves 5 wounded; video shows crowd fleeing gunfire
One suspect is in custody after French Quarter incident, police say.
Suspected Boulder King Soopers gunman makes 1st court appearance
Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, the 21-year-old accused of fatally shooting 10 people in a Colorado grocery store, made his first court appearance on Thursday.
NAS Pensacola shooting was 'act of terrorism' as US expels Saudi nationals training there, Barr says
Attorney General William Barr announced Monday that the shooter at the Pensacola, Florida, navy base was "motivated by jihadist ideology."
U.S. mass killings hit new high in 2019, most were shootings
More than 210 people were slain in mass killings in 2019.
15-year-old girl killed by student gunman in Saugus High School shooting identified
The coroner on Friday released the identity of one of two students killed when a 16-year-old gunman opened fire on a high school campus in Santa Clarita.
Saugus High School shooting suspect allegedly carried out deadly attack on his birthday, authorities say
Authorities said the 16-year-old gunman was identified through video surveillance at the school and first-hand witness accounts.
Supreme Court allows families of Sandy Hook victims to sue maker of rifle used in shooting
The lawsuit says Remington Arms should never have sold a weapon as dangerous as the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle to the public, which gunman Adam Lanza used to kill 20 first graders and six educators.
2 dead, 12 injured in shooting at college party in Texas
Two people have died and 14 others are injured following a mass shooting at an an off-campus party in Texas.
Sandy Hook father awarded $450K in defamation case against conspiracy theorist writers
A jury in Wisconsin has awarded $450,000 to the father of a boy killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting after he filed a defamation lawsuit against conspiracy theorist writers who claimed the massacre never happened.
Vegas mass shooting settlement expected to pay up to $800M, victims’ lawyers say
Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed against the owner of the resort where the gunman opened fire into an outdoor concert on Oct. 1, 2017.
Think about who you offer ‘thoughts and prayers’ to following a tragedy or disaster, study suggests
The phrase “thoughts and prayers” has become so commonly used following tragic events and natural disasters that there are now countless memes mocking the gesture.
Sandy Hook Promise releases chilling back-to school PSA to bring awareness to 'horrific new normal'
Sandy Hook Promise, a nonprofit aimed at preventing shootings and other harmful acts of violence in schools, released a chilling new PSA on Wednesday that depicts students in a cheery, familiar way showing off their new backpacks, jackets and binders — before taking a dark and sobering turn.
Fashion brand ripped on social media for creating ‘school shooting hoodies’
A fashion company faced severe backlash on social media after showing models wearing hoodies covered in bullet holes with the names of schools where mass shootings happened.
Nearly half of US adults fear being victim of mass shooting, poll finds
Americans appear to be more worried than ever about the possibility of themselves or a loved one becoming a victim of a mass shooting, according to a new Gallup poll.