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At Least 16 Dead In Mass Shooting In Lewiston, Maine
A 40-year-old man recently hospitalized for hearing voices shot and killed at least 16 people in Lewiston, Maine on Wednesday…
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Orlando is why we need surveillance
The FBI had the Orlando gunman under watch — twice — and, after much consideration, decided to stop following him. Was this a mistake?…
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Massachusetts counts two among Orlando dead
BOSTON – After the massacre of 49 people at a gay club in Orlando, Florida, early Sunday, Bostonians gathered in solidarity to mourn…
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Details emerge after worst mass shooting in US history
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The last of the bodies were removed from an Orlando gay nightclub overnight as investigators dug into the background…
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Gunman kills about 20 in Florida gay club shooting
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded Florida nightclub early Sunday…
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UCLA goes from fear to sadness in professor’s shooting death
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A murder-suicide brought a massive police response and widespread fear of an active shooter among tens of thousands…
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US seeks death for accused shooter in Charleston massacre
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department intends to seek the death penalty against Dylann Roof, the man charged with killing nine black parishioners…
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Palestinian attacks kill American tourist, wound 12 Israelis
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian attackers unleashed a series of shooting and stabbing assaults on Israelis on Tuesday, including a stabbing spree in the…
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Ferguson sued after vote to revise Justice Department deal
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The federal government sued Ferguson on Wednesday, one day after the City Council voted to revise an agreement aimed…
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Gunshots reported at San Diego Navy med center
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Navy said Tuesday that a report of three gunshots heard in the basement of a building at Naval…
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Police: Gunman said he shot Philadelphia cop in Islam’s name
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man using a gun stolen from police said he was acting in the name of Islam when he ambushed…
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Man in fake explosives vest killed amid high Paris tension
PARIS (AP) — A man wearing a fake explosives vest and wielding a butcher knife was shot to death by police outside a…
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Chicago cop pleads not guilty in black teen’s shooting death
CHICAGO (AP) — A white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald pleaded not…
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Officer won’t face charges in killing of Cleveland boy
CLEVELAND (AP) — A grand jury declined to indict a white rookie police officer in the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice,…
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Chicago police shooting of grandmother, teen draws criticism
CHICAGO (AP) — Bettie Jones, known in her Chicago neighborhood for her work with anti-violence community groups, was killed by police responding…
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Charleston church hosts cross-racial gathering to tackle racism
The massacre of nine African-American worshippers during a Bible study at a church in Charleston, S.C., earlier this year has…
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Search begins for missed red flags before San Bernardino massacre
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government appears not to have picked up on extremist messages exchanged during the online courtship two years…
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California shooters radicalized years ago, FBI says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The two San Bernardino shooters became radicalized at least two years ago — well before one of them came to the…
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Killers were ‘radicalized,’ practiced shooting
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The husband and wife who carried out the San Bernardino massacre had been radicalized and had frequented local…
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Suspect in Planned Parenthood attack makes 1st appearance
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The man accused in the shooting rampage at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic made his first court appearance…
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Suspect in Colorado clinic shooting to appear in court
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The man accused of opening fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs lived a troubled, isolated…
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Explosions, gunfire rock Paris; scores die
PARIS — Scores of people died in what French President Francois Hollande described a series of unprecedented terrorist attacks around Paris Friday, Reuters…
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Guns, Congress, and the will of the people
Like most people who grew up in suburban Boston, I am not a gun person. I've never owned one. I&…
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Officials: 1 dead, 3 wounded in university shooting in Ariz.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An early morning fight between two groups of students escalated into gunfire in the parking lot outside an Arizona…
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Witnesses: Gunman targeted Christians
Chris Harper Mercer, the gunman who killed nine people at Umpqua Community College in Oregon Oct. 1 before turning the gun on…
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Gunman at Oregon college asked students their religion then killed 9
UPDATE — 6:15 a.m. A doctor says one victim of the deadly mass shooting at an Oregon community college will likely…
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Two Virginia TV station employees shot; gunman dies at hospital
Written by Steve Helber, Pam Ramsey and Jonathan Drew MONETA, Va. (AP) — A TV reporter and cameraman were shot to death during…
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Movie theater chain checking bags nationwide after shootings
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Movie theater chain Regal Entertainment Group has begun to check bags in response to shootings at theaters around the…
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Defense sec. calls for security policies review
Written by Kevin Freking WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has reminded the military service chiefs that Defense Department policy does…
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Chattanooga raises terrorism concerns
By Eric Tucker WASHINGTON (AP) — The deadly shootings at military sites in Tennessee illustrate the threat that FBI officials have warned about:…
