Chris Harper Mercer, the gunman who killed nine people at Umpqua Community College in Oregon Oct. 1 before turning the gun on himself, allegedly targeted Christians, according to witnesses to the rampage.
The killing spree at the Rosenburg, Ore., college that serves more 13,000 full- and part-time students was the worst this year, with the death toll higher than that from the gang shooting in Waco, Texas in May and the Charleston, S.C. massacre in June.
CONCORD, N.H. – Two-term Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan launched a U.S. Senate bid Monday in a move likely to pit her against Republican incumbent Kelly Ayotte in November 2016.
Hassan launched her campaign stressing her bipartisan approach to problem solving and criticizing the federal government for letting special interests hold sway, without singling out Republicans or Democrats, or mentioning Ayotte.
