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Public health strategists tackle New Orleans’ gun violence
As of Tuesday, New Orleans had racked up 154 gun murders, exceeding 2021’s total of 118 such slayings. With 295 non-fatal shootings by this week, the Crescent City appears on track to exceed the 319...
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In his late teens, Calvin Pep was drug-addicted, routinely packed a pistol, spent a year in jail before several murder charges against him were dropped — and lived to tell about being hit by bullets on...
View ArticleSchool gun case sparks debate over safety and second chances
Oak Park, Ill. (AP) — Keyon Robinson was just a month away from graduating from high school when he took a loaded gun, placed it in his backpack and headed to campus. He’d fought with a relative that...
View ArticleWest Virginia passes campus carry, bill heads to governor
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill that would allow people with concealed carry permits to bring firearms on West Virginia public college and university campuses is heading to the desk of Republican Gov....
View ArticleOxford school shooter’s parents can face manslaughter trial
DETROIT (AP) — The parents of a teenager who killed four students at a Michigan high school can face trial for involuntary manslaughter, the state appeals court said Thursday in a groundbreaking case...
View ArticleTeacher shot by 6-year-old student files $40 million lawsuit
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A first-grade Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $40 million in damages from school officials, accusing...
View ArticleYouTube’s recommendations send violent and graphic gun videos to 9-year-olds,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — When researchers at a nonprofit that studies social media wanted to understand the connection between YouTube videos and gun violence, they set up accounts on the platform that...
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Baltimore samaritan who bandaged a shooting victim from block party says ‘All...
BALTIMORE (AP) — Authorities searched last Monday for the suspects who opened fire during a holiday weekend block party in Baltimore that killed two people, wounded 28 others and prompted one resident...
View Article‘It’s such a common thing now’: School shootings reached record levels in 2022
When a student opened fire at her Detroit high school in November 2021, killing four students and injuring seven others, Rebekah Schuler let go of the idea of ever feeling truly safe in school again....
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95% of public schools conduct active shooter drills. Are students safer?
Lockdown drills aimed at preparing students to protect themselves from school shooters do more to stir kids’ anxiety than their sense of protection, argues Dr. Annie Andrews, a South Carolina mother,...
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