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A majority of homicide victims knew their assailants. That’s part of what makes mass shootings so terrifying – the idea that you could be randomly killed while going to school, the movies or the grocery store. But some shooters do target particular groups, if not individuals. Recent high-profile shootings led to multiple deaths of Black […]
Comment on this story Comment When Chicago Sun-Times editor Jennifer Kho saw the photos last week, her first thought was, “Oh, my God, we can’t run these.” They showed carnage and chaos: Victims of the July Fourth parade shooting in Highland Park, Ill., lay sprawled on sidewalks and streets, blood pouring from jagged wounds caused […]
The spate of shooting attacks in communities such as Highland Park, Ill.; Uvalde, Tex.; and
Comment on this story Comment News companies are facing an agonizing challenge in a year that has already seen, by one count, more than 320 mass shootings across the United States: deciding which atrocities warrant on-the-ground coverage and which don’t.
Representative Carolyn Maloney, a Democrat from New York and chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, speaks during a hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Oct. 28, 2021. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. House Oversight Committee has asked the chief executives of three gunmakers to testify on July 20 […]
Photos: ACLUYouTube Bipartisan efforts to change the criminal justice system have gained momentum around the country in recent years. Nearly all 50 states, many counties, and the federal government have sought to reduce imprisonment and mitigate its harms.[1] A remarkable wave of legislation has shortened custodial sentences and widened eligibility for sentences served in the […]
On the morning of July 4, President Joe Biden hailed the day as one to “celebrate the goodness of our nation.” Shortly after his tweet, a gunman on a rooftop opened fire into a crowd of spectators who gathered to enjoy a Fourth of July parade in a Chicago suburb. He killed seven people and […]
On the morning of 4 July, President Joe Biden hailed the day as one to “celebrate the goodness of our nation”. Less than an hour after his 9.25am EST tweet, a gunman on a rooftop opened fire into a crowd of spectators who gathered to enjoy a Fourth of July parade in a Chicago suburb. […]
A gunman targeted the only Black-run grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y., killing ten people. USMAN KHAN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption USMAN KHAN/AFP via Getty Images A gunman targeted the only Black-run grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y., killing ten people. USMAN KHAN/AFP via Getty Images On Saturday, a shooter targeted shoppers at the […]
It was bizarre to see photos of employees running out of the King Soopers in Boulder, wearing their uniforms and aprons — so like those she and her coworkers wore each day, she told CNN. After the massacre, “Every day when I went into work I would think through where the exits are and where […]