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US Senate gun measures gain support despite limited scope
AFP, Published on 14/06/2022
» WASHINGTON: Two horrific massacres in recent weeks have succeeded in bringing Democrats and Republicans close to the most significant federal legislation addressing US gun violence in three decades.
Thousands to rally for action on US gun violence
AFP, Published on 11/06/2022
» WASHINGTON: Thousands of people were expected to demonstrate across the United States on Saturday for tighter firearms laws to curb devastating gun violence plaguing the country.
Man charged with plotting murder of US Supreme Court justice
AFP, Published on 09/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - A California man upset about mass shootings and the looming Supreme Court rulings on abortion and gun rights was charged Wednesday with attempting to murder conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Schoolgirl tells Congress of playing dead to survive Texas massacre
AFP, Published on 08/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - An 11-year-old who smeared herself with her murdered friend's blood to play dead during last month's school shooting in the US state of Texas relived the horror of her ordeal before a panel of lawmakers on Wednesday.
5 killed, two dozen wounded in weekend US mass shootings
AFP, Published on 06/06/2022
» PHILADELPHIA - Five people were killed and two dozen others wounded in a pair of weekend mass shootings in the United States, the latest in a string of deadly gun attacks that have left lawmakers scrambling to tackle the crisis.
Gunman kills four at Tulsa hospital in new US mass shooting: police
AFP, Published on 02/06/2022
» TULSA (UNITED STATES) - A gunman killed at least four people Wednesday at a hospital building in Tulsa, Oklahoma, police said -- the latest mass shooting to convulse the United States as Texas families bury their dead after a school massacre nearly 10 days earlier.
Gunman kills four at Tulsa hospital in new US mass shooting: police
AFP, Published on 02/06/2022
» WASHINGTON: A gunman killed at least four people Wednesday at a hospital campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma, police said, the latest mass shooting to convulse America coming as Texas families bury their dead after a school massacre barely one week ago.
After Uvalde, Biden vows to keep up pressure for gun regulation
AFP, Published on 31/05/2022
» WASHINGTON: Under pressure to act after the latest US mass shooting that left 21 people dead, President Joe Biden vowed on Monday to push for stricter gun regulation, an uphill battle given the Democrats' narrow congressional majority.
Gunman kills 15 at Texas elementary school
AFP, Published on 25/05/2022
» HOUSTON - An 18-year-old gunman killed 14 children and a teacher at an elementary school in Texas on Tuesday, according to the state's governor, in the nation's deadliest school shooting in years.
'Transmitting violence': Livestream video's dark side
AFP, Published on 19/05/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: A gunman's livestream of a mass killing in New York state was taken down in a matter of minutes -- but even that was not fast enough to prevent those images from becoming effectively impossible to erase from the internet.