Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News on Gun control

Connecticut to adjourn largely bipartisan session in contrast to rancor in other states

The Democratic-controlled Connecticut General Assembly is poised to wrap up what’s been one of the most bipartisan legislative sessions in recent memory

The Independent UK

Trial begins for deputy accused of inaction in US school shooting

Scot Peterson, a former officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, faces criminal charges in a Florida court.

Al Jazeera

Alexander Kareem’s family ‘not going to rest’ three years on from his murder

Alexander, 20, was shot dead while out on his scooter in June 2020.

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Autopsy finds North Carolina man died of 'sudden cardiac arrest' during police confrontation

An autopsy has found that a man who died in January after police officers in North Carolina's capital city repeatedly used stun guns died from “sudden cardiac arrest,” and labeled the death a homicide

The Independent UK

Doctor found shot dead in lake was expecting baby with fiancee he proposed to before vanishing, report says

Dr John Forsyth, 49, disappeared on 21 May after a shift at a hospital in the Ozarks

The Independent UK

Prosecutors urge Minnesota Supreme Court to reject appeal by ex-officer in George Floyd's murder

State prosecutors have urged the Minnesota Supreme Court to reject former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin’s request to reconsider his conviction for murdering George Floyd, saying lower courts already got it right

The Independent UK

A security guard stood outside as 17 people were killed at Parkland. Now he’s on trial

Opening arguments in Scot Peterson’s trial on 11 charges related to his conduct during the massacre began on Wednesday, writes Graig Graziosi

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Our kids need leaders to take action against guns, not books

I’ve had personal experience, as a teacher, with both censorship and gun violence, suburban school librarian Gina Caneva writes. My message is simple: Books don’t kill kids — guns do.

Chicago Sun-Times

Serbia's president promises early election amid large protests against his populist rule

Serbia’s president has promised an early parliamentary election in an apparent attempt to defuse large protests against his populist rule in the wake of two mass shootings that shook the nation

The Independent UK

Man convicted in 2018 California state park killing sentenced to life in prison

A man convicted last month in the shooting death of a father who was camping with his daughters at a California park was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison

The Independent UK

'Trail of blood' seen outside Spinningfields bar after man with gun fled fight

The bar has been closed since the incident on Sunday night (June 4)

Manchester Evening News

A high school gathered to celebrate graduation. Then two people were killed in America’s latest mass shooting

Two people were killed and five others injured during a shooting after a high school graduation in Richmond, Virginia on Tuesday. Ariana Baio reports

The Independent UK

Oklahoma panel denies clemency for man convicted of woman's 1995 stabbing death

A state panel in Oklahoma has denied recommending clemency for a man convicted of stabbing a Tulsa woman to death with a butcher knife in 1995

The Independent UK

Jury shown CCTV of moment police officer shot dead in cell ‘by arrested man in handcuffs’

Jurors at Northampton Crown Court were played footage of Louis De Zoysa being wrestled to the floor after Sergeant Matt Ratana was shot in the chest.

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Deputy Scot Peterson could have stopped Parkland school shooting but protected himself instead, trial hears

Opening statements are underway in the trial of a former Florida sheriff's deputy charged with failing to stop the Parkland school massacre five years ago

The Independent UK

Prosecutor: Deputy could have stopped Parkland school shooting but chose to take cover

Opening statements are underway in the trial of a former Florida sheriff's deputy charged with failing to stop the Parkland school massacre five years ago

The Independent UK

Widow claims police ignored her 911 call about husband being taken hostage before he was shot dead

‘I shouldn’t have been the one there, the first person to respond,’ widow says

The Independent UK

Man wanted in triple homicide is captured in Philadelphia; victims include 2 children

A fugitive wanted in the fatal shooting of three people, including two children who’d been playing with kittens in the backyard of their Pennsylvania home, has been captured in Philadelphia

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Her son was killed in Parkland. She hopes a harrowing picture book will finally cause lawmakers to act

‘Joaquin’s First School Shooting’ borrows the aesthetics and language of children’s book, but its contents are purposely chilling. Patricia Oliver, whose son Joaquin was 17 when he died in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, tells Clémence Michallon how lawmakers are responding to the book

The Guardian - US

High school student and relative killed in Virginia graduation shooting

Virginia representative calls for more gun safety policies after suspect was arrested for killing two people and wounding five

Daily Mirror

Two hitmen plotted £100,000 contract killing of stranger on orders of 'Dubai's Mr Big'

Two hitmen have been sentenced to life in prison after they arranged for a hitman disguised as a Tesco delivery driver to carry out a botched £100,000 contract murder

The Independent UK

Third youth convicted of Zombie knife killing of boy in front of mother

Camron Smith, 16, was unarmed and in his underwear when masked attackers stormed into his home.

The Independent UK

Court sees CCTV footage of custody sergeant being shot dead in police cell - OLD

Jurors at Northampton Crown Court were played footage of Louis De Zoysa being wrestled to the floor after Sergeant Matt Ratana was shot in the chest.

The Guardian - UK

Man handcuffed in London police cell shot and killed officer, court told

Louis de Zoysa, 25, shot Sgt Matt Ratana, 54, with weapon probably hidden under his armpit, jury hears

Daily Mirror

Michael Tisius' haunting final words and last meal before Missouri death row execution

Michael Tisius had a last meal of two bacon cheeseburgers, curly fries, regular fries and a chocolate milkshake before being executed by lethal injection at the Missouri state prison

1 … 512 513 514 515

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

101 stories

Court of Appeals

94 stories

Birmingham Crown Court

91 stories

RPS

42 stories

Northampton Crown Court

27 stories

Mercy Hospital

20 stories

the Minnesota Supreme Court

11 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.