This year’s convention came just days after mass shootings at a school in Nashville, Tennessee and at a bank last week in Louisville, Kentucky, the latter of which marked the 15th mass killing of the year in the U.S.
For the second year in a row, the National Rifle Association is holding its convention within days of mass shootings that shook the nation
The calls were released Wednesday, hours before an interfaith vigil was scheduled to be held Wednesday in downtown Louisville to remember victims
Two patrol officers who responded to the shooting were wounded, one of them struck in the head by a bullet Monday morning. Five people died in total
Armed with an AR-15 rifle, bank employee Connor Sturgeon killed five people while livestreaming the attack Monday on Instagram
The five people killed on Monday were Tommy Elliott, Joshua Barrick, Juliana Farmer, James Tutt, and Deana Eckert
Authorities identified the gunman as 23-year-old Connor Sturgeon, who was also killed during the shooting Monday. The victims ranged in age from 40 to 64
The military says the service members who died in a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crash ranged in age from 23 to 36 and were from seven states
At least 11 states have now enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming care for minors, and nearly two dozen states are considering bills this year to restrict or ban care
Nondice Thurman, a spokesperson for Fort Campbell, said Thursday morning that the deaths happened the previous night in southwestern Kentucky during a routine training mission
The National Weather Service said 16.8 million people live in the highest risk zone, and more than 66 million people overall should be on alert Friday
Investigators believe the attack was random
Seattle has overhauled virtually all aspects of its police department since DOJ investigators in 2011 found officers were too quick to use force
Governor Andy Beshear framed the Republican-backed bill in Kentucky as an example of government overreach into parental rights
Supporters of the proposal beat a Thursday deadline to retain their power to override an expected gubernatorial veto
The senator’s doctors discovered that he had also suffered a ‘minor rib fracture’ after he tripped and fell at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Washington on Wednesday
Clarence Wilkerson, who is Black, died while in police custody on March 2 after he was detained by Ashland police officers
The findings are the result of an investigation launched after the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor in 2020
The storm could bring as much as 18 inches (45 centimeters) of snow to parts of New Hampshire and Maine and could cause power outages
According to the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, 54 of the 89 tolling facilities that opened in the US in the past decade were for price-managed lanes
As clinics have been forced to shutter in Republican-dominant states with strict abortion bans, some have relocated to cities just over the border, in states with more liberal laws
In some states, Republicans are considering exemptions to sweeping bans or looking at ways to prevent abortions besides trying to roll back the number of weeks during which the procedure is allowed
At a time when much in Hollywood can feel pre-packaged, the makers of the movie think it can be an untamed exception
Each year in the United States, they result in 400 to 500 deaths according to federal highway administrators
For now, the evolving consensus among clergy is this: artificial-intelligence chatbots can’t replicate the passion of actual preaching
“We have a lot of questions,” said Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee
At least 12 people were injured severely enough to be taken to hospitals by emergency responders
