Judge orders Alex Jones to pay $100,000 in Sandy Hook case
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas judge ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $100,000 in another court setback over the Infowars host using his show to...
Police: Parishioners kill man who fatally shoots 2 at church
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas — A man pulled out a shotgun at a Texas church service and fired on worshippers Sunday, killing two people before he was shot ...
Lawyers fight death penalty for synagogue shooting suspect
Lawyers for the suspect in the synagogue shooting that killed 11 people in Pittsburgh have challenged his potential death sentence as unconstitutional...
US mass killings hit new high in 2019, most were shootings
The first one occurred 19 days into the new year when a man used an ax to kill four family members including his infant daughter. Five months later, 1...
Texas sheriff: 2 dead, multiple shot in music video ‘ambush’
HOUSTON — Two people were shot and killed and multiple others were wounded when a group filming a music video was “ambushed” near Houston, Harris Coun...
Bond set at $5M for suspect in Illinois triple-killing
PONTIAC, Ill. — A judge set a $5 million bond Friday for a state corrections officer who's charged in the Christmas Day shootings of his wife, adult s...
New Mexico police investigate killing of 4 on Christmas Day
RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Police in New Mexico on Thursday were investigating the shooting of four people found dead on Christmas Day in a home in a suburb o...
Student who saved classmates from shooting honored as Jedi
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina college student hailed by police as a hero for preventing more injuries and deaths after a gunman opened fire in a ...
13 wounded in shooting at Chicago memorial for slain person
CHICAGO — One person has been charged in connection with a shooting early Sunday at a house party that left 13 people wounded, four of them critically...
Chief: City employee targeted co-worker in deadly shooting
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A deadly shooting at a city building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was an act of “workplace violence" by one city employee wh...
Community mourns victim of housing complex shooting
WESTERLY, R.I. — A Rhode Island community were remembering on Friday a woman gunned down in a shooting that wounded two others as a loving mother and ...
Suspect in custody after man shot at Oklahoma City mall
OKLAHOMA CITY — A person suspected of shooting another man during an argument inside an Oklahoma City mall, prompting frightened shoppers to hide foll...
Parkland school shooting trial delayed until at least summer
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The trial of Parkland school shooting defendant Nikolas Cruz was delayed Thursday until at least next summer, when he will fac...
Experts: Silence after Texas police shooting risks mistrust
DALLAS — A small Texas police department's silence about what prompted an officer to fatally shoot a man in the head nearly three weeks ago deviates f...
Feds: Man whose number found on NJ shooter was selling arms
NEWARK, N.J. — A bail hearing for a man whose number was found in the pocket of one of the perpetrators of last week's fatal attack on a Jewish market...
Mayor: Schools official who called Jews ‘brutes’ should quit
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A New Jersey mayor on Tuesday said a school board member should quit over comments she made about the shooting at a kosher market ...
Thousands honor slain New Jersey detective at funeral
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — As rain poured down Tuesday, thousands of police officers lined the streets of Jersey City to honor a detective killed last week i...
Hundreds attend funeral for Navy sailor slain in base attack
SAVANNAH, Ga. — One of the young Navy sailors killed in a Saudi gunman's attack at a Florida base had boundless energy and a fierce loyalty to family ...
Man whose info found on Jersey shooter nabbed on gun charge
KEYPORT, N.J. — A New Jersey man whose number was found in the back pocket of one of the perpetrators of last week's fatal attack on a Jewish market h...
FBI recovers van it says may be linked to Jersey City attack
ORANGE, N.J. — Federal authorities have recovered a van that may be connected to the Jersey City shootings that killed four people and are now being i...
Houses of worship attacked with deadly frequency in 2019
On Dec. 1, a band of assailants opened fire on worshippers at a small-town Protestant church in Burkina Faso, an impoverished West African country whe...
Shooting shows New Jersey’s gun laws aren’t stopping imports
TRENTON, N.J. — Officials from states with strong gun restrictions have called for stricter firearm control in places with weaker laws to thwart traff...
Singer performs in Vegas for 1st time after mass shooting
LAS VEGAS — Country singer Jason Aldean has performed in Las Vegas for the first time since he was on stage at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival at ...
Official: Base shooter watched shooting videos before attack
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A US official says the Saudi student who fatally shot three people at a Florida naval base had hosted a dinner party the night befor...
Pearl Harbor shooting unfolded in 23 seconds in packed area
HONOLULU — The U.S. Navy sailor who fatally shot two people at Pearl Harbor before killing himself was unhappy with his commanders and had been underg...
Saudi student opens fire at Florida Naval base, killing 3
PENSACOLA, Fla. — An aviation student from Saudi Arabia opened fire in a classroom at the Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday morning, an attack the...
US digs into Saudi shooting suspect motive in Navy shooting
WASHINGTON — U.S. law enforcement officials were digging into the background of the suspected Florida Naval station shooter Friday, to determine the S...
Correction: California High School Shooting story
LOS ANGELES — In a story Nov. 21 about the unregistered gun used in a shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, The Associated Pres...
Slain UPS driver’s family questions police response to chase
MIAMI — Relatives of a UPS driver killed after robbery suspects took him hostage and led police on a wild chase across South Florida questioned Friday...
‘We’re going to be everywhere:’ Inside Bloomberg’s 2020 plan
AURORA, Colo. — For any other candidate, a crowd of just 38 voters at a high-profile policy announcement might be cause for panic. But Michael Bloombe...