Bloomberg gun plan: Permits, assault weapon ban, age limits
AURORA, Colo. — Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg unveiled a gun control policy on Thursday just steps from the site of one of Color...
Military responds to reports of shooting at Pearl Harbor
HONOLULU — The military says security forces are responding to reports of a shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.
Iran leader calls for ‘Islamic mercy’ after bloody crackdown
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s supreme leader called Wednesday for those detained in recent gasoline price protests to be treated with “Islamic ...
Wisconsin officers on front lines in 2 student shootings
OSHKOSH, Wis. — Wisconsin high school resource officers have found themselves on the front lines in two student shootings in the past two days, unders...
Gun background checks are on pace to break record in 2019
Background checks on gun purchases in the U.S. are climbing toward a record high this year, reflecting what the industry says is a rush by people to b...
State of Sandy Hook shooting takes steps to divest from guns
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s treasurer, who oversees $37 billion in public pension funds, announced plans Tuesday to reallocate $30 million worth o...
Murder charge announced in death of fighters’ stepdaughter
AUBURN, Ala. — Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against a man being charged with capital murder in the shooting death of the stepdaughter of...
Neighbor: Mom, 2 sons lived at Minneapolis home where 4 died
MINNEAPOLIS — The house in Minneapolis where four people died in an apparent domestic attack was occupied by a recently divorced mother and her two so...
10 wounded in shooting near New Orleans’ French Quarter
NEW ORLEANS — Ten people were shot and wounded early Sunday near the French Quarter in New Orleans, a popular spot for tourists. Hours later in anothe...
Iraqi prime minister to resign in wake of deadly protests
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister announced Friday that he would submit his resignation to parliament, a day after more than 40 people were killed by se...
Fears about worker shootings prompt new business tactics
OKLAHOMA CITY — Security is not subtle at the sprawling campus of human resources technology giant Paycom in Oklahoma City.
Ex-Houston officer to remain jailed in deadly drug raid case
HOUSTON — A judge has denied bond for a former Houston police officer charged with murder in a January drug raid that killed a couple in their home an...
Sheriff: Marine deserter captured at Virginia murder scene
ROANOKE, Va. — A Marine deserter wanted in the fatal shooting of his mother’s boyfriend was captured Wednesday after a weekslong, multistate manhunt t...
Chief: Officers ‘basically ambushed’ in South Texas shooting
Officers responding to a disturbance call early Tuesday in South Texas were “basically ambushed” by a man with a semi-automatic rifle who shot and inj...
Probe of police shooting could revive scrutiny of Buttigieg
The deadly shooting of an African American man by a white police officer this summer in South Bend, Indiana, highlighted Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s strugg...
Man pleads guilty to making false bomb threats to schools
LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors say a 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to sending false shooting and bomb threats to schools in the U.S. and Brita...
Mother of slain man sues Cleveland mayor, police chief
CLEVELAND — Questions about whether an Ohio mayor intervened on behalf of his grandson in the hours after a fatal shooting have prompted the victim’s ...
Condolences pour in after shooting death of Alabama sheriff
HAYNEVILLE, Ala. — Law enforcement agencies in Alabama and beyond posted messages of condolences on social media Sunday in the aftermath of the fatal ...
Governor: Alabama sheriff shot, killed in line of duty
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s governor says a county sheriff has been fatally shot in the line of duty.
‘Ghost guns’ are untraceable, easy to make, more prevalent
For a few hundred dollars, tools and some elbow grease, you can make your own rifle or handgun. It’s all perfectly legal — and it can be done without ...
Alabama jury convicts officer of manslaughter in shooting
OZARK, Ala. — A mostly white Alabama jury on Friday convicted a white police officer of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in ...
Students arrested for separate threats at 2 LA-area schools
LOS ANGELES — Deputies arrested a 13-year-old boy and seized a semi-automatic rifle after he threatened to shoot other students and staff at a Los Ang...
Police: Chicago teen hurt in gunfire likely shot by officer
CHICAGO — A 15-year-old Chicago high school student who was wounded during a gun fight between a bank robbery suspect and investigators was likely sho...
Israel to host largest event ever focused on anti-Semitism
JERUSALEM — Israeli officials announced Wednesday that dozens of world leaders will arrive in Jerusalem for the largest-ever gathering focused on comb...
Brazil police say cop to blame for 8-year-old girl’s death
RIO DE JANEIRO — A police officer fired the shot that killed an 8-year-old girl in Rio de Janeiro this year, authorities said Tuesday, a finding that ...
Arizona man guilty of making ammo sold to Las Vegas shooter
LAS VEGAS — An Arizona man pleaded guilty Tuesday in a U.S. court in Nevada to illegally manufacturing tracer and armor-piercing bullets found in a ho...
Students retrieve their belongings after California shooting
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — Students were allowed Tuesday to retrieve belongings left behind when they evacuated their Southern California school last wee...
Police: Oklahoma double-murder suicide was domestic-related
OKLAHOMA CITY — A man confronted his ex-wife and another man in an Oklahoma Walmart parking lot, shot and killed them both through the windshield of a...
Police chief: 3 people killed in Oklahoma Walmart shooting
DUNCAN, Oklahoma — Two men and a woman were fatally shot Monday outside a Walmart store in Oklahoma, the chief of police said.
Russia returns 3 seized ships to Ukraine, talks about summit
MOSCOW — Three Ukrainian naval ships that were seized by Russia nearly a year ago have been returned, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Monday.