Mass shootings spark different laws as states split between gun rights and control

The number of states enacting gun legislation has climbed this year. The move signals an ongoing nationwide debate about balancing the right to bear arms and curbing gun violence.

Parkland school shooting to be re-enacted as part of civil lawsuit before building is demolished

Nine members of Congress are expected to tour the blood-stained and bullet-pocked halls at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Friday, shortly before ballistics technicians reenact the massacre that left 14 students and three staff members dead. 

Oxford High School shooter said it was 'for the right of humanity' night before crime

The Oxford High School shooter believed killing students would teach a lesson and benefit society, according to a recording he made the night before the crime.

Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley looked up torture site on jail tablet 3 months after guilty plea

Almost a year-and-a-half after the Oxford High School shooting, Ethan Crumbley was caught illegally accessing a website known to show murder, torture, and more violent content on a jail-issued tablet.

Henry County shooting: Community mourns Hampton mass shooting victims

Family and friends will gather Monday to honor the lives of the four people killed in the mass shooting that shocked a quiet Henry County neighborhood over the weekend.

Shooting erupts in Bladensburg after funeral, 5 injured

Bladensburg police say five people were shot after leaving a funeral at Fort Lincoln Park mid-Friday.

Parents of Parkland high school mass shooting victim bring bus to Atlanta

A school bus made the rounds Wednesday in metro Atlanta, but there were no students on board. It's a big yellow plea to curb gun violence.

Mass shootings claim lives at gatherings over Fourth of July holiday

Mass shootings broke out at festivals, block parties and other gatherings in a handful of cities this week as the U.S. celebrated the Fourth of July.

Colorado Springs gay club shooting suspect pleads guilty, gets life in prison

Anderson Lee Aldrich, the suspect in the Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooting, pleaded guilty Monday to five counts of murder and 46 counts of attempted murder.

Spate of weekend mass shootings leaves 6 dead, dozens injured across US

"There’s no question there’s been a spike in violence," a professor of public policy and statistics said. "Some of these cases seem to be just disputes, often among adolescents, and those disputes are played out with firearms, not with fists."