Lewiston mass shooting

Pictures of two of the victims of the October 2023 mass shooting by Army reservist Robert Card are seen Dec. 5 at a makeshift memorial in Lewiston, Maine.

National

He warned authorities about the Lewiston, Maine, gunman, but they downplayed his texts

1:46pm January 12, 2024

by The Associated Press

Sean Hodgson watched and worried as Robert Card, his best friend of 20 years and a fellow Army reservist, unraveled. But warnings he sent in September, six weeks before Card's attack, were dismissed.

The Wahweap Marina, squeezed by the dropping and encroaching shoreline of Lake Powell on the Colorado River behind the Glen Canyon Dam outside Page, Ariz., on Feb. 20, 2023. The bathtub ring marking the once-high level of the lake is visible on the red rock formations in the distance. Full story here.

National

2023 in photos: NPR station photographers share memorable moments

11:54am December 26, 2023

From across the country, NPR member station visual journalists have documented events in their states and cities. These images represent some of the year's most remarkable stories.

Health & Safety

How the U.S. gun violence death rate compares with the rest of the world

2:08pm October 31, 2023

by Nurith Aizenman

The grim news of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine — and a spate of shootings over the weekend — has again cast a spotlight on the gun violence death rate in the U.S..