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Crime

Father of teenage suspect in North Carolina mass shooting pleads guilty to gun storage crime

8:14pm September 25, 2024

The father of a teenager accused in a 2022 mass shooting in North Carolina's capital city that left five people dead has pleaded guilty to storing improperly a handgun that authorities said was found with his son after the shootings. Media outlets report Alan Thompson entered the plea in Wake County court. He received a suspended jail sentence and some probation. Son Austin Thompson is accused of murder and other charges and faces a 2025 trial. He was 15 when the shootings occurred in Raleigh. His older brother was among those killed. The father's attorney said Alan Thompson saw no warning signs that his son would commit violence.

Shooting At Apalachee High School In Winder, Georgia Leaves 4 Dead

These are the 2 students and 2 teachers killed at Apalachee High School in Georgia

12:43pm September 05, 2024

Just one month into the school year, four people were ripped away from their loved ones, their lives ended by a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga.

National

A suspect has been named after 4 people were killed on a train in the Chicago area

3:49am September 03, 2024

The suspect initially escaped from the scene, but was later found through Chicago Transit Authority surveillance video. Police now have the person in custody and seized a firearm in their possession.

Introducing Supermajority from NPR and WPLN

3:00am June 17, 2024

Supermajority is a new 4-part series from NPR's Embedded, in partnership with Nashville Public Radio. As Americans focus on national politics this election year, we zoom in on one state and its political majority. Host Meribah Knight has been following three conservative moms in Tennessee over the course of a year as they learn to navigate their Republican-controlled state legislature. These political newcomers will confront powerful lawmakers, a dizzying legislative process and most importantly – their own long-held beliefs. What can these women accomplish? How will the work change them? And what might it all reveal about democracy? Launching Thursday, June 20. Embedded+ supporters enjoy early and ad-free access.

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Police officers keep watch Thursday near the scene outside Frank and Estella Beam Hall, where the Lee Business School is located, the morning after a shooting left three dead at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus.

National

3 UNLV faculty members were killed in the Las Vegas campus shooting

9:00pm December 07, 2023

Authorities said that the shooting suspect mailed letters to University of Nevada, Las Vegas employees across the country and that at least one letter contained an unidentified white powder.

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..

Photos of some of the victims of the Lewiston mass shooting are seen during the vigil.

National

Photos: Maine shooting victims remembered at community vigil

9:37am October 30, 2023

by Raquel C. Zaldívar

Over 1,500 people gathered to mourn the victims of the Lewiston mass shooting. Wednesday night's attack at a bowling alley and a bar left 18 people dead and 13 injured.

The state of Maine on Friday released photos of the 18 victims killed Wednesday in the mass shooting in Lewiston.

National

What we know about the victims in the Lewiston, Maine, mass shooting

10:22pm October 27, 2023

Eighteen people were killed in this week's mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. Authorities have identified all of the victims.

In this video image, an unidentified man points a gun while entering Sparetime Recreation in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday.

National

Police identify person of interest in mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine

11:20pm October 25, 2023

by NPR Staff

A shelter-in-place order remains in place for Androscoggin County, Maine, as authorities search for the suspect in Wednesday's shootings.

Law enforcement respond to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus on Monday after the university locked down and warned of an armed person on campus.

The front page of UNC's Daily Tar Heel was a gut punch. Here's the story behind it

8:19pm September 01, 2023

by Vanessa Romo

In the midst of a school shooting, UNC's student journalists kicked into action, covering the story as it unfolded. Now, the paper's front page — a block of heart-wrenching texts — is earning praise.