Noah Gaston is charged in the shooting death of his wife, and the defense wants to block testimony by two church leaders who spoke with him that day.
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Parents in Pennsylvania sue school board over plan to arm teachers
The school district in Tamaqua approved a policy in September that would likely make it the first in the state to issue firearms to teachers who take a training course.
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Commentary: The taboo of suicide
Rather than avoid what is undeniably a painful subject, it is high time we all started talking frankly about it.
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Another View: Trump’s ban on bump stocks just one step forward in a marathon
It says a lot about our country that it’s taken this long to prohibit these appalling firearm devices.
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Bomb threat empties Sandy Hook school on anniversary of attack
Noting the timing of the threat, a police official says, ‘these anniversary dates bring out the evil in some people.’
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Leonard Pitts: Searching for a reason for mass shootings is a futile exercise
We should fear the arrogant disregard that will allow yet another massacre to pass without any legislative action on guns.
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Commentary: We can prevent mass shootings. Here’s how.
Adequate background checks can stop many high-risk persons from buying firearms.
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‘A surreal shock’: Las Vegas shooting survivors live through California massacre
Numerous Borderline Bar & Grill regulars survived the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting in Las Vegas in 2017.
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Here are some of the victims of the California bar shooting
Among the victims were a veteran police officer who responded to the scene, a new college graduate and a young man who planned to enter the military.
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California gunman’s loud fights with his mother alarmed their neighbors
Police who went to the home in April called in a mental health specialist, who concluded that Ian David Long, a Marine combat veteran, couldn’t be committed for psychiatric observation.