gun violence

A volunteer curator in Philadelphia puts on art exhibits to raise awareness of lives lost to gun violence.

The nation's top doctor issued an advisory on Tuesday declaring gun violence a public health crisis and prescribing policy changes to treat it as such. It's both unprecedented and unenforceable.

Years ago, Camile Stephens lost her son to gun violence and became friends with Meko McCarthy, whose son was killed in 2011 in an encounter with a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer. The women shared a conversation in the StoryCorps mobile recording booth in uptown Charlotte.

Florida passed a red flag law after the 2018 school shooting in Parkland. During a visit to that site, Harris announced a new White House effort designed to get more states to put those laws to work.

On the 6th anniversary of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., gun control advocates experiment with AI-generated audio messages of recreated voices of victims of gun violence pleading for change.

Inside Politics wondered: Instead of a deep dive about crime (that will likely take months), can the city of Charlotte keep guns out of the park by putting up fencing and having people pass through screening stations — at least for big events?

Despite some recent high-profile shootings, police in Charlotte are reporting a drop in homicides in the first six months of 2023. It's part of a national trend in cities across the U.S.

Harden contacted John Hao after learning he was a Philadelphia 76ers fan. Hao was paralyzed in a February shooting at Michigan State University that left three people dead and five injured.

Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old high school junior, was shot by a white homeowner after he went to the wrong address to pick up his brothers. The shooter was charged on Monday after criticism over delays.

What is journalists' role when covering America's mass shooting crisis? It's a crucial question to answer, says an expert who studies the impact that news stories have on the public.