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The brother of a man fatally shot by police outside an Alabama school that officials say he was trying to enter had “serious mental issues."

WASHINGTON

In a story published June 7, 2022, about the Texas school shooting, The Associated Press quoted actor Matthew McConaughey as saying that his wife Camila, sitting nearby in the White

Academy Award–winning actor Matthew McConaughey has offered an emotional call on Congress to “reach a higher ground” and pass gun control legislation

A judge has accepted a plea agreement calling for a suspended sentence for a retired northern Indiana teacher accused of grabbing a 15-year-old student and slapping him across the face

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:

Arizona House Republicans are working to finalize a deal that would substantially boost funding for K-12 public schools and enact a major expansion of the state’s private school voucher system.

Hospitals, like schools, are not typically designed to guard against the threat of a determined gunman entering the building to take lives. The vulnerability of health care facilities was highlighted

Gun control and gun violence intervention advocates hope the mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, will convince federal and state governments to take action again

TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a $109.9 billion state budget bill that includes pay raises for state workers and law enforcement, as well as tax suspensions