gun violence
Residents fled gun violence at a Pittsburgh public housing project. But refugees are still moving in.
Former residents of Northview Heights in Pittsburgh remember marching bands and days at the recreation center. But that was before shootings and drugs became commonplace for some 1,600 residents of the public housing project.
This public health expert says he has a solution to mass shootings
Gun violence hits all citizens with a heavy financial toll
When it comes to police shootings, the US doesn't look like a developed nation
Map: Here are countries with the world's highest murder rates
Map: All the mass shootings in the US from 1982 to 2016
This interactive map allows you to explore all the incidents of mass shootings in the US dating back to the 1980s.
How do you talk about a gunman who wants to go viral (and knows how)?
The disgruntled former employee who shot and killed two reporters live on air Wednesday morning wanted his crime to go viral. Knowing that, how should we talk about it on social media?
For me, there's no shock at 'America's first social media murder'
The Virginia shooting captured on live TV was a shock for many, but the type of violence others have witnessed happens countless times in many urban neighborhoods without the TV cameras.
Can we decrease gun violence by treating it like an infectious disease? Signs point to yes
When infectious disease expert Dr. Gary Slutkin returned to the US after years of working abroad on HIV, cholera and TB, he was struck by how much the spread of gun violence here reminded him of the spread of disease.
How British police officers keep the peace, without carrying guns
Handguns and assault rifles are completely banned in Britain, and a very small percentage of the country's police officers even carry guns, something that has led to a lower number of fatal police shootings.
A call to prayer, a crime of hate, symbols of evil — and donations to a violated house of worship
The killer prayed with worshipers for an hour before brandishing weapons and killing them. Social media wondered how South Carolina could keep the Confederate flag flying high outside its statehouse after US, state flags lowered to half-staff in respect.
Gun owners face much higher murder risks, researchers said. Then the NRA silenced them.
Research commissioned by the CDC in 1993 showed that gun owners faced higher risks for both homicides and suicides. But the NRA quickly moved to silence the studies — and make sure no other similar studies would get federal funding. They succeeded.