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What to Know Today These are the people killed in the Chesapeake, Virginia, mass shooting at Walmart. The six employees were part of the overnight crew — a “family” who “loved each other,” a former co-worker told The New…
What to Know Today A Walmart worker killed at least six at a Walmart in Virginia. Officers responded to a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, late on Tuesday night after receiving a report of an active shooter. Reports indicate the…
What to Know Today In Colorado Springs, local officials resisted the state’s red flag law. This weekend’s mass shooting in Colorado Springs, in which a gunman killed five people and wounded more than a dozen at a queer nightclub, has…
What to Know Today At least five killed, 25 injured in mass shooting at LGBTQ nightclub. A gunman carrying a semiautomatic rifle and a handgun, according to law enforcement, opened fire at Club Q in Colorado Springs on Saturday…
What to Know Today DHS blocks research on domestic terror threats, violent extremism. Homeland Security allocated millions for research on domestic terrorism in 2020— but the data collection hasn’t begun, and many projects have been stalled or scrapped, The…
What to Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: NRA revenues plummet, tax filings confirm. The NRA’s revenue continued to decline in 2021, when it collected $227 million, according to the group’s most recent IRS filing. That’s the lowest figure…
What to Know Today Child gun deaths hit a five-year high in Houston — reflecting a national crisis. Fifty-three children and teenagers have died from gunshot wounds in Harris County so far this year, the Houston Chronicle reports. Deaths…
What to Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: In Uvalde, a community struggles for reform amid grief. Uvalde families are determined to see reform in gun-loving Texas, but they know there are challenges ahead. Through sweltering summer protests and the…
What to Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: Gas stations become a magnet for violence in Philadelphia. Since 2021, nine people have been killed at gas stations in the city, up from zero in 2018, 2019, and 2020, according to…
What to Know Today After putting investigations of police shootings in the state’s hands, California struggles to keep up. As part of a law enacted in July 2021, the state Justice Department was tasked with probing incidents of fatal…
What to Know Today Young, history-making candidates ran on gun violence prevention — and won. Democrats woke up on Wednesday to a much better electoral performance than polls (and history) had predicted in their first midterm election since President Joe…
What to Know Today Some key gun-related news emerging from election night. These races have already been called: Maxwell Frost, who centered gun violence prevention in his campaign, will be the first Gen Z member of Congress. The 25-year-old…
What to Know Today In the run-up to the midterms, candidates made crime a central issue. What’s really happening? Investigative journalist Radley Balko has reported on the criminal justice system for decades. The latest issue of his newsletter, The…
