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Belonging

Dialogue on Inclusion: increasing sensitivity to gun-related language

By Elizabeth Williams
February 06, 2024 12:00 AM
The UVU School of Arts Inclusion Committee hosted a Dialogue on Inclusion about gun-related language on Thursday, Jan. 25.
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Movies & Television

Filmmakers, activists, politicians gather at Sundance to discuss gun violence in film

By Alyse Clark
January 25, 2024 12:00 AM
Prominent filmmakers, activists, and politicians gathered on Sunday, Jan. 21, to discuss how filmmakers can use their influence and storytelling to promote gun safety.
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Video of the Day

Video of the day: Man arrested after child waves loaded gun in apartment complex

By Derek VanBuskirk
January 18, 2023 12:00 AM
(WTHR, ON PATROL: LIVE AND REELZ, BEECH GROVE POLICE)
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Nation

Police: 3 people and gunman dead in Indiana mall shooting

By Associated Press
July 18, 2022 12:00 AM
GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) — Three people were fatally shot and two were injured, including a 12-year-old girl, at an Indiana mall after a man with a rifle opened fire in a food court and an armed civilian shot and killed him, police said.
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Nation

July 4 parade shooting leaves 6 dead, 30 hurt; man detained

By Associated Press
July 05, 2022 12:00 AM
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — A shooter fired on an Independence Day parade from a rooftop in suburban Chicago, spraying the crowd with gunshots initially mistaken for fireworks before hundreds of panicked revelers of all ages fled in terror. At least six people were killed and at least 30 wounded.
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Nation

Gunman kills 19 children, 2 teachers in Texas school rampage

By Associated Press
May 25, 2022 12:00 AM
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The 18-year-old gunman who slaughtered 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school barricaded himself inside a single classroom and “began shooting anyone that was in his way,” authorities said Wednesday in detailing the latest mass killing to rock the U.S.
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Featured

Utah Valley schools update school shooting security measures

By Kenzie Holbrook
January 31, 2020 12:00 AM
BYU senior Makenna Olsen said she's had nightmares about school shootings.
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Religion

New Zealand leader vows to deny notoriety to mosque gunman

By Associated Press
March 19, 2019 12:00 AM
People mourn at a makeshift memorial site near the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, March 19. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
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World

Dutch prosecutors consider terror motive in tram shooting

By Associated Press
March 19, 2019 12:00 AM
A tram passes a rose at the site of a shooting incident in a tram in Utrecht, Netherlands, Tuesday, March 19. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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World

Things you should know today: 3/19/19

By Arianna Davidson
March 19, 2019 12:00 AM
People mourn at a makeshift memorial site near the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, March 19. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
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Nation

Parkland attack fueled big shift in America's gun politics

By Associated Press
February 08, 2019 12:00 AM
In March 24, 2018, Emma Gonzalez, a survivor of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., closes her eyes and cries as she stands silently at the podium for the amount of time it took the Parkland shooter to go on his killing spree. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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World

Things you should know today: 2/8/2019

By Dolli Player
February 08, 2019 12:00 AM
In June 28, 1978, New York Gov Hugh Carey points to an artists' conception of the new New York Hyatt Hotel, the building that helped Donald Trump make a name for himself in his first big deal in Manhattan. (AP Photo)
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Nation

Things you should know today: 10/29/18

By Associated Press
October 29, 2018 12:00 AM
In this Oct. 26 photo, President Donald Trump points to the media as he speaks during a campaign rally in Charlotte, N.C. Trump is accusing the media of being “the true Enemy of People” in the wake of a mass shooting and a mail bomb plot. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Nation

Things you should know today: 5/9/18

May 09, 2018 12:00 AM
The LDS Church announced on May 8, 2018 that it will launch a worldwide initiative for children and youth in January 2020. Along with the announcement of this initiative, the church also announced it will conclude its relationship with the Boys Scouts of America as a charted organization. (Mormon Newsroom)
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Nation

Bill on guns and mental health stalls in Colorado capitol

By Associated Press
May 09, 2018 12:00 AM
DENVER (AP) — Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock begged state lawmakers to pass legislation making it easier to confiscate firearms from someone considered a danger to themselves or others. People, he said, like the man who shot and killed a young sheriff's deputy in suburban Denver on New Year's Eve.
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Nation

Free high-capacity magazines given out at gun rights rally

By Associated Press
April 02, 2018 12:00 AM
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Gun rights supporters protesting gun restriction legislation have gathered outside the Vermont Statehouse to urge the governor not to sign the bill.
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Nation

Things you should know today: 4/2/18

By Carley Porter
April 02, 2018 12:00 AM
President Donald Trump blows a whistle to start a race for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Nation

Things you should know today: 3/30/18

By Kaitlyn Bancroft
March 30, 2018 12:00 AM
In this Nov. 30, 2016 file photo, artwork and signatures cover a fence around the Pulse nightclub, scene of a mass shooting, in Orlando, Fla. Jurors in the federal trial of Noor Salman, the Pulse nightclub gunman's widow, have gotten a look inside his Florida condo through crime scene photos taken as FBI agents searched the home. They also saw some of her husband Omar Mateen's web browsing history Tuesday, March 20, 2018, including beheading videos created by the Islamic State group Mateen had pledged allegiance to. Salman was accused of aiding and abetting her husband in the 2016 attack that left 49 people dead. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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