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Nation

Things you should know today: 3/30/18

By Kaitlyn Bancroft
March 30, 2018 12:00 AM
The Latest: Widow of Pulse nightclub gunman acquitted
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Nation

Taiwan suspect in US school attack plot had 'unusual ideas'

By Associated Press
March 30, 2018 12:00 AM
This undated photo provided by the Upper Darby Police Department in Upper Darby, Pa., shows An Tso Sun, a Taiwanese exchange student charged with making terroristic threats after he was arrested for threatening a shooting at his high school, Monsignor Bonner and Archbishop Prendergast Catholic High School in Drexel Hill, Pa. Police said Wednesday, March 28, 2018, that Sun had researched how to buy weapons, and that a military-style ballistic vest, ammunition clip pouches, a high-powered crossbow and live ammunition were found in his bedroom in Lansdowne, Pa. Sun is in custody in Delaware County Prison in Thornton, Pa., in lieu of $100,000 bail. (Upper Darby Police Department via AP)
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Police Beat

Police Beat: March 15-23

By Alexa Reimschussel
March 27, 2018 12:00 AM
BYU
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Nation

Maryland school shooting victim has died

By Associated Press
March 23, 2018 12:00 AM
This undated photo provided by the Willey family shows Jaelynn Willey. A teenager armed with a handgun shot and critically wounded Willey inside a Maryland school on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, and the shooter was killed when a school resource officer confronted him moments after the gunfire erupted. A third student was in good condition after he was shot. (Courtesy of the Willey family via AP)
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Nation

Things you should know today: 3/23/18

By Kaitlyn Bancroft
March 23, 2018 12:00 AM
Maryland school shooting victim has died
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Nation

Fatal police shooting protest disrupts NBA game

By Associated Press
March 23, 2018 12:00 AM
Andre Young, who says he is a cousin of shooting victim Stephon Alonzo Clark, holds his head in his hands during a demonstration, Thursday, March 22, 2018, over the shooting death of Clark by Sacramento Police, in Sacramento, Calif. The police said two officers were responding to a call of a man breaking at least three vehicle windows Sunday night. Clark, who was unarmed, was shot in the backyard of his grandparent's home, where he was staying. Video footage released Wednesday shows the officers yelling that Clark had a gun before firing. No gun was found at the scene. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Campus Events

BYU, UVU students participate in #NationalWalkoutDay

March 14, 2018 12:00 AM
Editor's note: This story pairs with 'Utah County high school students participate in #NationalWalkoutDay'
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Local

Utah County high school students participate in #NationalWalkoutDay

March 14, 2018 12:00 AM
Students and faculty members at Mountain View High School in Orem participate in the national school walkout. (McKenna Park)
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Local

Students to walk out nationwide protesting gun violence

By Associated Press
March 14, 2018 12:00 AM
From Maine to Hawaii, students planned to walk out of school Wednesday to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month's massacre of 17 people at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
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Nation

Florida school shooting blamed on mental illness, not guns

By Associated Press
February 15, 2018 12:00 AM
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — An orphaned 19-year-old with a troubled past and his own AR-15 rifle was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder Thursday morning following the deadliest school shooting in the U.S. in five years.
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Nation

12-year-old girl booked after accidental LA school shooting

By Associated Press
February 02, 2018 12:00 AM
Parents wait for news of students at the Belmont High School in Los Angeles Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. Two students were shot and wounded, one critically, inside a Los Angeles middle school classroom Thursday morning and police arrested a female student suspect, authorities said. (Damian Dovarganes)
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Nation

Things you should know today: 2/2/2018

By Kaitlyn Bancroft
February 02, 2018 12:00 AM
Victims' father tries to attack Larry Nassar in courtroom
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Nation

Linking mental health and gun violence is flawed, experts say

By Carley Porter
January 24, 2018 12:00 AM
Americans experienced the two worst domestic mass shootings of civilians in its history within a period of 14 months, fueling a societal stereotype over guns and mental health that experts say has many flaws.
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Nation

BYU Campus Pulse: Gun Violence

By Carley Porter
December 21, 2017 12:00 AM
There have been 15,009 gun-related deaths and 334 mass shooting incidents in the United States as of Dec. 21, 2017, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The 2017 Las Vegas Shooting, among other gun-related incidents, reignited the controversial debate over gun control. Here, BYU students share their thoughts and opinions on gun violence and how to address the issue.
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Local

Police Beat Oct. 17-24

By Kaitlyn Bancroft
October 24, 2017 12:00 AM
BYU
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State

Recent gun violence sparks gun control conversation

By Riley Waldman
October 17, 2017 12:00 AM
According to the Utah Department of Health, this graphic shows the different categories of gun-related deaths. The recent Las Vegas shooting initiated heated gun control debates in the United States. As of Oct. 13, 2017, there have been 12,102 gun-related deaths in the United States. (Haley Mosher)
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Opinion Outpost

Opinion Outpost June 16

June 16, 2016 12:00 AM
Orlando shooting
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Nation

Obama unveils presidential plan to cut gun violence

January 05, 2016 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama unveiled an array of measures on Tuesday tightening control and enforcement of firearms in the U.S., using his presidential powers in the absence of legal changes he implored Congress to pass.
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