
As most citizens of the Windy City were gearing up for Christmas Day, others were still engaging in gangland shootings, and in the 48 hours leading up to the blessed day, three people were killed and seven were wounded—including a well-known local rap artist.
by Warner Todd Huston24 Dec 2015, 8:31 PM PST0

“It’s tragic that in the immediate aftermath of a series of high profile mass shootings that people feel like they have to go out an purchase a gun,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said during a press briefing with reporters today.
by Charlie Spiering10 Dec 2015, 11:29 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – A proper Jewish response to the San Bernardino massacre would be for the American public to “scream bloody murder” against gun violence, argued Jeffrey K. Salkin, a Reform rabbi, in the progressive-leaning Forward newspaper.
by Aaron Klein7 Dec 2015, 12:16 PM PST0

As of last weekend, there are now 294 recorded homicides in Baltimore this year, up from the 211 murdered during all of 2014.
by Warner Todd Huston9 Nov 2015, 5:27 PM PST0

Halloween was somewhat chilly and rainy, but that didn’t stop another gruesome tradition in Chicago with 26 shot and 2 dead. But while the total number shot this year outpaced 2014 and 2013, the number of killed was actually lower.
by Warner Todd Huston2 Nov 2015, 8:11 AM PST0

On October 28, the city of Baltimore posted official numbers that revealed there have been a total of 775 shootings in the city–fatal and non-fatal shootings combined. This marks an 80 percent increase over the number of shootings at this point in 2014.
by AWR Hawkins28 Oct 2015, 2:56 PM PST0

Even for a city used to high crime and violence, with 42 wounded and six dead, the toll of violence was high in Chicago over the last three days.
by Warner Todd Huston21 Sep 2015, 5:45 AM PST0

Weekends aren’t the only days that see a heavy toll of violence in Chicago. On Tuesday of this week, for instance, 15 were shot in one day. One shooting befell a middle-aged woman who was just taking her trash cans to the curb.
by Warner Todd Huston16 Sep 2015, 5:43 PM PST0

Two people were killed and five injured, three critically, after a pair of shootings outside rap concerts in Toronto and Holmdel, New Jersey late Monday night into Tuesday.
by Daniel Nussbaum4 Aug 2015, 10:11 AM PST0

WRCB News in Chattanooga reports that Muhammed Youssef Abdulazeez, the 24-year-old gunman who launched a murderous attack on a military recruiting office and training center, was arrested for DUI last April.
by John Hayward17 Jul 2015, 6:28 PM PST0

The city of Chicago is gearing up for a violent Independence Day holiday, and already on Friday, 12 were shot and five killed before evening even fell.
by Warner Todd Huston3 Jul 2015, 6:30 PM PST0

The Pakistani courtroom proceedings were secret. Despite what reporters were previously told this past April (that ten men had been convicted), Pakistani authorities secretly acquitted eight of the men charged with conspiracy and attempted murder in the case of teenager Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted because she wanted girls to receive an education.
by Dr. Phyllis Chesler5 Jun 2015, 10:09 AM PST0

Baltimore had another rough day on Thursday, as nine shootings were reported across the city, with two of the shootings proving fatal.
by William Bigelow8 May 2015, 10:45 AM PST0

As Baltimore fills the media with its tales of rioting and protests, Chicago remains a shooting gallery with another 21 shootings and four deaths over the weekend.
by Warner Todd Huston27 Apr 2015, 8:28 AM PST0

Even the cold weather didn’t depress the violence in Chicago this weekend. Over the chilly weekend, 13 were wounded and 4 died. Among those killed in the region was an Indiana father of two who died from a stabbing.
by Warner Todd Huston22 Mar 2015, 8:30 PM PST0

Former Senior White House advisor Dan Pfeiffer admits that one of President Obama’s angriest moments in the White House was after the Senate blocked his push for gun control.
by Charlie Spiering16 Mar 2015, 8:28 AM PST0

The warm weather has now firmly taken hold of the Windy City, bringing residents to parks and the lakefront, but along with the welcome warmth some neighborhoods have also seen a rise in violence. Since Friday 22 residents have been shot and three killed in Chicago.
by Warner Todd Huston16 Mar 2015, 5:17 AM PST0

President Obama is commenting on the policemen shot in Ferguson, Missouri. “Thankfully they’re OK,” he tells Jimmy Kimmel.
by Charlie Spiering13 Mar 2015, 5:28 AM PST0

Chicago had its first warm weather of the year over the March 6 weekend, but as that warm weather returned, so did the violence, shootings, and death. Chicago police reported that 2 stabbings and 15 shootings occurred in their warming city; three died as a result.
by Warner Todd Huston8 Mar 2015, 8:56 PM PST0

As the nation faced a wave of protests against police, Fresno’s Police Department saw a dramatic drop in the number of officer-involved shootings and use-of-force complaints in 2014, according to the city’s police auditor Richard Rasmussen this week.
by Adelle Nazarian28 Jan 2015, 1:29 PM PST0

New Year’s Day was particularly dangerous for residents of Chicago as nine were shot, including a 14-year-old girl. Two days later, by Saturday, seven more shootings were added to the toll. According to police, several of those shot on New
by Warner Todd Huston4 Jan 2015, 7:11 AM PST0

After an armed black man, Antonio Martin, was killed Tuesday night by St. Louis police in Berkeley, a suburb of St. Louis, violence erupted. More than 100 people at the gas station where Martin was shot violently clashed with police.
by William Bigelow26 Dec 2014, 8:06 AM PST0

While vacationing in Hawaii, President Obama phoned New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton this morning to express condolences for the killing of two New York City Police officers, according to White House Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz. “In their
by Charlie Spiering21 Dec 2014, 12:32 PM PST0