For many students, carrying a gun is seen as a necessary form of self-defense in a violent world. A 2022 study of high schoolers by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that youth who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. leads developed nations in gun deaths, and Tennessee has consistently ranked near the top among states in deaths by ...

America is the only developed country with such high rates of gun violence. Here are six steps we can take to reduce those numbers.

This chart compares the number of homicide from firearms per 100,000 people in selected countries in 2023.

Washington, D.C. — While gun violence is often framed as an exclusively urban crisis in national political discourse, a new Center for American Progress study reveals that rural American communities ...

The U.S. has seen 340 mass shootings in 2025 so far, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Former Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy declared gun violence a public health crisis and urged stronger gun ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Leland, Miss., on Oct. 11, authorities say multiple people opened fire on a crowd and killed six people and shot or injured 26.

Another American community is grieving today. This time it is Stockton, Calif., where families woke up to the kind of news no parent, no neighbor, and no city should ever have to endure. Sirens at ...

In August, two children were killed and nearly 30 were injured when a shooter fired bullets through a stained glass window during a Catholic School Mass in Minnesota. Almost exactly one month later, ...

But with the right of gun ownership enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, gun regulations remain a thorny issue in the U.S. Throughout history, there have been several laws and Supr ...

The U.S. leads developed nations in gun deaths, with one person dying every 11 minutes. Sadly, Tennessee has consistently ranked near the top. It will take decades to cure, but it begins with ...

They were shielding the children who are also present within the church, moving them to safety. As horror and chaos erupted around them, worshippers at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ...