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Kamala Harris · United States

Harris says she's a gun owner during debate with Trump

52% Left coverage: 42 sources

Vice President Kamala Harris surprised some viewers during her debate with Donald Trump when she said that she’s a gun owner, raising the fact to counter her Republican opponent’s accusation that she wants to confiscate firearms. “Tim Walz and I are both gun owners,” Harris said, referencing her running mate. “We’re not taking anybody’s guns away.”See the Story

School Shooting · Georgia

Georgia Republican leader seeks changes after school shooting, but Democrats want more

48% Left coverage: 31 sources

Georgia’s state House speaker says lawmakers in 2025 will consider new policies to foster student mental health, detect guns and encourage people to safely store guns after a school shooting killed four at a high school northeast of Atlanta.See the Story

Crime · Georgia

Mother of suspected Apalachee High School shooter apologizes to victims’ families in open letter

62% Center coverage: 29 sources

The mother of the teenager suspected of killing four people during last week’s shooting at a Georgia high school has apologized to the victims’ families in an open letter while insisting her son “is not a monster.”See the Story

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Crime · Georgia

Students at Apalachee High School could return to classes soon. Here’s what other schools have done

Coverage: 2 sources

Dianna Moreno was afraid walking into Apalachee High School to find the laptop and charger she left behind when she rushed to evacuate after two other students and two teachers were killed last week. See the Story

Crime · Omaha

Suspect in custody after teen is critically hurt in shooting at Nebraska high school

54% Center coverage: 24 sources

Omaha police arrested a suspect about half an hour after a shooting Tuesday that critically injured a teenage boy at a high school in Nebraska’s largest city.See the Story

Gun Violence & Control · Georgia

Newly released 2023 interview with Georgia school mass shooting suspect

41% Left coverage: 17 sources

In a newly released sheriff's department interview conducted last year, Colt Gray, the suspect in the deadly Georgia high school shooting, was questioned about online threats and denied making them. NBC News' Priscilla Thompson reports. See the Story

School Shooting · Georgia

In Romania, she heard church bells. They tolled for her child, slain in GA school shooting

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Cristina Irimie's mother was at home in her tiny Romanian village last week when she heard church bells tolling, a sign that a member of the community had died.See the Story

Gun Violence & Control · United States

Democrats press for gun violence hearing in wake of Georgia school shooting

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

House Democrats pressed for a hearing on gun violence in a letter dated Sunday following a shooting at a Georgia high school last week in which two students and two teachers were killed. See the Story

New Jersey Politics · New Jersey

Social media threat against multiple schools forces closures in New Jersey

50% Left coverage: 16 sources

At least three suspects were in custody after an online threat against several New Jersey schools led multiple districts to close Monday. See the Story

School Shooting · Barrow County

Grief, pain, hope and faith at church services following latest deadly school shooting

84% Center coverage: 12 sources

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Gun Violence · North Carolina

Cooper says he’s ‘tired of seeing texts’ from students telling parents they’re afraid of school shootings. ‘We cannot normalize this.’