
Boston suspect's defense team gets major boost
The defense team representing the Boston Marathon bombing suspect got a major boost Monday with the addition of Judy Clarke, a San Diego lawyer who ...

Kelly: Gun checks need mental health component
Gun control activist Mark Kelly says a proposed national gun background bill under discussion in the Senate should include better access to mental ...

Records provide new look at Ariz. shooting spree
An erratic Jared Loughner walked into a convenience store with an urgent message for the clerk: "I need a ride to Safeway." It was Saturday morning, ...

Dad told cops Loughner 'doesn't seem right lately'
Major findings on the Jan. 8, 2011, attack on former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords gleaned from about 2,700 pages of documents released Wednesday, including ...

Giffords, Tucson victims call for new gun controls
It was the place where former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords last spoke and walked without limitations; where Emily Nottingham's son became the first ...

Giffords visits rampage site, urges gun control
Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords returned to the scene of the horrific shooting that wounded her and killed six people two years ago, urging senators ...

Delay in plea by Holmes disturbs victims, families
A stunned silence settled over a courtroom Friday after the father of a woman killed in the Colorado theater shootings loudly cursed defendant James ...

Gun events show divide 2 years after Ariz shooting
Two dueling gun events played out in the hometown of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on the second anniversary of her shooting, illustrating the ...

Giffords, Kelly launch gun control lobbying effort
Tuesday was not just a day for Tucson to remember the victims of the deadly shooting that severely injured then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. It was ...

Hearing may be 'mini-trial' in theater shootings
The suspect in the Colorado movie theater killings returns to court this week for a hearing that might be the closest thing to a trial the victims and ...

Gun laws show difficulty of stemming violent acts
One early focus of new gun regulations by President Barack Obama and some lawmakers would reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons, a law widely ...

How prepared can we be if evil strikes again?
When gunfire erupted at an Oregon shopping mall last week, Shaun Wik knew instantly what to do: Run for the door. And so, when Wik heard a man he ...

Some of the deadliest mass shootings around world
A gunman at a Connecticut elementary school killed more than two dozen people, including children, on Friday. It is among the world's worst mass ...