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Thursday 24 September 2020
The attacker was shot by a member of the congregation.
The government banned the most lethal types of semi-automatic weapons after a gunman killed 51 worshippers at two mosques.
There was one thing they all agreed on – President Donald Trump should be impeached.
Authorities said the shooting stemmed from an earlier altercation.
Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed over the 2017 shooting that claimed 58 innocent lives, the worst in modern US history.
The 14-year-old boy called police and confessed to the crime.
Police don’t believe Chantell Grant or Andrea Stoudemire were the intended targets of last Friday’s shooting.
Strict new Covid-19 measures are now in effect in the capital – here’s what they mean for you.
The owner of the company that sold weapons to Brenton Tarrant said it was a legal, “ordinary sale”.
Steve Kerr spoke about the threat of gun violence in America after 11 people were shot dead in Pittsburgh.
“We’re just doing our job.”
More than a million people took to the streets across the US yesterday to call for tighter gun control.
Organisers of the March for Our Lives rally in Washington hoped their protest would match in numbers and spirit last year’s women’s march.
The protests come after 17 people were killed during a school shooting in Florida last month.
The pop star took to Instagram to post an emotional call.
The incident occurred at Moatview Avenue in the early hours of this morning.
Kenneth James Gleason, from Louisiana, killed two black men last week.
A man in his late 20s was arrested at the scene and a gun was recovered by gardaí.
The child was among 56 people shot in the city over the weekend.
Police said last night that they were still searching for a suspect in the shooting which shocked Chicago.
The boy found the gun under the cash register at his father’s store.
Republican politicians and commentators have been lining up to criticise Obama for his emotional gun control announcement.
Incidents of gun violence have become so commonplace back home that I can’t remember a time when we could go a full week without hearing about a shooting.
The conditions of the injured victims are not yet known.
Magazine Mother Jones have crunched the grim figures.
The rifle was discovered as part of an ongoing garda investigation during the search of a house in Ballyshannon this evening.
Two men forced their way into a house in west Belfast this evening, police have said.
Police are still looking for the shooter and the three victims have been taken to hospital.
The shootings took place on 14 December last, when deranged Adam Lanza shot his mother and then 26 others, including 20 children.
The law contains an expansion of background checks for gun purchases at firearm shows and on the internet but not between relatives and friends.
The US president set out an ambitious agenda for his second term in his fifth State of the Union address in Washington overnight. Watch key excerpts from the speech…
The former US congresswoman, who nearly died after being shot in the head two years ago, gave an emotional testimony to senators in Washington yesterday.
The town of Marlboro has posted armed police at every school on the restart of the academic year today.
The CNN host is coming under severe criticism for his outspoken views on gun control in the United States.
Cheryl Spengler has been missing since Monday, the day that William Spengler set his home ablaze, luring firefighters to the scene where he shot two dead.
The US’ powerful gun lobby group, the National Rifle Association, has called for armed police or guards to be deployed in every school in the country.
Obama has asked his vice president Joe Biden to lead efforts to formulate proposals that he insists will not impinge on the Second Amendment, which enshrines the right to bear arms in the US.
IT’S BEEN A tough few months since the Covid-19 pandemic took hold of the nation.
Many people have been affected by job losses, isolation and a lack of social interaction, and the loss of loved ones.
Today, youth mental health charity Jigsaw said it saw a 50% increase in demand for its services in August this year compared to the same period last year.
There has also been an over 400% increase of traffic to its e-mental health platform over the last six months, a surge in demand for its schools supports and a month-on-month increase to calls to 1800 JIGSAW support line.
So, today we want to know: Has your mental health been affected since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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