Gun Violence
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US & Canada
Biden attends gun violence vigil
Washington: Just a week before the 10th anniversary of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting that claimed the lives of…
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US House passes bill to ban assault weapons after 18 yrs
Washington: The US House of Representatives passed a bill to ban assault weapons with a narrow 217-213 vote, the first vote…
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200 shot, killed in holiday weekend gun violence across US
Washington: Gun violence spiked over the Fourth of July weekend and shootings were reported in nearly every US state, with at…
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US Senate passes 1st gun control bill in 28 yrs
Washington: Amid raging incidents of gun violence in the US, the Senate has passed a gun control bill for the first…
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US Senators reach narrow deal on gun safety
Washington: A group of bipartisan US Senators announced a narrow gun safety deal amid public disappointment about political inaction against the…
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Students protest in Washington D.C. against gun violence
Washington: A group of students gathered in Washington, D.C., calling for actions from US politicians in the wake of mass shootings…
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Biden urges Congress to act on gun violence amid partisan tensions
Washington: US President Joe Biden has urged Congress to take action on gun violence in a prime-time address from the White…
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Gun violence in Philadelphia spiked during pandemic: Report
Washington, At least 2,332 people were shot in 2021 in Philadelphia, the largest city in the US state of Pennsylvania,…
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