Like many others before them, residents of Highland Park are embarking on the long journey of reckoning with the aftermath of a mass shooting.
Author: Grace Hauck, USA TODAY
They came for the American dream. On the Fourth of July, they survived an American shooting.
The massacre at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, is the most recent in an American tradition of mass shootings.
‘Going to be watching’: Hurricane Agatha expected to hit Mexico on Monday. Is it a threat to the US?
Hurricane Agatha is expected to hit southern Mexico as a category 3 storm Monday. U.S. meteorologists are keeping watch of where it’s heading.
An open door, missed opportunity, ‘wrong decision’: List of what went wrong in Texas school massacre grows
Authorities say numerous instances of mistakes, misjudgments or misfortune allowed the massacre at a Uvalde, Texas, school to continue.
It’s not just Uvalde, Texas — shootings on school grounds is at historic highs in the US
Gunfire on school property is at an all-time high, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database at the Naval Postgraduate School.
Gun violence is seeping onto American sports fields – and it’s impacting kids
Gunfire sent hundreds of children and parents running last week at a football game in Virginia, the latest gun violence at kids’ sporting events.
Where your recycling actually goes – and what you can do about it this Earth Day
Americans have long been encouraged to reduce, reuse and recycle. But less than 9% of plastic is recycled in the U.S.
As Russia escalates attacks, what a new phase of war means for Ukrainians in the east
Civilians in eastern Ukraine are stocking up on supplies, preparing exit plans and calling out to the world for assistance as Russia steps up attacks.
How federal officials are charging Brooklyn subway shooting as terrorism
The Brooklyn subway attack renews questions about why crimes like mass shootings aren’t immediately categorized as terrorism.
Lindsey Graham called for Putin’s assassination. Even discussing it brings danger to US, experts say.
The White House emphasizes that regime change is not US policy, but Sen. Lindsey Graham has called for someone to assassinate Vladimir Putin.