Mourning and outrage have shaken the nation as mass shootings continue to mark some of the latest chapters of a long history of gun violence across the United States. As Americans grapple with these ...
A high-profile act of violence occurs, and lots of terms immediately get thrown around. "Terrorism." "Mass shooting." "Mass casualties." What do they all mean? Well, none of these terms or phrases ...
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In recent years, it seems Western Pennsylvania has seen more than its fair share of mass shootings. • LA Fitness in 2009. • Western Psych in 2012. • Wilkinsburg in 2016. • Tree of Life in 2018. • ...
Wednesday’s massacre in San Bernardino was the latest mass shooting in America. By some counts — including a heavily cited version — it was the 354th of the year. By a narrower definition, it was the ...
There is no universal standard for what constitutes a mass shooting, potentially causing discrepancies in data and research among authorities and experts -- and confusion for the average person. "Some ...
(WKYT)—Today’s Good Question is: What is the definition of a mass shooting? One of the issues with reporting on a shooting, like the one we had early this morning in Lexington, is there is no official ...
The problem is, you might see a few different numbers, all trying to quantify the same thing: the number of “mass shootings” during a given time. And they’re often radically different numbers. This ...
On Monday morning, many in social media and the news reported that the Las Vegas tragedy is the United States' 273rd mass shooting of 2017. The factoid was widespread throughout Twitter, mentioned on ...
Three massage parlors in Atlanta, a grocery store in Colorado and an office in California were all sites of deadly mass shootings in March 2021. Twenty-two lives were lost during these tragedies, ...
The problem is, you might see a few different numbers, all trying to quantify the same thing: the number of “mass shootings” during a given time. And they’re often radically different numbers. This ...