Trump postpones Florida trip in wake of shootings
U.S. President Donald Trump will postpone a trip to Florida planned for Tuesday due to the mass shootings in Texas and Ohio over the weekend, a White House official said on Monday.
After massacres, Trump condemns white supremacy and bigotry, pushes death penalty
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday proposed tighter monitoring of the internet, mental health reform and wider use of the death penalty in response to mass slayings over the weekend that killed 29 people in Texas and Ohio.
Texas suspect charged with murder in shooting labeled domestic terrorism
Texas prosecutors charged a man with capital murder for fatally shooting 20 people at a Walmart store in El Paso, one of two weekend shooting sprees that prompted U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday to condemn white supremacy and violent video games….
Trump denounces white supremacy after shootings, cites video games and internet
President Donald Trump on Monday called for urgent action to prevent gun violence and said all Americans must “condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy” after mass shootings in Texas and Ohio killed 29 people and wounded dozens.
After massacres, Trump urges gun background checks, immigration reform
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday tied any potential action on gun control after two mass shootings over the weekend killed 29 people to immigration reform, and sought to blame the nation’s rising violence and divisions on the media.
Florida man who sent explosives to Trump critics faces sentencing
A Florida man who has admitted mailing pipes filled with explosives to prominent Democrats and critics of U.S. President Donald Trump was expected to be sentenced on Monday.
U.S. recorded eight new cases of measles last week
The United States recorded eight new measles cases last week, taking the total for the year to 1,172 in the worst outbreak since 1992, federal health officials said on Monday.
Prosecutors charge Texas shooting suspect with murder, seek death penalty
A single capital murder charge was filed on Sunday against the man accused of killing 20 people and wounding more than two dozen others at a Walmart store in El Paso, a mass shooting authorities are viewing as a case of domestic terrorism.
Mexico president says shootings in U.S. should prompt reflection on arms sales
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday that devastating weekend shootings in the United States, including in El Paso in which Mexican nationals were among the casualties, should lead to reflection about “indiscriminate” arms sales.
Long before shooting, Dayton gunman threatened fellow students with ‘hit list’
The 24-year-old gunman who killed nine people in a rampage in Dayton, Ohio, had a troubled past, including threatening fellow students in high school, authorities said, but police said it was too soon to establish a motive for the slaughter.
