Harris says the right to be safe is a civil right as Biden signs order on gun technology

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday she believes the right to be safe is a civil right — and that means a right to live free from gun violence — as President Joe Biden signed an executive order that seeks to restrict new technologies that make guns easier to fire and...

Glock pistols are popular among criminals because they're easily modified, report says

BALTIMORE (AP) — Glock pistols are a popular choice for people committing gun crimes, in part because they can be easily converted into fully automatic weapons using a small device, according to a new report based on data from nearly three dozen U.S. cities. Often called Glock...

A city proud of its role in facing down hatred confronts a new wave of violence

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — There was a time, not so very long ago, when this city earned the nickname “Bombingham,” renowned for senseless violence and its strength in confronting the racial hatred that fueled it. But days after Birmingham endured its third mass shooting of 2024,...

Birmingham, Alabama, leaders plead for information on mass shooting and announce reward money

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Officials in Birmingham, Alabama, pleaded Monday with members of the public for information leading to arrests in a weekend mass shooting that killed four people and injured more than a dozen others, announcing rewards totaling $100,000. “We have a...

Officials in Birmingham, Alabama, plead with public for information on mass shooting and offer reward money

A list of mass killings in the United States this year

The latest mass killing in the U.S. happened Saturday in Birmingham, Alabama, where four people were killed and more than a dozen injured outside a nightspot in what police described as a targeted “hit” by multiple shooters. It was the country’s 31st mass killing this year,...

Mass shooting kills 4 and wounds 17 in nightlife district in Birmingham, Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Four people were killed and 17 others injured when multiple shooters opened fire Saturday in what police described as a targeted “hit” on one of the people killed at a popular nightlife spot in Birmingham, Alabama. The shooting happened shortly after 11...

Birmingham police say multiple victims in mass killing were caught in crossfire during shooting, offer reward for arrest

Alabama university ordered to pay millions in discrimination lawsuit

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama university was ordered to pay millions to an Iranian-born cancer researcher in a discrimination lawsuit that said she was was repeatedly called a racial epithet by a colleague, who at one point brandished a gun at her. A federal jury on Monday...

Alabama man charged with murder in gas station shooting deaths of 3 near Birmingham

BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) — Police have charged a 20-year-old Alabama man with capital murder in the shooting deaths of three men at a gas station near Birmingham. Police in Bessemer said Monday that they have arrested Raukeem Cunningham in the fatal shootings on Friday. Cunningham is...