Unintentional shootings happen most often when children are at home, according to the nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety. The organization reviewed data from 2015 to 2022 and found that the highest number of unintentional child shootings per day occurred in July. "We know that the vital organs ...
The rest happen after school hours, mostly during extracurricular activities like sporting or school events, such as a 2023 shooting at a New Jersey high school football gamewhere a 10-year-old was killed. School shootings that happen inside the school building tend to be deadlier, data sho...
Two of the three suspects in California’s latest mass shootings were older Asian men who targeted other Asians during a time of celebration. Now some mental health experts are trying to figure out if there’s a correlation. SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Two of the three suspects in California’s ...
Mass shootingshave effects on communities that are felt long after the day's tragedy. School shootings in particular can have physical, emotional and behavioral effects on kids — even if the shooting occurred on the other side of the country. Exposure to school shootings, eve...
Mass shootingshave effects on communities that are felt long after the day's tragedy. School shootings in particular can have physical, emotional and behavioral effects on kids — even if the shooting occurred on the other side of the country. ...
decrease in vaccinations. in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic, many americans are frustrated with the perceived failures of the federal public health establishment. but trading it in for a choose-your-own-adventure model could be much worse. “public health only works when we collectively do...
Old Brooklyn standbyFreddy's Bar— long ago forced from its original Prospect Heights home to make way for the Barclays Center arena after a fierce battle — is going strong in the South Slope, offering an unassuming haven for roots music of all stripes. Not unlike many music spots on the...
Many of these issues come up during post-incident debriefings, but others may only be acknowledged through personal evaluation. Ditch the ‘It can’t happen here’ Mindset Small-town MCIs: Where to begin? How small or rural fire department...
Now my birthday has always been a big deal to me. I don’t know why, but I’ve always seen it as my one day out of the year when it’s okay to be happy to be myself. It was sweet that Budge remembered it was my birthday because I had only mentioned it to her in passing ...
People have always been looking for a reason why horrible things happen. The media is quick to blame video games as the target and cause of many shootings that have occurred, ever since Columbine and Quake. People have been blaming video games for violence for years now, ever since violent ...