Oregon shooting reveals the hard, public process of reporting on breaking news
"Students are running everywhere. Holy God." That was the tweet sent in the midst of the panic surrounding Thursday's mass shooting in Oregon from a woman who goes by the handle @KP_KaylaMarie. The...
View ArticleObama blasts US lawmakers after another mass shooting leaves 10 dead
Washington, Oct 2 (IANS) As yet another mass shooting left 10 persons dead and 7 others injured in the United States, a sad and angry President Barack Obama blasted lawmakers for failing to pass...
View ArticleObama on Shootings: Only Voters Can Stop "Carnage"
President Obama, in what has become the grimmest routine of his presidency, beseeched Americans Thursday evening to transform yet another mass shooting into a rallying cry for “modest” new gun...
View ArticleObama on Oregon shooting: 'Somehow this has become routine'
Washington (CNN)Powerless to act after yet another mass shooting, all the president of the United States could do was vent. Barack Obama has clasped grieving parents close. His voice has broken as he's...
View ArticleAmerica made ‘political choice’ to allow mass shooting - Obama
US president Barack Obama angrily said on Thursday America had made a “political choice” to allow mass shootings like the one in Oregon to occur and blasted the National Rifle Association (NRA)lobby...
View ArticleOregon shooting prompts calls for stricter gun laws
News of a shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon Thursday prompted calls for stricter gun laws from across the country. At an afternoon briefing, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told...
View ArticleCNN mass-tweets to Oregon shooting witness
(Screenshot from Gawker’s Sam Biddle) Mass shootings in the United States occasion predictable reactions, which invariably include calls for gun control, countercalls for a moratorium on politicizing...
View ArticleThe 11 speeches Obama has made after mass shootings
After a gunman in Oregon killed nine people at a community college on Thursday, President Barack Obama had to make a statement as he has done so many times before. But this speech was different. A...
View ArticleAre US mass shootings an 'unsolvable' problem, as some conservatives say?
Conservative blogger Hugh Hewitt told CNN anchor Don Lemon on Friday night that mass shootings, such as the one that struck a small community college in Roseburg, Ore., on Thursday, are essentially...
View Article'Stuff happens,' says Jeb Bush in response to Oregon shooting and gun control
Stuff happens, says Jeb Bush. Like his anti-wordsmith brother George Bush, Jeb seems to have the unfortunate aptitude of rolling out obtuse phrasing at the worst moments. Who can forget these George...
View ArticleOregon mass shooting: Jeb Bush criticised for 'stuff happens' comment
Jeb Bush, the Republican Party establishment's choice for president, has been criticised for saying in response to America's most recent mass shooting, "Stuff happens." Look, stuff happens. There's...
View ArticleLeBron James calls for more gun control after mass shooting at Oregon...
LeBron James hasn't shied away from using his platform to speak out on controversial political issues, and he's using it again to speak about gun control. Following Thursday's mass shooting at Umpqua...
View ArticleBrian Williams draws mixed viewer response in shooting coverage
The tragic shootings in Oregon Thursday gave Brian Williams his biggest test yet since returning to the air on MSNBC last week, and his blanket coverage drew a decidedly mixed response from viewers....
View ArticleCommentary: Obama's "routine" on mass shooting exposes failure of U.S. politics
by Xinhua writer Luo Jun BEIJING, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Americans were startled once again when tragic news break out about the deadly campus shooting in Oregon on Thursday. However, the United States...
View ArticleUN chief expresses condolences following mass shooting at Oregon college
Print 2 October 2015 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced his deep sadness in the wake of the mass shooting that took place yesterday at a college in the state of Oregon in the United States. “He...
View ArticleCommentary: Politics over people in an Obama view
There is no question that October 1, 2015 was a very sad day. In the State of Oregon young men and women lost their lives to a depraved and deranged individual. It's a news story that no one ever wants...
View ArticleStats: Nearly 300 Mass US Shootings This Year
Chris Simkins The latest U.S. mass shooting that claimed the lives of nine people at a community college in Oregon highlights the increasing level of gun violence across the country. It prompted...
View ArticleSpringfield mom who lost son to violence wants mass shootings to stop
The Springfield mother of a local man who died in the Colorado theater shooting said after learning of the deadly rampage in Oregon that she wishes mass killings would stop. Jerri Jackson, whose son...
View ArticleOregon shooting: The mass killing 'contagion effect'
A sheriff investigating the deadly shooting in Roseburg, Oregon has said he will not speak the name of the gunman. But when it comes to copycat crimes, naming killers may be less important than the...
View ArticleStatement on 295th Mass-Shooting in the U.S. This Year (World Methodist Council)
(Source: World Methodist Council) Candlelight vigil was held to memorialize vicitms of the Umpqua Community College mass shooting. Photo by Cameron Schultz The World Methodist Council notes with...
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