It's Time We Talked About Gun Control
Can we talk about this now that so many people have died at a school in Newtown? And if we can't, why can't we? Why haven't we already?
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The director snapped in an interview that's going viral, saying he's said all he has to say about real-world violence and movie violence. We dig through archives to find out what, exactly, he's said.
Can we talk about this now that so many people have died at a school in Newtown? And if we can't, why can't we? Why haven't we already?
Authorities have identified the shooter and are saying they don't have a motive yet — that it was a random act of violence — but we stumbled across what appears to be his Facebook page and discovered, well, a lot of violent signs.
Imagine going Christmas shopping at your local mall, and someone starts shooting. That's exactly what happened in Portland, Oregon on Tuesday, when a lone gunman killed three, including himself.
We've heard you can get killed at karaoke for singing 'My Way' your own way, but now the nuances of a "Gangnam Style" dance-off in Bangkok has led to a shoot-out.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
On July 20 we woke up to the news that a 24-year-old man had killed 12 people and wounded countless others in a shooting at the midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado. That July 20 was a summer Friday, like today. Today, there's another shooting.
An attack on a U.S. embassy vehicle that reportedly wounded two Americans now appears to be a mix-up by Mexican police who were pursuing kidnappers, and that the car was either targeted by mistake or caught in the crossfire between police and suspects.
Texas police say that Thomas Alton Caffall was the gunman responsible for a shootout that left a law enforcement officer and a civilian dead that began after Caffall was, yes, served an eviction notice.
Sunday's arson attack on a Mexican newspaper office was the third this month, which is terrifying, but the fact that it targeted a weekly society publication makes it a mysterious follow-up to two attacks very clearly meant to discourage coverage of organized crime.
In the wake of the Aurora shootings, there's a conversation emerging over the amount of violence in the movie industry, and the industry's newest pacifist is also one of its most unlikely: Harvey Weinstein.
Shadowy, Al-Qaeda-style terrorist groups aren't the only ones ignoring the nominal Syrian cease-fire, at least according to activists there, who said government forces opened fire on a funeral procession right in front of U.N. observers, killing at least 20 people.
Extraordinarily brutal attack led to protests of governor and mayor
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