Steve Scalise Among 5 Reportedly Shot at Baseball Field

By CHRISTOPHER MELE June 14, 2017 Steve Scalise, the majority whip of the House of Representatives, was shot at a baseball field in Alexandria, Va., when a gunman opened fire near a Y.M.C.A. on Wednesday morning, a congressional official said. Representative...

Kansas Man Indicted on Hate Crime Charges in Shooting of Indian Immigrants

By MATT STEVENS June 9, 2017 A white man accused of opening fire on two Indian immigrants at a Kansas bar in February in a shooting that heightened international concern about American hostility toward foreigners has been indicted on federal hate crime...

In Court, Diamond Reynolds Recounts Moments Before a Police Shooting

By MITCH SMITH June 6, 2017 ST. PAUL — Last summer, only seconds after watching a Minnesota police officer shoot her boyfriend during a traffic stop, Diamond Reynolds pulled out her phone and started recording. Shaken but steady, Ms. Reynolds told...

Five Killed in Orlando Workplace Shooting, Officials Say

By CHRISTINE HAUSER June 5, 2017 Five people at a business near Orlando, Fla., were fatally shot by a former employee who went through a warehouse singling out his victims before killing himself, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said on Monday....

Man Stabbed in Portland While Coming to Aid of 2 Girls Shifts Focus to Them

By MATT STEVENS May 31, 2017 He was held up as a hero without a cape — the sort of brave, compassionate human being whose actions while on board a Portland light-rail train last week made his mother proud. By Wednesday, though, Micah David-Cole...