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White supremacist gives Nazi salute at conviction
By Melanie Eversley — August 31, 2015
It took the jury less than two hours to convict Frazier Glenn Miller, an avowed anti-Semite who testified that he intended to kill Jewish people. The three that Cross killed were Christians.
Armslist website linked to Tennessee shooting denies it sells guns
By Reuters — July 24, 2015
(Reuters) The website where friends of the Tennessee shooting suspect said he had purchased guns before last week's attack denied on Thursday that it was in the business of selling weapons, saying it instead offered "a free speech forum."
Four Marines and gunman killed in Chattanooga in ‘lone wolf’ attack
By Reuters — July 16, 2015
(Reuters) So far investigators say they have found no ties between international terrorist groups and the suspect, Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, who recently blogged that Muslims should not miss an opportunity to "submit to Allah."
Whose group sponsored provocative Muhammad cartoon contest?
By Marisol Bello — May 4, 2015
Anti-Islam activist Pamela Geller, known for her strident bus ad campaigns, orchestrated the sure-to-offend exhibit of caricatures.
Ft. Hood shooter asks to be ‘citizen’ of Islamic State
By Katharine Lackey — August 29, 2014
(RNS) "I formally and humbly request to be made a citizen of the Islamic State," Nidal Hasan said in the handwritten, two-page document.
Across America, silent vigils in Michael Brown’s memory
By Trevor Hughes — August 15, 2014
(RNS) Attendees wore red ribbons to honor Brown, 18, at Thursday evening rallies from Maine to Michigan, Florida to New York, Vermont, Colorado and California.
After the Ferguson protests, church volunteers pick up the pieces
By Lilly Fowler — August 14, 2014
FERGUSON, Mo. (RNS) Carrying brooms and large garbage bags, volunteers collected whatever they could find: rubber bullets, broken glass, liquor bottles, tear gas grenades.
‘Not one more’: At Seattle Pacific University or anywhere else
By Laura Turner — June 6, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO (RNS) That is what we do after horrific events like Thursday's shooting. We trust in a good God who we still do not understand, against whom we rail and to whom we pray. We wait. And we hope, often impossibly, that not one more will be lost.
UPDATED: Gunman identified as Aaron R. Ybarra after fatal shooting at Seattle Pacific University
By Michael Winter — June 5, 2014
(RNS) A wounded man in his 20s was pronounced dead at Harborview Medical Center about 90 minutes after the shootings at Seattle Pacific University, an evangelical Christian school north of downtown, at about 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Interfaith group speaks out in wake of Santa Barbara shooting spree
By Megan Sweas — May 29, 2014
LOS ANGELES (RNS) “We are here this morning to stand with the multitude of groups across the United States who are advocating for sensible, common sense laws to limit the effects of gun violence,” said Steve Wiebe, co-chair of Abrahamic Faiths Peacemaking Initiative.
Video: Washington National Cathedral Choir of Girls sing Navy hymn
By Sally Morrow — September 17, 2013
In honor of the victims at the Washington Navy Yard shooting on Monday, Sept. 16, the Washington National Cathedral Choir of Girls sing the Navy hymn, "Eternal Father, strong to save".
Reactions to the Navy Yard shooting and Aaron Alexis’ Buddhist background
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — September 17, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) A killer Buddhist? It doesn’t seem to make theological sense.
Family Research Council shooter charged with terrorism
By Jeanie Groh — October 25, 2012
WASHINGTON (RNS) A federal grand jury added terrorism to the list of charges faced by the Virginia man who was indicted in the shooting of a security guard at the conservative Family Research Council's Washington offices. By Jeanie Groh.
Family Research Council accuses Southern Poverty Law Center of sparking shooter’s hatred
By Chris Lisee — August 16, 2012
WASHINGTON (RNS) The head of the Family Research Council accused the Southern Poverty Law Center of sparking hatred that led Floyd Lee Corkins II to shoot a security guard at the conservative Christian lobbying group’s headquarters. By Chris Lisee.
Religious leaders call for prayer and tighter gun control after Colorado shooting
By Daniel Burke — July 20, 2012
(RNS) President Obama and his likely GOP challenger Mitt Romney called for prayers and reflection after a deadly shooting at a Colorado movie theater, while liberal religious leaders called for stricter gun control laws. By Daniel Burke.
