Gun violence in the US

Indiana elementary school teachers were ordered to kneel against a wall before being shot “execution-style” from behind with airsoft pellet guns during a safety drill.

In a landmark ruling on Thursday, Connecticut's top court has given the go-ahead to a lawsuit by the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting, which blames the manufacturer of the AR-15 style rifle used in the massacre.

While segregation is an illegal thing of the past, in many US urban areas communities where black people live are reminiscent of a "jungle" where residents survive surrounded by murder, drugs and overwhelming poverty.

A school running a community arts center in Ohio was forced to stop advertising a party game where kids are instructed to ‘eliminate’ the president with toy guns, after it sparked national outrage.

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said that by invoking a national emergency to build a border wall, Donald Trump would be setting a precedent that would allow a future Democratic president to do the same for gun control.

Law enforcement officers responded to an apparent hostage situation in a UPS facility in New Jersey, Armed officers have stormed the building and arrested the suspect, who was reportedly shot in the process.