Sad reminder of gun violence:
By
Mark Follman, Gavin Aronsen, and Deanna Pan
A
gunman went on a rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, on Wednesday, killing 3 people and
injuring 16 others before taking his own life, according to the Associated Press. It was the
second mass shooting at Fort Hood in less than five years. Click through for a
guide to mass shootings in America. [READ MORE]
By
Mark Follman
Details
are still emerging as to exactly how and why Army Spec. Ivan Lopez shot 3 people
to death and injured 16 others in a rampage on Wednesday, but we already know
enough to be certain about one thing: We've seen this grim story before, and not
just literally at Fort Hood, the site of a previous bloodbath in 2009. As the data from
our in-depth investigation of mass shootings in
America shows, Lopez fits a familiar profile for perpetrators of this type
of crime. Here's how his background and actions echo those of many mass shooters
we analyzed from 67 cases over the past three decades. [READ MORE]
THIS
WEEK'S NEWS ROUNDUP
This
week, we published an in-depth investigation of the new owners of
Newsweek. Read the whole thing here.
Hobby
Lobby—the company that's suing the Obama administration because it
doesn't want to buy insurance that covers certain forms of birth
control—includes mutual funds that own big stakes in birth control manufacturers in its
retirement plan.
We
also obtained another tape of a politician speaking at a private event. This
time, it was Dick Cheney. Listen.
The
UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its
latest report, and the details are terrifying.
The
Supreme Court gutted another campaign finance law. Here's what happened. [READ
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