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Sucking Us Dry

"...be a little more truthful about the Columbine High School shootings? No. Of all the articles I have read..."

May 21, 1999 Column

Point Austin: The Daily Carnage

Another month, another mass shooting ... will this one make a change?

"...student pulled out a handgun at Marshall County High School and fatally shot two classmates, wounding 14 other people;..."

March 2, 2018 News Column by Michael King

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Jesus Loves Hyde Park, Too

"...services for their children with autism within the Austin school district ["A World of Their Own," Vol. 18, No...."

June 25, 1999 Column

Point Austin: The Never-Ending Story

Millions of guns, and countless murders

"...As of Feb. 20, the Archive recorded 55 “mass shootings” since Jan. 1 (defined, per FBI standards, as incidents..."

Feb. 20, 2024 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: Another Year of the Gun

As the carnage continues, the Legislature shrugs again

"...as of June 5 there had been 156 mass shootings in the U.S. this year, and nearly 23,000 gun..."

June 7, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Trying To Fix the World

Five-year review of APD Chief Art Acevedo

"...He's led the department through a handful of officer-involved shootings and a federal Department of Justice review prompted by..."

May 25, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Gun Crazy

More massacres, more conversations, more sanctimony ... more nothing

"...of 10 students and teachers at Santa Fe High School to get one shotgun out of circulation. That was..."

May 25, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Dead Dogs Don't Lie

If your pet escapes, pray for Animal Control

"...incidents investigated by Internal Affairs turned up two animal shootings by police officers in the past two years, but..."

July 4, 2008 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

Faster Than Sound: What Sparked Joy at SXSW Music

Marie Kondo-ing my Festival experience, with scooters and shooters in the giveaway pile

"...experience. Meanwhile, local merchants suspect the misalignment of local schools' spring break contributed to lower attendance overall...."

March 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Let's Go Gun Crazy

UT working group recommends allowing guns in classrooms, while a "mock mass shooting" and a "mass farting" protest in response bring out the national media

"...of Whitis and 27th Street." Their reasoning? "Because mass shootings are not advertised."..."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

My Semester on the Beat

Wherein our reporter pursues the bad guys, abhors Problem People, studies community policing, and earns a perfect attendance koozie in the APD's Citizen Police Academy

"...dozen times – a Cops for Christ flier, a fatal-shootings stat sheet, a workers' compensation notice, a memo regarding..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Most Dangerous Man in Austin?

Cody Wilson's day-to-day life is pretty routine. But the product he's selling threatens to make gun control laws obsolete.

"...Ghost Gunners. The United States has endured more mass shootings in this century than the totality of 13 other..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Texas Democrats Request Special Session on Guns

Legislators in five cities press Gov. Abbott

"...“But it is not only mass shootings we must respond to,” the legislators wrote in a..."

Sept. 4, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Database Tracks Deaths in Police Custody

Project pulls data from the last decade

"...at UT-Austin, Amanda Woog, a policy analyst at the school's Insti­tute for Urban Policy Research & Analy­sis, presented 10..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Point Austin: Will This One Make a Difference?

Orlando could be a turning point ... or else it won't be

"...a weapon that lets them shoot people in a school, or in a house of worship, or a movie..."

June 17, 2016 News Column by Michael King

All Over Creation: I, Witness

The victims of the Virginia Tech shootings were memorialized in a potent play at UT

"...a memorial event for the fifth anniversary of the shootings at Virginia Tech. Playwright Erik Ehn had written a..."

April 20, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...with hotter summers, demand will eventually surpass what the school's natural gas power plant can generate, a researcher told..."

Dec. 29, 2023 News Feature

Us Kids

Portrait of the Parkland shooting survivors never comes into focus

"...during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. But for a country desensitized by..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week

"...but: “My project is attuned to focus on K-12 shootings,” says the artist, “and includes community involvement with schools..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Not So Friendly

"...any state in the nation. Texas had nine mass shootings in the last 14 years, according to the Texas..."

May 26, 2023 Postmarks

A GOP Halloween

"...dead slain by COVID, power grid failures, and mass shootings. Over 90,000 Texas have died of COVID. Near the..."

Oct. 27, 2022 Postmarks

Two APD Officers Indicted for Murder in 2019 Shooting of Mauris DeSilva

Death led to calls for better mental health crisis response

"...the Human Rights Clinic of the University of Texas School of Law and the Austin Community Law Center found..."

Aug. 27, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Eighth Street Survivors

They came out to protest police brutality. They were met by a life-altering wave of police violence. Eight months later, they still await justice and change.

"...abuse of minors in state care facilities, and police shootings. Last summer, he took the case of Javier Ambler,..."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Guns in 2018: The Carnage Continues

A look at the Gun Violence Archive findings for the year

"...• Mass shootings (4 or more killed or injured, not including the..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

News Roundup: Tragedies and Textbooks

Another officer-involved shooting; Waco shootout update

"...placed on administrative leave, as is standard with officer-involved shootings. Manley said he’s been with APD for one year,..."

July 13, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Gun Carry Bills Advance

Campus carry and open carry bills advance to full Senate

"...the same with Sandy Hook, Columbine, and the 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech...."

Feb. 20, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Campus Carry and Open Carry Move Forward

Senate Bills 11 and 17 move to full Senate

"...the same with Sandy Hook, Columbine, and the 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech...."

Feb. 13, 2015 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

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Our readers talk back.

"...King Shooting," News, Feb. 20], "Of 14 fatal police shootings since 1990, seven have featured a white officer and..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Column

Zeroing in on No Tolerance

Texas Schools Target Drugs and Violence

"...One day in 1993, a 17-year-old El Paso high school student broke into his teacher's home with a shotgun...."

May 12, 1995 News Feature by Andrea Barnett

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Our readers talk back.

"...do a pinch to prevent sexual abuses on women, shootings of browns, or crowd control by officers utilizing New..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Column

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