AURORA, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man who has delivered more than 26,000 white crosses to sites around the U.S., largely to remember victims of gun violence, now finds himself doing the same in his hometown.

“I just didn’t see it coming,” said Greg Zanis, who made crosses for

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A student journalism project has concluded that at least 1,149 children and teenagers died from a shooting in the year since the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Around 200 teenage reporters from across the country worked to document the stories of ...

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (all times local):

12 p.m.

President Donald Trump says he and first lady Melania Trump are praying for those affected by the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on deliberation about minimum wage and gun control in the New Mexico Legislature (all times local):

11:40 p.m.

A bill that would make it easier to take guns away from people in New Mexico who may be suicidal or bent on violence has been approved by ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A key House committee approved a bill Wednesday to require background checks for all sales and transfers of firearms, a first step by majority Democrats to tighten gun laws after eight years of Republican rule.

The House Judiciary Committee voted in favor of the bill ...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Survivors of a 2017 mass shooting at a Las Vegas music festival spoke Tuesday in support of a Nevada bill to expand gun background checks to private gun sales and transfers, hours before a state Senate committee passed the measure along party lines.

The attack ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An ambitious slate of bills related to firearms and school safety could vault New Mexico to the forefront of efforts by states to stem gun violence through new legislation.

State lawmakers prepared for crucial hearings and votes this week with the approach of the ...

Last year’s shooting at a Florida high school sparked a movement among a younger generation angered by gun violence and set the stage for a significant shift in America’s gun politics.

Thousands of student protesters took to ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has ordered police officers to scale back vehicle stops after a newspaper reported that a special unit is pulling over a disproportionate number of black motorists.

Police Chief Michel Moore said Thursday he hopes the

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee said Wednesday they will push for “sensible” gun safety laws that the public is demanding after a series of mass shootings in recent years.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the panel’s chairman, said he was disappointed that ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Hoping to confront Kentucky’s Republican governor, representatives from the rebooted Poor People’s Campaign showed up at his office on Tuesday and refused to leave until they got a face-to-face meeting.

And instead of getting arrested, they got the meeting.

The ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With family members of gun violence victims by his side, Gov. Tom Wolf renewed his call Tuesday for lawmakers to toughen Pennsylvania’s gun laws, now three months after a truck driver walked into a Pittsburgh synagogue and fatally shot 11 people.

The anti-gun ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota state senator proposed new gun restrictions Thursday while gun control opponents fanned out across the state Capitol complex to lobby their lawmakers to oppose further limits.

Sen. Ron Latz introduced bills to require background checks before most gun ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Months after declaring Philadelphia’s gun violence a public health emergency, the mayor presented a roadmap Thursday of broad goals to address the problem.

The initiatives unveiled by Mayor Jim Kenney take a public health approach to gun violence and aim to tackle ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Leaders of the new Democratic Minnesota House majority unveiled their first 10 bills of the session Wednesday, including a plan to let all residents buy into the MinnnesotaCare health program for the working poor.

They acknowledged it will be hard to find enough ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Preliminary numbers indicate that homicides in Chicago fell by about 100 last year compared to 2017, though the total again eclipses the number of homicides in Los Angeles and New York combined, according to data released Tuesday.

Police in Chicago, the nation’s third ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington on Tuesday joined a handful of other states that ban anyone under 21 from buying a semi-automatic assault rifle after voters passed a sweeping firearms measure in November that has drawn a court challenge from gun-rights advocates.

The ballot initiative seeks to ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Tragedy struck in late January when a gunman opened fire in a crowded atrium at Marshall County High School, killing two teenagers and injuring many more as terrified students fled for their lives when ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A shift in the balance of power at the state Capitol has boosted the odds of lawmakers passing bills to reduce gun violence during the upcoming legislative session.

The Democratic takeover of the Minnesota House includes so many freshmen who support tougher gun laws that ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police are wrestling with gun violence, blamed largely on gangs. President Donald Trump has frequently singled out the city for criticism , calling the crime problem “a total disaster” and claiming ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Incoming members of the Democratic Party’s new U.S. House majority say they’re ready to turn the energy of their campaigns into real power on Capitol Hill.

Rep.-elects Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and a handful of other ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly ascendant Democrats are promising congressional action on gun control amid a rash of mass shootings, including a late-night assault at a California bar that killed 12 people.

Measures including expanded background checks and a ban on assault-style weapons are likely ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly ascendant Democrats are promising congressional action on gun control amid a rash of mass shootings, including a late-night assault at a California bar that killed 12 people.

Measures including expanded background checks and a ban on assault-style weapons are likely ...

SEATTLE (AP) — The Latest on Election Day in Washington state (all times local):

10:55

Voters in Washington state have passed a measure tightening gun regulations including enhanced background checks for people buying semi-automatic rifles.

Initiative 1639 would increase the ...