Apalachee High School shooting is the latest in U.S. Here's how many happened in 2024, so far.
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Two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School were shot and killed and nine other people were hospitalized with gunshot wounds Wednesday. The deadly Sept. 4 incident was the 218th time a gun was fired or brandished at a school so far in 2024, data shows.
The suspected shooter — a 14-year-old student at the northern Georgia school — was arrested and is being charged with murder. Authorities said he would be tried as an adult.
A CBS News analysis of data from the K-12 Shooting Database shows that of those more than 200 incidents as of Sept. 4 — which include gang violence, domestic incidents and accidents, among other causes — 10 were in Georgia, including Wednesday's incident.
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In a move that could upend American foreign relations across the globe, President Trump announced Wednesday that he is instituting what he described as "reciprocal tariffs" on all U.S. trading partners.
Tornadoes and violent storms struck parts of the South and Midwest on Wednesday, knocking down power lines and trees, ripping roofs off homes and shooting debris thousands of feet into the air as a swath of severe weather hit the region.
Federal prosecutors were directed by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi this week to pursue the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson last year in New York City.
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Inflation-weary Americans may soon find they're paying more for a host of products after President Trump announced two new types of tariffs on April 2, a day he termed "Liberation Day" because he believes the measures will erase trade imbalances between the U.S. and other nations.
As the Trump administration makes major cuts to federal health agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, cancer patients and doctors are worried about stalls in research and medicine that could affect treatments.
President Trump announced two new types of tariffs on April 2, or what he's calling "Liberation Day," aimed at erasing trade deficits between the U.S. and its trading partners.
A majority of Americans believe flying is a mostly safe mode of transportation and rate the overall safety record of commercial airline travel positively.
Nicholas Roske of California, who was found outside Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's home with weapons in 2022, intends to plead guilty to a federal charge of attempting to assassinate a justice of the United States, court filings obtained by CBS News revealed.
Washington — Senate Republicans unveiled a budget resolution on Wednesday, as the GOP seeks to move forward with the budget plan that will enable them to implement President Trump's agenda later this week.
Nintendo has announced a June 5 launch date for its latest gaming console, the Switch 2, which will introduce interactive chat and screenshare functions to connect gamers.
Amazon has told the White House it is interested in buying TikTok ahead of a key deadline by which its parent company, China-based ByteDance, must either sell the popular social media app or face a ban in the U.S., CBS News has learned, according to two people familiar with discussions.
A closely watched election for a state supreme court judgeship in Wisconsin gave Democrats a boost Tuesday night, while two special elections in Florida delivered two seats to House Speaker Mike Johnson's perilously thin GOP majority. Though off-year and special elections attract a much smaller share of voters than presidential elections, the outcomes in both states held insights for Democrats and Republicans for the months ahead. Here are some of the takeaways:
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