Updated: In the US, gunman kills three seniors over potluck dinner at Alabama church
Updated: 10:40am, 18th June (AEST)Vestavia Hills, Alabama, US AP The 70-year-old visitor had previously attended some services at St Stephen’s Episcopal Church before police say he showed up for a potluck dinner, pulled a handgun and fatally shot three of the elderly participants, one of whom died in his wife’s arms as she whispered words […]
US Air Force ordered to pay more than $US230 million in church shooting
San Antonio, Texas, USAP The US Air Force must pay more than $US230 million in damages to survivors and victims’ families of a 2017 Texas church massacre for failing to flag a conviction that might have kept the gunman from legally buying the weapon used in the shooting, a federal judge ruled in San Antonio on Monday. […]
God and guns: Why American churches are packing heat
In an indepth special report first published on Religion Unplugged, PAUL GLADER and MICHAEL RAY SMITH report on the growing trend for Americans to take guns into churches and the ongoing debate around it…
PROTECTING HOUSES OF WORSHIP: IN THE US, EXPERTS SAY INTERFAITH COLLABORATION IS THE FUTURE OF SECURITY
AYSHA KHAN, of Religion News Service, reports…