After Las Vegas, America’s love affair with guns goes on

There are mutterings that ‘something needs to be done’ about US gun laws, but at ‘Nevada’s premier gun store’, business remains brisk

Las Vegas outrage just the latest in long line of similar incidents

Litany of mass shootings has been perpetrated across United States

How Google’s search algorithm spreads false information with a rightwing bias

Far-right groups trick search and autocomplete functions to boost propaganda and misinformation in search rankings

Hurricane Hermine poses ‘life-threatening’ risk in Florida

Hundreds of thousands left without power as potentially lethal storm lands in USA

Democrats claim ‘new dawn’ at end of sit-in over guns

House of Representatives descends into chaos amid fury over inaction on shootings

US Senate rejects gun-control measures after Orlando shooting

Four measures including a curb on gun sales to those on terrorism watch lists rejected

Orlando massacre drives fresh efforts to pass gun controls

Democratic filibuster brings compromise from Republicans as Trump weighs in

Fintan O’Toole: Orlando, Cerberus and the profits of mass murder

Group that bought Nama’s NI portfolio also owns an assault rifle maker

Brawl in Brooklyn left both Democrats battered and bruised

Feisty encounter between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders sets nasty tone for party

Wisconsin victories buoy up Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders

Hillary Clinton reminds media that she is still leading the Democratic race

Obama to look to future and past in last State of the Union speech

US president set to make direct appeal to American people to fulfil his policy wish-list

If Sandy Hook didn’t change America’s gun laws, nothing will

Latest mass shooting, inspired by Isis, will steer debate to foreign policy, not gun control

Hillary Clinton shifts up a gear in presidential race

Against falling poll numbers, the Democratic frontrunner has come out swinging at rivals

Television: Jon Snow’s soul goes up in smoke, while TV3 blows the whistle

Review: Channel 4 tries cannabis; and Sandy Hook gets a sensitive documentary treatment

Jennifer O’Connell: Worried about gun violence? Have a lollipop

There are many things I love about living in the US, but my children having to do a drill ‘in case a crazy person ever breaks into our school’ isn’t one of them

Families of Sandy Hook massacre victims sue gun maker for damages

‘This is a weapon that is designed for military use, for killing as many people as efficiently as possible,’ says lawyer

Father blames Congress for death of son in shootings

Christopher Michaels-Martinez was one of six students killed by Elliot Rodger in California

Father of Sandy Hook gunman wishes son was never born

‘You couldn’t get any more evil,’ says father of Adam Lanza, who killed 27 in Connecticut

Obama marks anniversary with candles at White House

Moment of silence and 26 candles lit to remember victims of Sandy Hook shooting

911 calls made during Sandy Hook school shootings released

Calls capture horror of mass shooting that left 20 children and six members of staff dead

Shutdown likely to be just the start for Republican no surrender caucus

Opinion: Tightening of money supply could threaten fragile economic recovery

National Rifle Association speakers bullish after defeat of Obama gun regulation bill

Gun group’s annual meeting, attended by 70,000, hears passionate speeches on preservation of ‘freedom’

Boston lockdown was a triumph for the demented rationale of terrorism

In the US, an improvised bomb provokes hysteria but gun murders of children lead to shameful indifference

The stress and ecstasy of playing video games

Do violent video games make people more prone to aggression in life?

Connecticut set to pass sweeping gun law

Democrats and Republicans unite to support gun controls following Newtown massacre

Connecticut agrees deal on gun control

Lawmakers agree to sweeping gun laws after Newtown massacre

One more up for the NRA

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